If you want to join this challenging program, you have to meet a few basic rules:
Minimum age of 17 years
Besides working together with the elephant and Mahout, you are also expected to support with general activities like cooking and cleaning.
minimum stay of 1 week
maximum stay 8 week
A normal level of fitness
You need to respect the Thai culture, be open-minded and have a friendly attitude towards the local people.
The Project includes:
All fees for participating in theThe volunteer Mahout Project
resort or volunteer bamboo hut.
All meals on weekdays, coffee, tea and water during the meals (Breakfast and Lunch ). On Sundays only breakfast. There is a wide variety of places to eat cheaply nearby for dinner on these days.
English speaking guide and supervision
Insurance
Not included in the price: .
Passport / visa fees
Travel expenses within Thailand
Travel, Cancellation and Health Insurance (all participants must be in possession of proof of cover for all of these)
Personal expenses i.e. laundry bills, telephone bills, souvenirs, internet, etc
Transportation from one project to another .
Description:
The Elephant Friendly Projec at Sriracha Elephant Comunity centre has been developed in order to help the elephants and mahouts who live at this park. By means of creating jobs and providing financial support we hope that they can stay together at the camp forever and may have the opportunity for an easy and pleasant future.
The Elephant Friendly Project. Provides volunteering with a great opportunity to work and get a basic understanding of the thai mahout and elephants relationship with their Elephant Camp. The volunteer will be paired up with an elephant and its mahout for your entire stay. You will not only learn how to ride your elephant but also how to care for it. During your stay you will build up a bond with your elephant. You can learn about the life of the mahouts and will become very close with their community, joining in with various communal activities.
Activities during the day can vary but a few daily activities are standard :
- Early wake up, around 6.30
- Clean area and prepare food for the elephant
- After breakfast training with the elephant
- At lunchtime prepare food again for the elephant.
- Optional English teaching to mahouts
- Bathing, training with elephant
- Optional Thai cooking in the evening
You will generally participate from Monday to Friday. On Saturday morning the area at the village will be cleaned. In the afternoon and on Sunday you can relax and spend time for yourself.
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-- From able to read and write (English) to doctorate degree
-- Min. 5 years working experience in any fields
-- Age 27-45
-- Desire to learn to live co-manifesting and sharing evergrowing, everlasting abundant peace, happiness, health, leverage love, (spiritual, mental, physical, time, and economic)freedom.
-- Dreaming of living 6 months a year in Thailand.
Description:
We're on process to develop an evergrowing model communal capitalist world in opposite direction to plutocratic capitalism. (Volunteers are required to study and practice this community culture alternative to what they get used since the begining joining).
Various home-based projects include on the program ranges from biofarming, relearning travelers tourism & hospitality services, international trading, and home-made/ hand-made/ nature-based products manufacturing, language teaching (by universal thinking teachers), and ecological development, socio-economic research (in alternative view of communal capitalists) to IT engineering and consultant,
Best relearning and co-innovative volunteers will be upgraded as co-innovative partners owning majority sharing in 1-3 home-based projects jointly set up with community leaders, and if his/ her communal partnership performance is fine, entiltle to spiritually, mentally, physically, financially share, through monthly saving, in various new ventures lauched jointly by the community leaders worldwide.
Details and possibilities study are available on exploration trip to attend communal mindset, meditation in action, and cultural orientation seminar. To get perspective pictures of communal capitalist comunity, check it out at http://involutionlink.com. To view few examples of successful/ transcendental voluntary people, check it out at http://sonyahome.blogspot.com.
For more info/ or asking personal questions e-mail to: wooti2@yahoo.com
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Dragonfly's Volunteer Thailand Projects offer volunteer opportunities for anyone interested in helping local communities in rural and traditional areas of Thailand - regions which need support the most.
Description:
Dragonfly volunteers work all across Thailand on projects which aid communities and environment. We are committed to providing local people and wildlife with help and support, and each volunteer with the best opportunity for working abroad and experiencing the amazing culture of Thailand.
