Vsa Thailand

MID – LONG TERM VOLUNTEER PROJECT LIST 2019

VSA CONTACT

Address: 1063/379 Palm Spring Airport Village, Kuanlang Sub-district, Hat Yai District, Songkhla, Thailand 90110 Tel. +66 (0) 8 2262 5577, +66 (0) 8 1959 2961

E-mail contact Mid-Long Term Volunteer (MLTV) [email protected]

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About VSA Mid-Long Term Volunteer Description Qualification Volunteer life About visa to Thailand Project location MLTV table 2019 MLTV project detail 2019

ABOUT VSA

Volunteer Spirit Association (VSA Thailand) is a non-profit (NPO)/non-government (NGO) / Peace organization collaborates international voluntary project for people of all ages, cultures, religious and economic backgrounds. Our work is based on the belief that learning, sharing, and understanding can reduce any conflicts. We hope it can lead to the last goal that is PEACE. Volunteer Spirit Association (VSA Thailand) started the activity in 2008 as SAWASDEE Thailand (ST) and organized first international workcamp in 2009. Now VSA is a full member of NVDA (Network Voluntary Development in Asia) and CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service), and still, keep promoting International Voluntary Service (IVS) in Thailand step by step. Mission Co-ordinate international voluntary projects for people of all ages, cultures, religious and economic backgrounds. Vision Gateway to the global citizen as an International Voluntary Service where you can share friendship and dream with people around the world MID-LONG TERM VOLUNTEER DESCRIPTION

Volunteers would stay and work with VSA and local partners from 1 to 12 months with the following themes

• Education (EDU) teaching, learning, exchanging, etc. • Environment (ENVI) plant the tree, take care of the planted tree, collect garbage, public water sources conservative, etc. • Agriculture (AGRI) learning the sufficiency economy theory, the new theory of agriculture, organic farm, non-chemical agriculture, etc. • Culture (CULT) local history recalling festival, museum. • Construction (CONS) school and temple renovation. • Social (SOCI) local community development, disable people. • Renovation (RENO) learning center, school, temple. QUALIFICATION

• Age over 18 years • Ability to communicate in English or full intention to try. • Open up and love to learn new things, and respect in the different cultures. VOLUNTEER LIFE

Volunteer Coordinator will be the one who can manage and answer your question, and also coordinate between international volunteers and local hosts at the beginning of the project, after a while, the international volunteers need to learn how to communicate by themselves with local hosts. even we speak the different language, it will be not more empowerment than intention. The volunteer coordinator will be your adviser during your voluntary staying.

Working, the local organization will prepare the work for the volunteers. Your ideas or suggestions are always welcomed and needed. The volunteers are not the tourist, visitor or a guest. They are expected to work with the local people as a member of their team.

Simple accommodation, volunteers will stay at the local house, temple, school, public center, forest camping, or hut.

Accommodation and food, accommodation and food are included in the participation fee except for their own expenses such as souvenir, personal food, accommodation on free time, weekend, traveling day, or before starting of projects and after the end of the project. Volunteers have to keep clean their own accommodation and cooking their own food mostly together with the local people.

PARTICIPATION FEE The participation fee is spent on a project running, food, accommodation during volunteer project period, administration and organization running. The volunteers have to pay their own expenses such as souvenir, personal food, and free time travel expense, and also expense before the project starts and after the project ends. Why will need to pay participation fee?

VSA is not financially supported by government to host projects related to IVS. Hence all projects are self-funded with a participation fee. Giving the remote locations and various complexities, we have tried our best to make it as affordable as possible for volunteers. Being a non-profit organization, we emphasize transparency, below is how we spend collected participation fee.

• Food, accommodation, and logistics of the volunteers during workcamp. • Project setup costs. (material and logistics cost) • Running the camp. (wage of professional like mason, carpenter, plumber, etc. Training local youth supported by us.) • Office running/admin expenses. (internet, photocopy, stationary, electricity, phone, salary, office equipment, tool and rental etc.) • Supporting a small community project. • International travel costs to global conferences and membership fee for networking. Dividing the participation fee The participation fee will be divided as

40% for Project running, preparing workcamp all workcamp and MLTV project cost 40% for Organization running, all administrative cost such as the internet, rental, salary, phone, equipment, etc. 10% Networking, training, and seminar, the cost of international travel costs to global conferences and membership fee for networking 10% Foundation, activity, and support to our local partners outside the project. HOW TO APPLY

• Completely Volunteer Exchange Form • Completely motivation letter ABOUT VISA TO THAILAND

