The Prayers of the Talibés (1)

"May God preserve us from sickness that comes from elsewhere…”.

Souvenirs from U Pein Bridge

There are many souvenir shops near the U Pein Bridge. In the west side of U Pein Bridge, we found souvenir shops selling hats, bags and cotton clothes and there are many shops, visitors and restaurants than the east side.

Learning While Walking in the Forest: Where the Village Practices Shifting Cultivation

Every day, the youth of Huay Hin Lad Nai community go into the forest to find food. The forest serves as the local supermarket. Accompanying them into the forest today are students from Chiang Mai University, who are part of school's Ethnic Studies and Development program. Both the students and the youth group woke up early at 5:00 a.m to go and learn in the forest together. The local youth shared stories about shifting cultivation, properties of variety of vegetables and herbs, and their way of living with the forest and nature.

ECO-ECOWAS Single Currency

During our field trip to the Togo/Benin boder, we asked the shopkeeper at the Chop bar (local eatery) if she had heard of the Eco before?

Dialogue on the Multi-Currency Transactions

In January 2019 at the Togo-Benin Border, our first contact, the taxi driver showed us the boundaries when we were approaching Anehoe, the Togo Township, that shares border with Hilla Kodji/ Benin.

Lining the Slippers: Making a Difference (3)

When I see this, I feel that they are not that unaware children. We can encourage them, we can teach them and we can cultivate them. But it is funny that every time when I go there I have to remind them to place their slippers systematically.

But I hope one day this will be become tnatural. Now, most of them have got to the point where they place their slippers systematically. So, I feel that I can do it. I can improve some parts of their life.

Lining the Slippers: Making a Difference (2)

I just ask them “does it look good when you see your slippers messy?”

They said “No”.

Then, I ask them “how will you solve this problem?”

They said that they will place their slippers systematically.

I understand that they can be changed easily if they have good guidelines. I feel that I can change some parts of their life.

What Happens When University Students Invest in Community

Those kids were coming to us in the village where we were sharing knowledge. They were so happy to learn with us. They were playing around when we first went there.

When I looked at those kids, I felt that they had very little of health education because they were dirty and didn’t even were footwear or slippers. But when they were running to me,I felt how they loved to learn with us. And I felt that I m a useful person and that I was so impressive to them as an educated person. In other words, I learnt to be a little proud of myself.

Talking to Elders About Trash Segregation

We spoke with the village leaders about putting trash systematically and we gave them some dustbins to implement segregation. We discussed with them to know their knowledge of putting trash systematically.

Fostering Waste Management in the Community (2)

Some people were not clear how the plastic bucket was to be used. Actually, this bucket is for wet waste and the plastic bag should be put in it first before putting trash in.

They used the bucket in wrong way as shown in the photos. We reminded them again, “the basket made with palm raffia is for dry waste and the bucket is for wet." We encouraged them to use it the correct way.

Humanities across Borders

A Humanist Model of Collaborative Higher Education

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