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Tobias Rose-Stockwell, founder of the Human Translation Project, took this photo of a young girl from the Sarnelli House Orphanage in the rice fields of Thailand.
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ongolia has no MacDonald’s in the West. I enrolled in English courses nomadic heritage of Mongolia while shar- fast food, Starbucks coffee, for six months at St. Thomas University ing it with the outside world. Hilton Hotel, nor any other in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then I studied I created Borijin Travel, which I named international franchise. Yet, I know those international relations at Augsburg Col- after the clan of Genghis Khan. My vision things will come as a part of globaliza- lege across the river in Minneapolis. I also is to develop outdoor tourism such as tion, and I hope to use my education in worked as a research assistant at Ma- mountain climbing, hiking, and biking, the United States to help my country calester College, and thus I experienced and to create more appreciation of two enjoy the financial benefits of the global work and study in three very different important aspects of Mongolian culture— economy but to avoid some of the social institutions of higher education. our herding way of life and our deep problems. In the year that I was permitted to spiritualism based both in Buddhism and Please allow me to introduce myself. I work after graduation in the United in our worship of nature. am a Mongolian of the Sartuul clan of the States, I wanted to learn about the profit In my opinion, tourism in Mongolia Altai Mountains of Mongolia, but I mostly sphere as well as the non-profit, and is still at its beginning stage and lacks grew up in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. My I wanted to live in Washington D.C. I world standards for service and facili- mother, Dulmaa, was named for the Sky was fortunate to receive an internship ties. My company can help to bring our Goddess, and she gave me the name at NAFSA: Association of International services and offerings to this higher level. Enkhchuluun, meaning Peace Stone. My Educators, while I worked part-time as a At the same time, international tourism goal in life is live up to the name that she teller at the Bank of America. already places a burden on our fragile gave me, to be a stone in the foundation In August 2005 I returned home to ecosystem, and I wish to control this of world peace and progress. Mongolia with the intention of using my through a sustainable form of tourism. My quest began at age 16 just when education and experience abroad to Because of the great value I derived Mongolia opened to the outside in 1996 serve my country. I started working in the from foreign education—both from the and a group of Turkish teachers founded foreign affairs section of Parliament to Turkish teachers in Mongolia and from a school in Ulaanbaatar; I was fortunate reacquaint myself with my country, but college in the United States—I also use to receive a scholarship for their first at the same time I began the creation of my business to provide internships and class of students. Then in 2000, I went my dream company. I wanted to make assistance to Mongolian students wishing to the United States as part of the early a small tourist agency that seeks to to study abroad and for foreign students cohort of Mongolian students to study preserve our unique environment and the who wish to work in Mongolia or simply need an office to hang around, use the computer and feel at home. Through this company, I hope to contribute to Mongolia’s future, while preserving the best of its past, and I hope to repay the debt to those who educated me by helping to educate others. My study abroad experience is helping me to fulfill the destiny chosen for me by my mother, to be a stone for peace in a bridge that connects the past with the future, that unites Mongolia with the world, and that preserves the connection between the beautiful natural environment of Mongolia and its rich spirituality. Please let me know if you want to experience Mongolia for your- self, or if you just want to stop by Borijin Travel. I will be glad to ar- range a trip, and, by the way, you
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Cooper decided to fulfillthe language re S S S S nternet-based business after studying in Freiburg, in Freiburg, studying after business nternet-based I n November 2006 a delegation from the the from delegation a 2006 November n I . and foreign students, business executives, and govern and executives, business students, foreign and . cience and Technology came to learn about innovation innovation about learn to came Technology and cience C to offer professional study tours of California’s California’s of tours study professional offer to C S peak S S LL Travis Travis Campbell, another alley for U. for alley ment leaders. leaders. ment of Ministry insists experience,” business international this need dents of at program the Thunderbird his graduate quirement per combined his knowledge of the themselves. neurs and entrepreneurship. entrepreneurship. and Germany and working in Hamburg. Campbell wants to serve the Campbell in Hamburg. and working Germany situation for their families,” says Cooper. Cooper. says families,” their for situation year, tutors taught close year, to one hundred making hours. a “We’re better a creating and security them giving tutors, the for difference videocameras. Cooper trains the tutors who then schedule their own tutoring sessions with and his belief that these tutors needed to become micro-entrepre become to needed tutors these that belief his and economic well-being of the university educated tutors in Guatemala Guatemala in tutors educated university the of well-being economic Global Management by studying and living in Guatemala. He met met He Guatemala. in living and studying by Management Global taught also who tutor local a with regularly Language Foreign ‘Hello’ in a Saying Clay Cooper is fillingthat language niche in a new way with his company, many don’t even know how to say ‘hello’ or ‘thank you’ in Mandarin.” in you’ ‘thank or ‘hello’ say to how know even don’t many abroad programs with business schools and universities. “More stu “More universities. and schools business with programs abroad Program, Program, Travis Campbell, founder of Peanutbutterabroad.com, in Bavaria. of Peanutbutterabroad.com, founder Campbell, Travis V tutors now teach teach now tutors just started an started just better than the hourly fee they receive locally. $9.99 a month to to a month $9.99 $1 to $1.50 an hour for his services. Back in the United United the in Back services. his for hour an $1.50 to $1 38 International Educator 7 6 "6 12 "2 6 "2 1= ' ' '&' + "' %" 1 1 1 & SI 1 ! E )' 6 )'. )' ! 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