Mid-Long Term Volunteer (MLTV) There are 2 ways for MLTV

1. Apply for a tourist visa, mostly the volunteers get a visa to stay in Thailand for 2 months. After that, if the volunteers want to extend the visa, they can extend it at Royal Thai Consulate-General Penang, Malaysia (the easiest way), and the volunteers will get more 30 days to include 1900 Baht for visa fee. Furthermore, if the volunteers want to extend the visa, but less than 30 days, they can apply for a tourist visa at the immigration office. 2. For MLTV who stay more than 2 months, apply for Non-Immigrant Visa “O-A” (Long Stay) REMARKS

• Please contact us immediately if the volunteers need a confirmation letter after coordinate clearly with the sending organization. VSA Thailand can help the volunteers before they leave their country, but VSA Thailand cannot provide a visa upon arrival in Thailand. The volunteers need to make arrangement for a visa in their home country before departure date. The sending organization will usually help the volunteers along with the process. • If the volunteers have a tourist visa, do not go out of Thailand until your visa date expires because the tourist visa will finish automatically, and they have to ask for visa again at Thai Consulate abroad.

KNOWLEDGE DIVIDE AND EDUCATION FAILURE IN THAILAND

The pictures of Thailand Education failure on language skill and international knowledge some presented by less number of Thai who can communicate in English and less basic knowledge on an international level. English subject has been put in the Thai curriculum since primary school. In some private school started learning since kindergarten level but the wrong methodology of education learning has been put in Thai society which made graduated students could not communicate in English and/or interested in international basic knowledge. Measuring education quality and successfulness learning goals of learner showing 4 key points generated in following Education Quality The effective of Thailand education generate into Teacher passion and quality, in the last 20 years High school graduation who pure intend to continue study to be a teacher has less than 20%. Most of the high school graduates choose teacher faculty to spare from other faculties that they intend to study and or teaching faculty is the last choice to study after they could not enter in any faculty. The reason that to be a teacher is not to motivate people to study are less salary, hard-working (include teaching and school additional tasks). So to be the teacher in Thailand seem hard work with less compensation and low social value. Unqualify person studied to be the teacher, we found the result of English teacher could not communicate in English, teaching English by Thai and never practiced student in English for communication. Some people did not know their ability which is one of education failure. Learning without knowing what they really are. Some properly to be the teacher but found themselves in other work fields as the higher social value

The wrong methodology of education, one of the goals of Thai education aims to pass the test than encouraging a love of wisdom. So the way of learning in classroom focus on the amount of knowledge than understanding in the subject nor understand the aims of learning. Students who passing test could not even understand what they have been passed to adapted in daily life. This kind of education created the dream of capitalism wealth than understand own traditional wisdom which is the real social situation and fundamental to developing. Education Department policy, teacher working task has been divided more than teaching but including school management tasks. The teacher needs to work on students quality and statistic report competition with the private school which created the aims of teaching to high core test than quantity learning. Nationalism idea and the language barrier, since 1939, Thailand on leading of Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the prime minister announced about Thai nationalism which is protection for colonization from western. The purpose is for nationalist and Thai solidarity. One of these formal rules forces Thai resident to speak Thai even they are other nationality in Thailand. Some of Thai language does not match English sound source such as “the”. To pronounce this sound is kind of unfamiliar and impolite in the Thai language. As well as final sound which does not appear in Thai words. Social inequality, social inequality is the key to knowledge opportunity inequality between city and rural area. Students from the city have more chance to access the educational resources, more education quality, real filed to practice as well as economic situation. Thus, in the big gap between city and rural make Thailand well developed in the only big city but rural burden makes the overall of Thailand development slowly and difficult. Last 50 years, Thailand has huge investments in infrastructure as well as education but in the incorrect way, that is the case that the facility is quite a convenience in a big city but the knowledge to use and develop technology is less. All mentions above play the reason why most VSA Thailand projects focusing on Education. Most of VSA partners requested international volunteers to play teacher role more than labor role. The viewpoint of Thai in a rural area has full respect for foreigners and afraid to request foreigners working on labor work but prefer more in learning and exchanging tasks.

“VSA 2.0 is the next step to involve the concept development and knowledge sharing and heritage wisdom that is based on the sustainability of the fundamental factors in daily life; food, accommodation, cloth, and medicine. It is also focusing on self-reliance, prior knowledge adaptability, and sharing tacit knowledge. The concept and process of VSA 2.0 realize the importance of identity or man-made because a result of human action is a part of changing many things in the world. The aims of International workcamp and voluntary project are increasing relationship of members between the camp and community, sharing and learning together, and leading to the knowledge management in workcamp and voluntary project. The data collection from assessment during camp activity proceeds for publishing in several ways of media. Moreover, it can be a benefit to studying in the future. Sustainable living is based on understanding the different way of life." Project Location

MLTV1901-5

MLTV1901-4 MLTV1901-9

MLTV1901-7

MLTV1901-2 SVB17

MLTV1901-1 MLTV1901-8 MLTV1902 MLTV1903-1 MLTV1903-2 MLTV1904 MLTV1901-3 MLTV1905 VOLUNTEER SPIRIT ASSOCIATION MLTV1901 -6

VSA Thailand

Mid-Long Term Voluntary Programme 2019

MLTV Table 2019

Code Name Type Date Place Vol.

