TWO EGGS AND A LEMON (ePub)
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The simple gift of two eggs and a lemon from a young boy becomes the symbolic title of Joanna MacLean's remarkable book, chronicling her four years in Myanmar. Working with the Red Cross from 2002 through 2006, at a pivotal period in the country's political transformation, MacLean's memoir is an honest, intimate story of a fascinating, exotic people within a culture shaped by the pulse of Buddhism, a people of indelible spirit in the face of adversities.
The gift of Two Eggs and a Lemon is MacLean's enchanting focus on the stories of people she met and learned from, and how such humble generosities bridge our understanding of human commonality.
In 2004 she co-founded La Luna Gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand specialising in S.E. Asian contemporary art, focussing on art from Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and since 2011 she has been joint owner/director of Colour Factory, operating shops in and around Chiang Mai. One of their main products are the painted elephants of the internationally known 'Elephant Parade'. Her company also organises events to bring attention to, and raise funds for a number of causes, including elephant welfare and pediatric heart surgery for disadvantaged children.
In her capacity as Consultant to the 'Naka Foundation,' which is dedicated to the conservation and well-being of elephants, Joanna lectures to school and university students and to service groups in Thailand on issues related to elephant conservation. She is a founding member of the ASEAN Captive Elephant Working Group (ACEWG), a group of regional elephant specialists, veterinarians, researchers and conservationists who are working to create more awareness about both the problems and the possible solutions, as well as provide recommendations to improve healthcare and management practices for captive elephants in the
She is also an Advisor to 'Skills for Life,' a foundation which provides vocational training and job opportunities for underprivileged youth from Hill Tribes around Chiang Mai.
She continues to enjoy traveling and photography in her spare time and in combining these interests and her experience has worked as a lecturer aboard cruise ships in Asia and the Americas.
Joanna has been living in Chiang Mai, Thailand since 2006.
- Autor: Joanna MacLean
- 2016, 1. Auflage, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Marrowstone Press
- ISBN-10: 0692699716
- ISBN-13: 9780692699713
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2016
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- Größe: 8.42 MB
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