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Hatcherscene: Final day in UB for now
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Saturday, May 28, 2016. Final day in UB for now. Khongorzul with the new blood pressure cuff and stethoscope. Today was filled with the happiness of meeting an old friend coupled with anticipation for our trip north. Khongorzul, a reindeer herder from the East taiga who has just completed medical school, stopped by our apartment in Ulaanbaatar to pick up a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff donated by Nomadicare. Khongorzul taking Sas's blood pressure. Looking at the health database. We are nearly packe...
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Hatcherscene: In the News
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Here are some links to items from newspapers and university publications on my work and volunteer travel. If you would like to know more about any of these organizations, please send me an email and I'll be happy to answer your questions or to direct you in the best way I can. Gift Giving and Mongolian Reindeer herders. Educator Shines Light on Leadership Academy GLOW in Bulgaria. At Home and Abroad WCSU Makes a Difference in the World. Introducing Others to Humanitarian Travel. Where Strife Meets Joy.
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Hatcherscene: October 2015
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Monday, October 19, 2015. Being Black in Japan. This is very interesting. A documentary made by an American woman and a Japanese man depicts Japan as a mostly friendly land of opportunity for black people, especially in comparison to the United States. This is quite a change in this country from the language and attitudes once directed at people whose lineage was not 100% Japanese. You can view the full video here. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Promote Your Page Too. Being Black in Japan.
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Hatcherscene: December 2015
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Friday, December 11, 2015. Watch Words: keep the girls strong. I've just finished my semester in Cultural Anthropology which ends with discussions of gender and social inequality and films on acid violence and social and religious restrictions of women's rights. With that in mind, I find my class lectures everywhere, in 'living color,' so to speak. This week, Canada's new Prime Minister Trudeau announced he would launch an inquiry. In Brazil, violence against women, particularly women of color,. Has an i...
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Hatcherscene: June 2014
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Circus Empowers in Kathmandu. In Nepal, Circus Kathmandu. Helps empower victims of human trafficking. Their web site calls their circus "human rights in action.". Circus Kathmandu powerfully demonstrates ethical, creative and entrepreneurial alternatives. Our model creates real life, inspiring success stories, helping young people to take control of their own lives and to also become human rights advocates. In a BBC report, "Youth circus turns tables on human trafficking,".
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Hatcherscene: Life and Art: Young Reindeer Herders in Mongolia
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Sunday, June 19, 2016. Life and Art: Young Reindeer Herders in Mongolia. My cityscape; Chuka's Gobi. We had samples to show the children too: Chuka lives on the opposite side of Mongolia near the border with China. She is from a nomadic family in the Gobi and drew a Bactrian camel and a ger (traditional felt covered circular house). Her family also herds goats and sheep and horses. Chuka put mountains in her photo (the Gobi is not just desert! In the grocery store. A reindeer in the school lobby. After t...
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Hatcherscene: June 2016
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Thursday, June 23, 2016. In the Land of Blue Sky. White Lake, Tsagaan Nuur. This is the only boat I saw on the lake. I learned that tourists do come to fish, though I didnt see any other vessels during my stay. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Views from the Taiga with Nomadicare. Crowded into our urts watching Migration. Links to this post. Sunday, June 19, 2016. Life and Art: Young Reindeer Herders in Mongolia. Links to this post. Wednesday, June 1, 2016. A Day in Tsagaan Nuur. Promote Your...
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Hatcherscene: June 2015
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Friday, June 5, 2015. Swedes Get 16 Months of Materinity/Paternity Leave. An update on Paternity Leave In Sweden. A father in Stockholm. (Photo: 'The Christian Science Monitor'/Getty Images). May 31, 2015 By Samantha Cowan. Sweden has the United States beat on affordable furniture. Of 185 countries, only the U.S. and Papua New Guinea. Have no mandated paid parental leave. The U.S. allows 12 weeks of unpaid leave. And Martin O’Malley. Calling for federal reform to protect new parents. More than 80 percent...
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Hatcherscene: September 2015
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Corawill's Helping Hands in Vratsa. For our third consecutive year, Corawill, Inc. Visited Assen Zlaterov social home in Vratsa. Our volunteers included students and alumni from Western Connecticut State University and the university of Connecticut, Torrington, a Danbury High School student and lawyer. We played sports, took the children swimming at the community pool and on an outing to Ledenika Cave. We also made Smores. A new treat for the kids and they loved it. Educati...
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Hatcherscene: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The Decade of Roma Inclusion. Roma people continue to face illegal evictions in Europe [Reuters]. Reprinted in full from Global Post, 14 racist things politicians and others have said about the Roma. . It is obscene that politicians in Europe share their racist ideology so easily while at the same time European countries are spending millions of euros on the decade of Roma inclusion, 2005-2015. . The World Bank site explains, . Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