MLTV1901-1 Intercultural and Language Edu/Kid Permanent Songkhla 4 (ICL) – Songkhla

MLTV1901-2 Intercultural and Language Edu/Kid/Teen June – Sep. Nakhon Ratchasima 2 (ICL) – Nakhon Ratchasima Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-3 Intercultural and Language Edu/Kid/Teen June – Sep. Krabi 2 (ICL) – Krabi Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-4 Education for Disadvantaged Edu/Kid June – Sep. Sakon Nakhon 4 Children – Sakon Nakhon Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-5 Education for Disadvantaged Edu/Teen/Agri/ June – Sep. Khon Kaen 4 Children – Khon Kaen /Reno Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-6 Education for Disadvantaged Edu/Kid June – Sep. Satun 4 Children – Satun Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-7 Education for Disadvantaged Edu/Kid June – Sep. Buriram 4 Children – Buriram Nov. – Feb.

MLTV1901-8 Socioeconomic and Cultural Edu/Teen Permanent Songkhla 4 Learning Programme – TSU

MLTV1901-9 Community Learning Center Edu/Agri/Reno/ June – Sep. Chiang Mai 4 “Somdejya” (Alternative Cul Nov. – Feb. school for hill tribes) – Chiang Mai MLTV1902 Peace Village – Songkhla Edu/Agri/Envi/ Permanent Songkhla 6 Reno MLTV1903-1 Rescue Team Assistant – Soc Permanent Songkhla 2 Songkhla MLTV1903-2 Folklore Museum on Yor Cult /Edu Permanent Songkhla 2 Island – Songkhla MLTV1903-3 Buddhism Community – Cult/Edu Permanent Songkhla 4 Songkhla

MLTV1904 Farm Stay – Songkhla Agri/Envi Permanent Songkhla 4

MLTV1905 Media Content Creator Art Permanent Songkhla 2 SVB17 Suvarnabhumi Edu/Agri/Envi/ June – Sep. Thailand and 4 Reno Nov. – Feb. Cambodia

MLTV PROJECT DETAIL 2019

MLTV1901-1 Intercultural and Language (ICL)

– Songkhla

BACKGROUND MLTV1901-1 Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Songkhla, learning and PROJECT SITE sharing the intercultural and language still are the main purpose. The volunteers can The schools in Songkhla, share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the local community and children in school. Also, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the Thailand local community MEETING POINT Nowadays, English language as the global language and intercultural VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, learning are important for local Thai people, especially Thailand as a tourism country. Thailand After the project was created by VSA Thailand and has been successful for seven years. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children in schools where they are (Every volunteer needs to participate in the poor local community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. the orientation week at VSA Learning They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Home on 1st th – 5 of month before they Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively are going to work at the project.) and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture. On the other hand, the volunteers also get the opportunity to know local food, local transportation, local occupation and local culture with living in local habitation in the community. We believe that understanding several cultures can make the world be peaceful.

Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby to have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing.

Teaching Activity is that the volunteer would do the activities base on intercultural and language with the games, songs, storytellings, and dancings. Also, it should focus on communication; listening and speaking.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. A local host family will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Hat Yai City, Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport. The plane will take you to Hat Yai approximately 1 hour and a half Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Songkhla province. We would like to recommend Samila Beach, Songkhla Old Town, and Hat Yai Municipality Park.

Samila Beach – The main beach of Songkhla province. There is full of history and storytelling about the Samila Beach and the small islands from the beach. Songkhla Old Town – The original town of Songkhla can tell many stories in that period. You can visit, find some typical food and take the photo with the beautiful walls and buildings

EXTRA FEE

The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

• Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male, and female). • Transportation during the project • The project preparation and orientation week • There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period. Excluding

MLTV1901-2 Intercultural and Language (ICL)