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As a volunteer in Thailand for the young children, you can teach them to speak and write, walk and run, sing songs, play sports and fun games, shape clays, dance, etc. You can make out your own plans to conduct the classes that suit the need and interest of the young children.
Volunteers working with young children will be provided with the teaching and playing materials for the use in the centers. The working hour is between 8:00 am – 12:00 noon. Volunteers will also work in nearby primary schools during the day.
Description:
There are many Child Development Centers for the children between the age of 2-6 years in nearby cities and factory areas in Thailand. These centers close to primary schools are being run by various groups like the local government, communities, temples or foundations to provide services to the poor families who have low-paid jobs (mostly the factory workers) and can’t afford to hire nannies for their children or send them to private nurseries. The parents drop the children before they go to work and pick them up after office.
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n Thailand , IFRE is presently working in Chang Mai (North Thailand famous for its green rice field and beautiful landscapes), as well as areas located just outside and around Bangkok . IFRE's Thailand volunteer program focuses on working for disadvantaged children, English teaching, teaching in Buddhist temples, as well as homes for the elderly. Volunteers can participate and help in any of these volunteer projects in Thailand :
Work with disadvantaged children (Bangkok, Chiang Mai)
English teaching in primary and secondary school (Bangkok, Chiang Mai)
Teaching English in Buddhist Temple School (Bangkok)
Work in elderly home (Chiang Mai)
Public health (Bangkok)
Description:
With its irresistible breathtaking natural beauty, smiling people with renowned hospitality, and ruins of fabulous kingdom, Thailand remains one of the most popular south Asian destination for volunteers and tourists. Thailand i s also blessed with beaches, mountains, cultural and historical sites, and beautiful landscaping. From the green rice field of North Thailand to the verdant limestone islands of the Andaman Sea , to the vibrating culture, volunteering in the Thailand program offers something amazing for you. IFRE's volunteer Thailand program invites you to explore this Southeast Asian Paradise while contributing to local communities....
Volunteers taking part on the Conservation project all live in a shared volunteer house just outside the small town of Ao Nang, about 30 minutes drive from Krabi. With everyone volunteering in Thailand located in Krabi Province there is a great sense of volunteer spirit combined with a feeling of belonging to the local Thai community. The friendliness of the Thai people is world renowned, and many will want to practice their English skills with you, whether on the bus, at the market or on your walk home from work.
Description:
Thailand is a great introduction to South East Asia. A beautiful country with so much to see, including its famous beaches, exotic food and golden temples. Anyone choosing to volunteer abroad in Thailand will have the chance to get beneath the tourist's Thailand and really get to know the incredibly friendly people and unique culture.
Unlike much of Asia, Thailand has never been colonized by the West. This has meant that Thai culture and a deeply felt Buddhism are influential throughout the country - even amid the urban bustle and the onslaught of modern tourism. Modern Thailand juxtaposes the influence of the West with its many ancient beliefs and is a fascinating place to experience whilst taking part in some overseas voluntary work.
Voluntary Work in Thailand
Our Teaching, Care & Community and Sports projects are all located in and around Krabi town and volunteers taking part on these projects will live with local host families in the area or in a shared volunteer house. ...
Teaching English classes to children and adolescents at the local school.
Create lesson plans and design course materials (flash cards, handouts, activities, games etc.)
Help students with homework assignments.
Looking after, while acting as a suitable role model, councilor, and cultural ambassador to the children.
Help arrange group and recreational activities at Baan Kru Mookda.
Description:
Baan Kru Mookda or "Teacher Mookda's House" is the residence for 29 children ranging in age from 8 to 17. This project was established in 1989 by Mrs. Mookda and others to provide accommodation, education, and a better quality of life for local children and children from nearby mountain tribes whose families are unable to support them through high school.
Volunteers are very active in the day-to-day activities of the children at Baan Kru Mookda. They teach conversational English to students at the community school as well as at Baan Kru Mookda. They look after and treat children as another member of the family, while acting as a suitable role model, counselor and cultural ambassador. Volunteers also help arrange recreation activities.
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Volunteers will teach around a set curriculum written in 10 week blocks and there are excellent teaching resources. The students are full of confidence and love learning English.
