Today we’re celebrating the Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Cambodia. This national public holiday is celebrated yearly in Thailand and Cambodia to mark the beginning of rice growing (rainy) season. Part of the purpose is also to hold prayer for a bountiful harvest. Read more »
Hello, my name is Katie Erwin and my partner Kyle Brolis and I have just begun our short mission with Green Shoots and their local partner CIDO in Samrong, Cambodia for one month. We’re here to learn about and evaluate the Agriculture Skills in Public Schools (ASPUS) Program as well as to provide training to CIDO on topics related to best management practices for organic agriculture.
Patricia Cliff from Trish Travel Food, recently visited Green Shoots Agriculture Project in Cambodia and here is her blog about it. Originally posted on: TrishTravelFood Read more »
Not exactly a Tour-de-France peloton, but the number and permutations of the one-gear bikes, with rickshaws, side-cars, and front and back carriers, is one of the features of Yangon. Read more »
There are several joys of getting older in medicine. First there are more stories to tell the ever-rotating batches of juniors, usually relating either to hours on call, which are prefixed with ‘When I was an SHO’ or to cases seen when it’s ‘I remember a patient with’. Read more »
You soon learn there are hidden dangers for us western folk in super-hot Yangon. First, you never text while moving. Read more »
So week 4 is nearly underway. Of course, anyone reading this may think I’m off my trolley working in such a challenging environment at such an advanced age when I should be sipping a mature Chateauneuf du Pape, doing the Times crossword Read more »
Let me tell you about Medical Action Myanmar now. The organisation partnered with Green Shoots Foundation and the one I’m responsible to. Please also have a look at the video Read more »
So, my ‘go-to’ place where there is air-conditioning is the famous Myanmar Plaza. That’s where the internet access is and you can even get a flat-white. Read more »
In a bus station sweating profusely, drinking excellent Myanmar beer having survived the first week, eaten every local street food that looks edible and suffered the consequences Read more »