– Nakhon Ratchasima

BACKGROUND MLTV1901-2 Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Nakhon Ratchasima, PROJECT SITE learning and sharing the intercultural and language still are the main purpose. The Ban Krogluek School, Nakhon volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the local Ratchasima, Thailand community and children in school. Also, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the local community MEETING POINT Nowadays, English language as the global language and intercultural VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, learning are important for local Thai people, especially Thailand as a tourism country. Thailand After the project was created by VSA Thailand and has been successful for eight years. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children in schools where they are (Every volunteer needs to participate in the poor local community. Many local people can improve their English skills through the orientation week at VSA Learning a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. Home on 1st – 5th of month before they They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. are going to work at the project.) Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture. On the other hand, the volunteers also get the opportunity to know local food, local transportation, local occupation and local culture with living in local habitation in the community. We believe that understanding several cultures can make the world be peaceful.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as English teachers in the primary school. They can prepare their lesson by themselves, but the teacher at the school can give the advice (do not expect this point too much even the teachers are also shy to speak out). Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for a student in the school and people in the village or the place nearby have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching Activity is that the volunteer would do the activities base on intercultural and language with the games, songs, storytellings, and dancings. Also, it should focus on communication; listening and speaking.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided.

• Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. A local host family will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 2 ways to get to Nakhon Ratchasima province from Bangkok; bus and train. Bus – Dan Khun Thot Bus Station, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Dan Khun Thot Bus Station, Nakhon Ratchasima. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 10&passengers=1&to_id=74149, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Nakhon Ratchasima approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes. Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok, is enormous, but there is a lot of staff to help passengers to find your way. You will be caught right at the entrance and directed to the right platform. Train – Nakhon Ratchasima Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Nakhon Ratchasima. It will take you to Nakhon Ratchasima approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Nakhon Ratchasima province. We would like to recommend Khao Yai National Park and Phimai Historical Park Khao Yai National Park – It is the first national park in Thailand, comprising mixed forest, rainforest, and meadows. Sightseeing on Khao Yai is one of the interesting things to do in Nakhon Ratchasima. There are more than 3,000 kinds of flowers, 250 kinds of birds, and 67 kinds of mammals like elephants, tigers, gibbons, deer, and boars up there.

Phimai Historical Park – The beautiful historical castle is located in Pimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima.

You can find more information at http://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/NakhonRatchasima

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

• Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male, and female). • There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period.

• The project preparation and orientation week Excluding

MLTV1901-3 Intercultural and Language (ICL)

– Krabi

BACKGROUND

MLTV1901-3 Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Krabi, Ban Sapanpon PROJECT SITE School is a small school in Krabi province. It is the primary school where there are 60 - Ban Sapanpon School, Krabi, Thailand 70 students who study in the school. Even though the school is located in Krabi where it is the tourist place, it is far from the destination; beach and the sea. Most local people MEETING POINT don’t have a chance to learn about different culture and cannot speak English. It means VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, the student in the school they don’t have the opportunity as well. This project is a good Thailand opportunity when the volunteer comes and shares the culture and language by doing an activity with a student in the school. The volunteer can motivate children to dare to speak (Every volunteer needs to participate English. Furthermore, the volunteer can teach them by your own language and learn the the orientation week at VSA Learning Thai Language. Learning and sharing the intercultural and language still are the main Home on 1st – 5th of month before they purpose. The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the local community and children in school. Also, the volunteers will know more about are going to work at the project.) Thailand during working in the local community. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture. Hopefully, the volunteer can motivate another student who lives around the village but studies another school where it is far away from the village to come back to study in this school. On the other hand, the volunteers also get the opportunity to know local food, local transportation, local occupation and local culture with living in local habitation in the community. We believe that understanding several cultures can make the world be peaceful.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as English teachers in the primary school. They can prepare their lesson by themselves, but the teacher at the school can give the advice (do not expect this point too much even the teachers are also shy to speak out). Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching the English language by activity; using games, song, storytelling, art or performance to encourage them to communicate in English. The volunteer should create the game and activity for a student who is 7- 18 years old. We don’t expect the student can learn more about reading and writing, but we want the volunteer makes them dare to speak English at the beginning. Agriculture work – The volunteer can learn how to plant the vegetables such as mushroom, morning glory, and another local vegetable, etc. in the school.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family and the teacher’s house in the school.

• Nature environment, basic and simple.

• Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. A local host family will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 2 ways to get to Krabi province from Bangkok; plane and bus. Plane – Krabi International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Krabi International Airport. The plane will take you to Krabi approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes. Bus – Krabi Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Krabi Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&to_id=8054&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Krabi approximately 14 hours.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Krabi province. We would like to recommend the Emerald Pool, Wat Tham Sua (Tiger Cave Temple), and Ao Nang Beach. The Emerald Pool – An Unseen Thailand in Krabi is a mineral pool in the forest. Wat Tham Sua (Tiger Cave Temple) – It is one of the more interesting temple complexes in southern Thailand, as the monks live and worship within a maze of natural caves in an overgrown jungle valley. Ao Nang Beach – The popular beautiful beach for tourist in Krabi You can find more information at: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Krabi

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

• Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male, and female). • There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period. • The project preparation and orientation week Excluding

MLTV1901-4 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Sakon Nakhon

BACKGROUND

MLTV1901-4 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Sakon PROJECT SITE Nakhon is created at Rajaprajanugroh 53 School where it is the school for disadvantaged Rajaprajanugroh 53 School, Sakon and poor children in the countryside of Sakon-Nakhon, Thailand. Nakhon, Thailand Rajaprajanugroh 53 School is the school for disadvantaged and poor

MEETING POINT children in the countryside of Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. The school is under the royal foundation offers education, food and accommodation for the children who have no VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, parents, the children from the poor family, and the children from the very remote area. Thailand They can come and stay at the school from the primary (7 years old) to high school (18 years old). (Every volunteer needs to participate The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the orientation week at VSA Learning the local community and children in school. Everyone can study about each country, st th Home on 1 – 5 of month before they nationality, culture, etc. in the real situation. The volunteers can see how the difference are going to work at the project.) between people even they live in the same city. Moreover, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the local community. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children and the local people in the community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as an English teacher in primary and high school. You can prepare the easy English lesson and useful conversation. Open mind and share a new experience with the students. Use your own experience for teaching and enjoying the game. Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby to have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching the English language by activity; using games, song, storytelling, art or performance to encourage them to communicate in English. The volunteer should create the game and activity for a student who is 7- 18 years old. We do not expect the student can learn more about reading and writing, but we want the volunteer makes them dare to speak English at the beginning.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay at the school dormitory and the teacher’s house in the school.

• Nature environment, basic and simple.

• Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The school will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 2 ways to get to Sakon Nakhon province from Bangkok; plane and bus. Plane – Sakon Nakhon International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon Airport. The plane will take you to Sakon Nakhon approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. Bus – Sakon Nakhon Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&to_id=10462&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Sakon Nakhon approximately 8 – 13 hours.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Sakon Nakhon province. We would like to recommend Phra That Narai Cheng Weng, Phu Phan National Park, and Wat Tham Pha Daen. Phra That Narai Cheng Weng – The historical temple which is believed that women built it to compete to the men. Phu Phan National Park – The seventh national park of Thailand, in the past there was the battlefield in World War2. Wat Tham Pha Daen– Scenic views are offered from this hilltop Buddhist temple with a golden pagoda. You can find more information at:

https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Krabi

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

MLTV1901-5 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Khon Kaen

BACKGROUND

MLTV1901-5 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Khon Kaen PROJECT SITE is created at Rajaprajanugroh 50 School where it is the school for disadvantaged and Rajaprajanugroh 50 School, Khon Kaen, poor children in the countryside of Khon Kaen, Thailand. Thailand Rajaprajanugroh 50 School is the school for disadvantaged and poor

MEETING POINT children in the countryside of Khon Kaen, Thailand. The school is under the royal foundation offers education, food and accommodation for the children who have no VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, parents, the children from the poor family, and the children from the very remote area. Thailand There are 829 students that they can come and stay at the school from the primary (7 years old) to high school (18 years old). (Every volunteer needs to participate The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the orientation week at VSA Learning the local community and children in school. Everyone can study about each country, st th Home on 1 – 5 of month before they nationality, culture, etc. in the real situation. The volunteers can see how the difference are going to work at the project.) between people even they live in the same city. Moreover, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the local community. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children and the local people in the community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as an English teacher in primary and high school. You can prepare the easy English lesson and useful conversation. Open mind and share a new experience with the students. Use your own experience for teaching and enjoying the game. Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby to have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching the English language by activity; using games, song, storytelling, art or performance to encourage them to communicate in English. The volunteer should create the game and activity for a student who is 7- 18 years old. The activity after school – because the students stay at the school dormitory, they always have extra activities after school. The volunteer can join them to make a more closed relationship. It will be a good opportunity to exchange the different culture. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay at the school dormitory and the teacher’s house in the school.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The school will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Khon Kaen province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Khon Kaen Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Khon Kaen Airport. The plane will take you to Khon Kaen approximately 1 hour. Bus – Khon Kaen Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Khon Kaen Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 25&passengers=1&to_id=12912, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Khon Kaen approximately 6 hours. Train – Khon Kaen Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Khon Kaen. It will take you to Khon Kaen approximately 7 – 9 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Khon Kaen province. We would like to recommend Ba Luang Waterfall Forest Park and the Museum of Phu Wiang Dinosaur. Ba Luang Waterfall Forest Park – The beautiful waterfall is in the forest park where it is full of water all year. The Museum of Phu Wiang Dinosaur – It is a part of the fossil research center of Phu Wiang Dinosaur. You can find more information at: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/KhonKaen

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

• Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male, and female). • There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period.

