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Life beyond the www. Offline events that combine the sameness and the project to make ripples in the real world. Find out what events are coming up and get the goodness on what has already happened.

[ water for workers ] The Water is Ready…

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The water is ready…are you? Water for Workers from thesamenessproject on Vimeo. And here are the details you need to get in on the Water for Workers action: Meet at Safa park, Gate 5, at 10am. Bring your own transport and a chilly bin/cooler/ice box to keep the water cold. We will give you a […]

[ water for workers ] Yup, It Was Awesome

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Hot? Yes Sweaty? Yes Fun? Correct The very first Water for Workers of summer 2013 ticked all the boxes of hot sweaty funness, and completely smashed our expectations of the amount of water that we would need and the amount of people who would get involved in the project. That’s a very good thing though […]

[ water for workers ] Summer 2013!

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We know it’s not proper hot yet, but it will be soon, and that right there is a good enough reason to roll out Water for Workers for Summer 2013. We ran this simple little [sameness] project for the first time last year (check out some snaps HERE) and because 2012 couldn’t handle all the […]

[ action stations ] #TheConversationChair Live

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We’ve had a whole bunch of fun over March and April letting #TheConversationChair loose in Dubai and watching the chit chat magic happen. The aim of the #TheConversationChair was simple – create a space for two strangers to sit, chat, and share some moments of [sameness]. PRESS PLAY and check out some of #TheConversationChair moments […]

[ action stations ] Live With The Conversation Chair

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It’s always a bit of a nervous adventure going into new [sameness] projects You can never be too sure how a project will go until it’s gone, and with initiatives based on people stepping outside the normal lines of life, the magic is always in the moments. The newest [sameness] project – The Conversation Chair […]

[ action stations ] The Conversation Chair

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We’ve got a sneaky wee project coming up called The Conversation Chair. It’s exactly what it sounds like, but also way cooler than what it sounds like. We are going to keep the suspense suspenseful and not tell you much more right now, other than you should follow The Conversation Chair action online as this […]

[ soles & stories JRDN ] Rose

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Rose’s journey to Jordan was a long time in the making. After giving birth to her first child, a girl named Alyssa, she applied with an agency in Manila hoping to work abroad, but things never progressed past the application stage. Luckily Rose managed to find work at an electronics company alongside her husband, and […]

[ soles & stories JRDN ] Lita

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“Every time I left home to travel for work it became easier” says Lita as she describes the process of leaving the Philippines and flying to an uncertain employment situation in a far away country. She has made life-altering trips from the Philippines to the Middle East three times now. The first was to Kuwait […]

[ soles & stories JRDN ] Lucy

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Lucy is a lady who understands the realities of why she is working in Jordan and not in her home country of the Philippines. She is also very matter of fact when discussing her many hopes and dreams for the future, explaining that the things she wants to achieve she cannot achieve without money, and […]

[ soles & stories JRDN ] Jowena

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A little farm in the Mindanao is the centerpiece of Jowena’s story. She might live and work thousands of kilometers away from there, and have dreams of one day traveling even further, but the little farm in the Philippines will always be close to her heart. The farm is her childhood home and even though […]