Last Sunday, Alongsiders International held the first of our international launch events in Singapore. Here are 3 key ways we tried to approach the event differently...
Alongsiders is excited to be officially launching beyond Cambodia this month with the establishment of Alongsiders International.
In the days following her mother’s death, I remember longing to know how Dai, my 8 year old neighbor in this Phnom Penh slum, was doing.
Because our context is one with low rates of literacy, and because we are working with young children, we needed to develop lessons that could be delivered visually.
The poorest child in the world is not the child without an Xbox, or even the child without shoes, but the child without someone who believes in them, loves and walks alongside them.
This unique model of working in groups distinguishes Alongsiders from other mentoring programs and reflects the deep commitment we have to building community - a central value for many people in developing world cultures.
Imagine feeling sand between your toes for the first time in your life. Imagine seeing the vast, vast ocean for the first time in your life...
Alongsiders International is now
incorporated in Singapore. We chose Singapore as an ideal place to
establish our initial legal foundations for a number of key reasons.
Many countries have no established culture of volunteerism. In that context it can be hard to imagine how to mobilize young people to mentor at risk kids, without using money.
The Alongsiders logo design contest attracted more than 130 entries. We had designers from all over the world creating some beautiful and thoughtful symbols to represent who we are. But we chose THIS one.
We first met Teara and his siblings when their mother was dying. The last few months of her life were hard and they struggled to survive in a tiny shack that had a broken roof and walls.
“I grew up without a father and we were very poor and it was difficult to get by. One day, a young man, Lee, who was older than me, asked me if I wanted to become his little brother…
