My Great Great Grandmother, Anna Punaks; the mother of my Grandfather, Valis Punaks, who fled Latvia at the age of 18 to escape being captured and killed by the Soviets in 1944. Note: This blog post was originally published by Family for Every Child in February 2023. In 1944 my Latvian grandparents and great-grandparents were forced to flee their country when the Soviets invaded.  Initially the men stayed behind to defend their country, while the women escaped to Poland as r

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Learning Service claims it is radically changing the assumptions and practices of international volunteering, and Noam Chomsky describes...

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Glamour, excitement and pride The World Travel Market in London brings together 51,000 travel professionals from around the world and is...

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