Myanmar, pronounced MEE’un-mar, is a large country tucked in between India, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand and China. It is renown as the country of a 1000 pagodas but there is so much more to this amazing country.
Voluntourism – good, bad, or really ugly?
Voluntourism – is it the evil of our time?
It is a natural response to have compassion when we see suffering; it’s part of our human nature. Thanks to globalisation and access to the internet, the world is a much smaller place. To go a day without seeing those overseas who desperately need our support, is almost impossible.
So in response, you would love to help. To get amongst it. Possibly even see the world while you’re there.
Voluntourism is the perfect solution.
Or is it?
Hello from the other side! : Stories from some of our past student nurses.
So just how is the information we present in our health education projects received by Myanmar’s nurses? We asked Ester, Cing Date Nuan and Cing Lam Do Kim, students at Tender Love Nursing College, what they thought of Exousia’s Nutrition and health care training.
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