Christy Sommers & Her Featured Goats in Sweaters!
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12/13/18
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[post_content] => "It blends my love of cute things with India and this desire that I have for people to understand the rest of the world better," Sommers says.
This week, we are celebrating the recognition of Christy Sommers (Dragons South Asia Program Director) and her feature by NPR this week in a piece titled, "Dear Internet: Goats In Sweaters Are Cuter Than Kittens In Mittens." We encourage you to read the article and see for yourself seven "impossibly cute" photos of goats wearing sweaters!
From the NPR article:
"Christy Sommers, who takes the photos, first noticed the cuteness that is clothed goats in 2010, while living in a village in northwestern Bangladesh as a Fulbright scholar studying rural primary education. Now she considers the project as adding "net happiness" to the world and helping to share a little slice of life from parts of the world that Americans don't often get to see."
PS. There's also a calendar. Sales of which benefit local organizations in Varanasi, India. Sounds like Christy quickly sold out after the NPR feature, but she's working on a re-print! More details here.
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[post_content] => At Dragons HQ, we're head-over-heels for all the experiences and sentiments captured so beautifully in this fabulous video made by Laura Berry of the Fall 2017 Nepal Semester...
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Nepal Semester Video by Alumni Laura Berry
Posted On
11/15/18
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[post_content] => It was extremely hard for the committee to choose only three winners, but we've posted the 1-minute videos selected as our three top #dragonsvisualstory contest winners on Instagram this week.
You can watch the videos on instagram by clicking on the videos below...
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1-minute visual story video by Katherine Marcus of Dragons Guatemala: Community in Action program.[/caption]
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1-minute visual story video made by Jenna Einhorn, a student on Dragons Summer 2018 Nepal - Traditions of the Himalayas Program.[/caption]
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1-minute video from Vanessa Payne with imagery and sounds from this summer’s Guatemala Spanish Language Intensive 4-week course.[/caption]
Congratulations Vanessa, Jenna, and Katherine!
And thank you to ALL those who put love into their beautiful video contest submissions. They were an honor to watch!
Sincerely,
Dragons HQ
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Announcing our Three 1-minute “Visual Story” Video Contest Winners!
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10/04/18
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[post_content] => If you missed it, or needed a reminder, we're hosting a 1-minute Visual Story contest for our Summer Programs 2018 Community.
#DragonsVisualStory submissions are due Sept. 1st and here's all the guidelines and details!
The following submission, from Elliott Bloom, is from the North India: Roof the The World 4-Week Summer Program.
Ps. Here's a link for those wanting to know more about the North India: Roof the The Word program!
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1-Minute Visual Story (from Ladakh, India) by Elliott Bloom
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[post_content] => Susie Rinehart is a past Dragons Director and treasured member of our community. We offer a standing ovation to this TedTalk introducing her powerful message and life story on the work of letting go of perfectionism...
Excerpted from the TedX website:
"Women have never been more successful. They have also never suffered more from anxiety and depression. Before the diagnosis of a rare tumor wrapped around Susie Rinehart's brainstem and vocal cords, she won several acclaimed ultramarathons at the Masters level. She was good at striving for goals and checking off achievements. Then she found out she was going to die young and without a voice. She wrote down how she wanted to move forward: "I choose joy over fear and brave over perfect." This is her uplifting story of losing, then finding her voice in all its power."
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Brave Over Perfect, A Ted Talk by Susie Rinehart
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[post_content] => Congratulations to the winners of Dragons Spring 2018 Gap Year Programs Contest!
FIRST PLACE (pictured): Photo by Romina Beltrán Lazo, Indonesia Semester. Captioned: "The Javanese parents of the bride at a wedding in Jogja."
SECOND PLACE: Photo by Jacqueline-Bengtson, Nepal Semester, Captioned: “Prayer flags from New Hampshire sway in the wind under Annapurna II. Their prayers are sent around the world!"
THIRD PLACE: Photo by Margo Muyres, South America Gap Year Program, titled: "Flower Lady in La Paz."
[post_title] => Spring Gap Year Program Photo Contest Winners...
[post_excerpt] => Congratulations to the winners of Dragons Spring 2018 Gap Year Programs Contest! FIRST PLACE (pictured) photo by Romina Beltrán Lazo, Indonesia Semester. Captioned: "The Javanese parents of the bride at a wedding in Jogja."
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Spring Gap Year Program Photo Contest Winners…
Posted On
06/25/18
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Dragons HQ
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Congratulations to the winners of Dragons Spring 2018 Gap Year Programs Contest! FIRST PLACE (pictured) photo by Romina Beltrán Lazo, Indonesia Semester. Captioned: "The Javanese parents of the bride at… Read MoreCategories
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