by adminKPI | Sep 2, 2019
As you’d expect, in the hours and days after touching down in Toronto following three incredible months with Kids Play International, I was bombarded with all sorts of questions from family and friends about my experience in Cambodia. At the top of the list were...
by adminKPI | Aug 20, 2019
At Kids Play Rwanda, we want our female players to have robust knowledge of sexual reproductive health. For our July AGU camp, we focused on a “My body, myself” theme, which included information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as ways to manage...
by adminKPI | Aug 14, 2019
As I exit the bus, everyone staring, I step foot on a familiar dirt path in the land of a thousand hills. Riding through Rwanda’s small village, Gatagara, is one of my favorite moto-rides in the country. At night, I would spend the whole ride staring at the sky;...
by adminKPI | Aug 12, 2019
There have been few stories that I’ve been hesitant to write out of fear of doing a disservice to the individual. Tien’s story is one of those few. Her life is an extraordinary story of triumph in which my most eloquent of articulation will not provide her character...
by adminKPI | May 17, 2019
Today marks six months since Kids Play launched in Siem Reap, Cambodia. In those six months, I’ve evolved from American Katey into my new and improved Khmer alter ego- Kitty (an endearing feline nickname derived from the classic mispronunciation of ‘ay’). In her...
by adminKPI | Apr 23, 2019
About two months ago today, I was living in Cambodia. On a whim, I decided to travel to Siem Reap for three weeks to volunteer with an organization called Kids Play International. When I started to tell friends, family, and acquaintances about my decision, I was often...