• The project preparation and orientation week Excluding

MLTV1901-6 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Satun

BACKGROUND

MLTV1901-6 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Satul is PROJECT SITE created at Rajaprajanugroh 42 School where it is the school for disadvantaged and poor Rajaprajanugroh 42 School, Satun, children in the countryside of Satun, Thailand. Thailand Rajaprajanugroh 42 School is the school for disadvantaged and poor

MEETING POINT children in the countryside of Satun, Thailand. The school is under the royal foundation offers education, food and accommodation for the children who have no parents, the VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, children from the poor family, and the children from the very remote area. There are 919 Thailand students that they can come and stay at the school from the primary (7 years old) to high school (18 years old). (Every volunteer needs to participate The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the orientation week at VSA Learning the local community and children in school. Everyone can study about each country, st th Home on 1 – 5 of month before they nationality, culture, etc. in the real situation. The volunteers can see how the difference are going to work at the project.) between people even they live in the same city. Moreover, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the local community. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children and the local people in the community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as an English teacher in primary and high school. You can prepare the easy English lesson and useful conversation. Open mind and share a new experience with the students. Use your own experience for teaching and enjoying the game. Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby to have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching the English language by activity; using games, song, storytelling, art or performance to encourage them to communicate in English. The volunteer should create the game and activity for a student who is 7- 18 years old. We don’t expect the student can learn more about reading and writing. but we want the volunteer makes them dare to speak English at the beginning. The activity after school – because the students stay at the school dormitory, they always have extra activities after school. The volunteer can join them to make a more closed relationship. It will be a good opportunity to exchange the different culture.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

The volunteer will stay at the school dormitory and the teacher’s house in the school.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The school will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There is only 1 way to get to Satun province from Bangkok by bus. Bus – Satun Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Satun Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 25&passengers=1&to_id=10527, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Satun approximately 16 hours 30 minutes.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Satun province. We would like to recommend Koh Lipe Island and Golden Dragon Beach. Koh Lipe Island – A most popular island for the tourist in Thailand. Golden Dragon Beach – It is a sand ridge beach in the middle of the sea for 4 kilometers, connecting between 2 islands. You can find more information at: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/KhonKaen

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

MLTV1901-7 Education for Disadvantaged Children – Buriram

BACKGROUND Rajaprajanugroh 51 School is the school for disadvantaged and poor PROJECT SITE children in the countryside of Buriram, Thailand. The school is under the royal Rajaprajanugroh 51 School, Buriram, foundation offers education, food and accommodation for the children who have no Thailand parents, the children from the poor family, and the children from the very remote area. There are 813 students. They can come and stay at the school from the primary (7 years MEETING POINT old) to high school (18 years old). The school also teach the occupational certificate VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, course. Thailand The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the local community and children in school. Everyone can study about each country, nationality, (Every volunteer needs to participate culture, etc. in the real situation. The volunteers can see how the difference between the orientation week at VSA Learning people even they live in the same city. Moreover, the volunteers will know more about Home on 1st – 5th of month before they Thailand during working in the local community. are going to work at the project.) The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children and the local people in the community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture.

WORK Volunteers are expected to work as an English teacher in primary and high school. You can prepare the easy English lesson and useful conversation. Open mind and share a new experience with the students. Use your own experience for teaching and enjoying the game. Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for students in the school or the place nearby to have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching the English language by activity; using games, song, storytelling, art or performance to encourage them to communicate in English. The volunteer should create the game and activity for a student who is 7- 18 years old. We don’t expect the student can learn more about reading and writing, but we want the volunteer makes them dare to speak English at the beginning. The activity after school – because the students stay at the school dormitory, they always have extra activities after school. The volunteer can join them to make a more closed relationship. It will be a good opportunity to exchange the different culture.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

The volunteer will stay at the school dormitory and the teacher’s house in the school.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The school will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Buriram province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Buriram Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Buriram Airport. The plane will take you to Buriram approximately 1 hour. Bus – Buriram Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Buriram Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this https://www2.nakhonchaiair.com/view/busroute, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Buriram approximately 5 – 6 hours. Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok, is enormous, but there is a lot of staff to help passengers to find your way. You will be caught right at the entrance and directed to the right platform. Train – Buriram Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Buriram Train Station. It will take you to Buriram approximately 6 – 8 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Buriram province. We would like to recommend Phanomrung Historical Park, Play La Ploen and Khao Kradong Forest Park. Phanomrung Historical Park – The historical castle is located on the top of the volcano. Play La Ploen – The gorgeous flower garden is full of many several kinds of flower in every season. Khao Kradong Forest Park – The site of the park is a former volcano. Near the top of the volcano is the Suphatthara Bophit Buddha image. You can find more information at: https://uk.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Buri-Ram

