Amy Querido on PwP and Finding Community Through Blogging

Posted on | December 11, 2009 | Comments Off

Amy Querido is originally from Thailand and is passionate about the difference education can make. She blogs at The Q Family Adventures and Atlanta with Kid.

If you are reading this post, it means by some chances you have heard about Passports With Purpose from blogs, Facebook, email or Twitter. Here’s a little about how I have came to know about Passports with Purpose.

I started blogging almost 2 years ago but I was just a lone blogger. I blogged about my own little adventure but knew no one and had no community. Then late that year, I started to read other family travel blogs. I was a lurker. I just read and never left any comments to any blog. That’s when I first read about Passports with Purpose.

But what did I do about it? NOTHING. I didn’t write a post about it. I didn’t provide a prize for the raffle and I didn’t donate. By the time, I realized that I could do something to help it was too late.

This year I start blogging more regularly and participating more in blogging world. I started to know more travel bloggers from all walks of life with different traveling styles. I have found my people! They might not have known me but I feel like I have known them.

When I first saw Pam’s tweet about Passports with Purpose and ask if anyone is interested in joining. I DMed her right away. I didn’t ‘t know how I could help yet but I knew I wanted to.

Why?

I believe in giving back. I believe that I’m RICH. Yes, I have said it. I’m rich.. I have more than I need. I’m blessed to have beautiful family, good joband good health. I was born and grew up in Thailand. So I knew first hand how fortunate I am to have what I have. One of the most important things I have learned all those years is EDUCATION is gold. It likes this old quote:

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; you have fed him for a lifetime” – Author Unknownnn

Education is the best gift anyone could give to another person. If you ask any parent, you will find that one of their top priorities for their children is a good education. So when Pam sent me the details on what organization Passports with Purpose will work with this year, I was more than on board. I am committed to help and to promote this great cause to anyone I know.

Even though I have never been to Cambodia. I have no doubt that our little effort in this corner of the world wide web will make an enormous impact to those who will get a chance to go to school.

I also believe in setting a good example for my children. Kids learn from observing their parents more than listening to what their parents told them to do. My kids already know that I blog. So it’s just another step to teach them to learn about other kids from the other side of the world and to have compassion for them.

There are many many reasons I joined Passports with Purpose. But in the end, I just wanted to help!!

Amy is giving away a 100 USD gift certificate for the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group for the PwP cause. Learn more about her hosted prize here. Buckhead Life has a 13 restaurants, primarily in Atlanta, so if you live that-away or are planning a trip there, this is a nice thing to have in your pocket. Share this with your southern US pals, they deserve a nice meal, don’t they?