Past Volunteers
Last year 7 volunteers worked at Hasadee school and all found their experiences rewarding. Volunteers at the School can teach whatever they feel most comfortable with. Some volunteers prefer to teach small groups or just special students and giving them the extra support they need. Others have taught other subjects like math's, swimming and computers. 2 volunteers even painted a beautiful alphabet on the wall outside the infant classes. Whatever you decide to do you will be supported and appreciated and be giving Isan children the chance to improve and develop their love for English.
Description:
Volunteering in Sri Chiang Mai
Hassadee School is a small private but very affordable family school with 200 students aged between 6 and 12 years old. It is located close to town and has excellent facilities including a computer room and a swimming pool. The Principal is very forward thinking and is trying to develop the school into a more western style of teaching and learning whilst still maintaining Thai culture.
The assistant head teacher at the school, Dave Peel, (read Dave's volunteers story) is an experienced teacher who volunteered with Travel to Teach in 2005 and decided to stay on in Thailand. Dave has been responsible for teaching English at the school for the previous year during which time the progress by the students has been remarkable. The English program is about teaching kids to read and speak with confidence and is based on the belief that you should learn English by doing and by making mistakes. The children are taught English for 3-4 hours a week and all live in small towns and villages where there are virtually no Western Native Speakers, however its hoped that over 90% of the school will read, write and speak English to a good level within 2 years.
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Life as a Volunteer Overseas, in Thailand and Laos
Teach English as a Foreign Language, TEFL. Computer training. Support local Home Stay and Eco Tourism.
International Volunteer Work in Thailand and Laos
Volunteers should be prepared to teach or work 15 - 20 lessons per week, corresponding to about 20- 25 hours per week, not more and not much less. The work is your gateway into the local culture and to making friends!
We recommend that you, the international volunteer, plans and prepares for work together with your Thai or Laos teachers and colleagues! Easier and better for everyone!
The volunteer overseas should however be prepared to teach alone, especially at small primary schools.
Description:
Our international volunteers who teach English as a second language in Thailand often makes English the most popular subject!
Less experienced volunteers are welcome too. All volunteers get an Online Pre Departure Handbook with a Teach English Manual.
Upon arrival volunteers are invited to come to a free (including free accommodation) and very hands on 3 day In Country Volunteer Training in Thailand before they start volunteer period. Volunteers learn everyday Thai and Thai for teaching. They train to teach English. They get country and culture information and they learn to go shopping and cooking.
At the Volunteer Training volunteers also get a CD ROM with general volunteer and teach English advice.
English is best learnt when practiced so our international volunteers teach English by practicing 'Listen and Speak' in the classroom and out of class too! They teach English vocabulary by going to the market, walking around town, going shopping, using computers. They talk about the daily activities of the school, the family, the farm, the village, the national park. They teach English in Thailand a fun and creative way!
You can teach English together with another volunteer or with a Thai teacher, which we recommend to all, but many teachers prefer the volunteer to teach alone.
We also suggest the international volunteer uses computers to help children learn English. Students are often motivated to learn English when they are exposed to the Internet or to interesting CD ROM’s. ...
- 18 years and up if traveling alone, younger volunteers require a guardian.
- good command of English language
Description:
Sing songs, play games and make learning more fun. Help Isaan village children to discover the fun of learning English by helping a Thai teacher with his / her classes.
Or teach computer skills to children and / or adults. Subjects range from how to use internet and office applications to graphic programs and web design depending on your skills.
Volunteers teach about 15 hours a week, more if you like. Calculate some extra time for preparations.
Another option is you help at an orphanage
with homework, play games and sport, become their big brother or sister after the children are back from school or during the weekends.
You live together with other volunteers in one of our houses and there is enough time for sightseeing, cultural activities and more.
For more adventurous volunteers we have a homestay option in several rural villages.
If you are good at something, like singing, sports etc. there is the possibility to use that for extra curricular activities that naturally involve talking in English to you and provide some additionally practise for the students.
There is a great demand for more knowledge, more contact with foreigners, learning English and getting in touch with the world.
Suitable also for groups or seniors.
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