EXTRA FEE

The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

MLTV1901-8 Socioeconomic and Cultural Learning

Programme – TSU

BACKGROUND Thaksin University is a public university in Southern Thailand. It is in PROJECT SITE Mueang Songkhla District, Songkhla Province. It is about twenty kilometers from Hat Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand Yai District. Previously, Thaksin University was a branch campus of Srinakharinwirot University. Afterward, it grew and eventually became a separate university. Thaksin MEETING POINT University was established as an independent public university on 1 September 1996. VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, The university name was granted by a Royal Decree of His Majesty the Thailand King, who graciously granted the university the name of Thaksin, which means (Every volunteer needs to participate “southern”. The aim of the university is encouraging and preserve the culture of Southern Thailand. the orientation week at VSA Learning In general, most Thai students cannot speak English even though they are Home on 1st – 5th of month before they a university student. It is a big chance to communicate with the foreigner. They can are going to work at the project.) destroy their shyness and let them learn the culture. Now it is not only English is important to be in the world. The cultural diversity is also important.

WORK Volunteers will be an English teacher, facilitator and friends to our students in various English activities called socioeconomic and cultural learning programme at Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics, Thaksin University. 1. We aim to encourage our Economics students to practice their English with foreigners at least once a week. 2. Each volunteer will be assigned to talk to our students on different topics including 2.1) General information of his or her country and hometown 2.2) The economy aspects such as important products, main exports etc. 2.3) Social and cultural aspects such as ways of greetings, leisure activities, food culture and so on 2.4) Other topics which related to volunteer's interests such as sport, tourism, life experience, hometown etc. 3. Each volunteer could show some pictures related to the talk and then discuss or ask some questions to students. Student group: Volunteers will be working with 2nd to 4th-year Economics students in these modules: 1) English for Economists 1 2) English for Economists 2 (2nd semester) 3) English for Economists 3

4) World Economy 5) Thai Economy (Tourism part) 6) Introduction to Economic Research (Interview practice) Outdoor activities and excursion: We sometimes take our students to do some activities in the community, the city center, and some tourist destinations. By doing so, our students tend to be more relaxed and easier to learn and practice English more than in the normal classroom. Volunteers can help them to improve their English communication skills in different settings and fun activities. Semester time: 1st semester – Mid-August to end of December 2nd semester – Mid-January to mid-May Conversation English for Lecturer: This coming semester, we would like to add one more activity for new volunteers by asking them to have an informal English conversation class for our Thai lecturers. This activity aims to encourage our lecturers to practice English and to familiarise them to English and we hope to increase their confidence in using English for their future career. The help from volunteers will be grateful.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay in the university or museum accommodation (the museum is one of the university department).

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport, Songkhla. The plane will take you to Hat Yai city approximately 1 hour and a half Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal, Songkhla. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10-

03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai city approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station, Songkhla. It will take you to Hat Yai city approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Songkhla province. We would like to recommend the Hat Yai Municipality Park, Samila Beach, and Songkhla Old Town. Hat Yai Municipality Park – The biggest public park in Hat Yai city where the local people come to take a relax. Moreover, there is a big Buddha on the top of the Ko Hong hill around the area of the public park. You can take the public car at the park to the hill. There you can see the beautiful view of Hat Yai city. Samila Beach – The main beach of Songkhla province. There is full of history and storytelling about the Samila Beach and the small islands from the beach. Songkhla Old Town – The original town of Songkhla can tell many stories in that period. You can visit, find some typical food and take the photo with the beautiful walls and buildings You can find more information at: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Songkhla https://www.inspirock.com/thailand/things-to-do-in-songkhla-province

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share

MLTV1901 -9 Community Learning Center “Somdejya” (Alternative school for hill tribes) – Chiang Mai

BACKGROUND

Somdejya Learning Community Demonstration School, Bodhivijalaya PROJECT SITE College Srinakharinwirot University Mae Chaem District, Chiang Mai is alternative Somdejya Learning Community school and learning center for hill tribes who come from poor family and very remote Demonstration School, area on the mountain. This learning center is provided to them free education, accommodation, food and occupation training as important as culture conservation of Mae Chaem District, Chiang Mai, their culture.

