An internship experience filled with gratitude and many learning values

A heart of gratitude even during challenging times.

Experiential learning in an internship.

When our alphabets translate into actions.

Read more about the trials and tribulations faced by the BEAM Team, as they navigate foreign environments in service of their young wards’ education.

We shine a spotlight on a community of changemakers attempting to make education accessible for migrants and refugee youths in Chiang Mai.

Liyana Omar, our Gap Year Intern, reflects on her first facilitation experience at Skillseed in Sri Lanka!

Though we'd already trained hundreds of youth through our various courses, this would be the first programme we would be conducting for youths who happened to have disabilities. Myriad questions raced through my mind then: Would we be able to grasp the nuances and sensitivities of coaching the differently abled? Would we be able to adapt our curriculum and pedagogy to meet their needs? And personally, would I be too loud, too soft… too unconsciously annoying in my mannerisms and gestures?

"Not all of America has the glitz and glamour of Vegas, Hollywood or New York City. Disparities in development and health of some regions seem to only grow."

"Only after going through Marketing for Mamas, however, I realized that lasting solutions do exist and that we could all volunteer our gifts of the head, hand, and heart to be a part of it."

Cambodia was nothing short of a magical experience. But not for the reasons one might expect.

This episode taught us several valuable lessons that we will carry with us beyond this course – not least of all, the importance of building strong, genuine relationships within that said ecosystem.