The Mighty Mekong
What an eye-opening and life-changing experience I’ve had visiting Mekong River communities in Thailand and Laos with my Rotary Peace Fellows Class of 28 and on my own! I feel very blessed to have gotten to experience the deep wisdom connected to tradition, culture, land and water that the local communities we visited in Chiang Khong and surrounding areas possessed. While villagers hosted us...Read More
FASCINATNG INDO -THAI CULTURE
It has been over a month already, yet the excitement of having gotten into this transformational course feels like I am still going thru day 1. Coming from South India, there are many things that fascinated me here in Thailand; some of them seemed very familiar to me. Without getting into too much of analysis, here are the similarities that I could see between Indian and Thai cultures...Read More
Together We Can Make A Better World
I am Jason Lee from Taipei, Taiwan. I have been an active Rotarian member in The Rotary Club of Taipei Tung-Teh for 12 years and served as Club President in 2018-2019. I am very grateful and proud to be a Rotary Peace Fellow and joining the Class 28 of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Program with a group of talented classmates whom have been selected as best candidates from 18 countries around...Read More
BIRDS FIGHT SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS ‘MERE’ ANIMAL FIGHT
Just after a weeklong class on Conflict Resolution Skills, Approaches and Strategies, Saturday, 8th February 2020 was the day few of us Peace Fellows visited the World Peace Initiative’s Office in Bangkok, Thailand for a quick visit and short meditation before the Magha Puja 2020. Interesting as it was at the Peace Center, I surprisingly met a longtime friend who had once visited me in my...Read More
Rotary Peace Fellows Class 28: Co-Creating Spaces for Hope
Stacy Martin – USA Rotaryv Peace Fellow – Class 28 Read More
The journey to peace begins with a smile
It has been several weeks since I’ve arrived in Thailand, and every day I wake up with a smile on my face, excited for a new adventure. Having the opportunity to spend three months in Thailand, dedicate myself to an intensive and comprehensive professional development program on peace and security is a dream coming true. Apart from the fact that the program itself is amazing, I have realized...Read More
Breaking circle of discrimination, soaring higher than expected
Chulalongkorn University, an icon of excellence and focused education. Joining one of the best institutions in Asia and the best in Thailand was a dream coming faster than ever thought. As a young African man growing up in a village full of destructors of development could not allow me think positively about being in an airplane to join this institution. True to my thoughts, it took me...Read More
Forming Our Fellowship
Members of Rotary Peace Fellows cohort 28 are at the end of our second week together in Bangkok. Exploration of the city has included Chinatown, the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok’s modern transportation system, and the nearby Bangkok Culture and Arts Center. Irene Santiago and Tom Woodhouse invited us into study and dialogue about the history and contemporary state of conflict resolution, the...Read More