Thailand The students are Karen and Hmong hill tribes. It is not only studied in the classroom, they Learning King Rama 9 sufficient economy theory on agriculture and MEETING POINT natural living. The foundation organizes the non-formal education school together with VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, nature living, produce their own organic food and education. gaps between city and Thailand country is still a difference in Thailand. We need volunteers to give more opportunity for the children and people in the (Every volunteer needs to participate countryside to link between global and local, improve the local and global situation of the orientation week at VSA Learning natural environment, culture, poverty, and human rights, support local NGOs, and self- Home on 1st – 5th of month before they sufficiency and human development of the local community, promote friendship, understanding, and solidarity among world youth and local people. WORK Base on community living, every work are coming by daily life. That is mean everything even generally is valuable in any case such as learning, teaching, cleaning, repairing, and building. Segregation works for Community Development are; Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for people in the village or the place nearby have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Teaching Activity is that the volunteer would do the activities base on intercultural and language with the games, songs, storytellings, and dancings. Also, it should focus on communication; listening and speaking. Farming – Working together at the small farm with the local students in 5 different occupation training farm as their have to work on these in daily; cow farms, pig farms, fish and fog farms, rabbit farms, chicken farms. The volunteer could plant more vegetables with students for the school lunch project. Building relationship with the villager – The rest of time from your main work, the important thing is to learn and share with the villager by visiting, talking and doing activities with them. You will get rich experience by learning and sharing from each other. Ecotourism – There are many interesting places to visit in the community such as the Buddhist temple, waterfall, national park etc. The volunteer would go to visit this places and collecting garbage, promoting recycle and keeping the place clean.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

The volunteer will stay in the alternative school learning center.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath. • Washing clothes by hand. • No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The school will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Chiang Mai province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Chiang Mai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Chiang Mai International Airport. The plane will take you to Chiang Mai approximately 1 hour and a half. Bus – Chiang Mai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Chiang Mai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://12go.asia/en/bus/bangkok/chiang-mai, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Chiang Mai approximately 11 hours. Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok, is enormous, but there is a lot of staff to help passengers to find your way. You will be caught right at the entrance and directed to the right platform. Train – Chiang Mai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Chiang Mai Train Station. It will take you to Chiang Mai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Chiang Mai province. The weather in January is approximately 10 – 30 degree Celsius. We would like to recommend the local temples, Chiang Mai Walking Street Market and Doi Inthanon National Park. The local temples – There are over 300 temples in Chiang Mai. The most popular temple is Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Once time, you should go to visit! Chiang Mai Walking Street Market – The night market where you can buy the handmade souvenirs among the chilling atmosphere. Moreover, there is a night Bazaar Market in the center of Chiang Mai city. The market is full of the shops for 2 kilometers. You will find many shopping stores, restaurants, and hotels. Doi Inthanon National Park – The mountain is located in Mae Chaem district where the camp is created. It is the highest spot and mountain in Thailand. You can find more information at:

http://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Chiang-Mai http://www.chiangmai.bangkok.com/

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd months. Including

MLTV1902 Peace Village – Songkhla

BACKGROUND

MLTV1902 Peace Village – Songkhla has been creating in 2011 at Peace PROJECT SITE Village, everyone can come to learn in the main aim is learning by doing and The schools in Songkhla, international community Living. We can study about each country, nationalities, cultures, etc. in the class but in the real situation is not in the lesson where you can see VSA Learning Home, how the difference of people even they are from the same city. Suan Plak Waa Farm, Songkhla Peace Village is active at the rural area of Songkhla province, Southern of Thailand in the small village; the name “Ban Ton San” (Ban in Thai mean village). The main Thailand occupation is rubber plantation and most of the villagers are Buddhist. MEETING POINT Keywords to live at Peace Village; VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, • Slow Life/ Living Organic Thailand • International Community Living

(Every volunteer needs to participate • Learning by Doing • Cultural Diversity the orientation week at VSA Learning WORK Home on 1st – 5th of month before they Base on International community living, every work are coming by daily are going to work at the project.) life. That is mean everything even generally is valuable in any case such as cleaning, repairing, building, teaching, learning. Segregation works at Peace Village are; Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize, teaching does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching are giving the chance for people in the village or the place nearby have the opportunity to communicate with different language, touch difference culture, and believing. Center construction – As we have the center, VSA Learning Home, now we also need a volunteer to set up the center as when they have spare time from main work. We are going to clean the accommodation and meeting area, and continue to build and paint the construction that the last volunteer did. There are villagers help and teach how to build. This is a good way to learn Thai way of the construct. Relationship with the villager – The rest of time form your main work, important thing is to learn and share with the villager by visiting, talking and do activities with them. You will get rich experience by learning and sharing from each other. Organic Farm – Learning how to produce our own non-chemical food and vegetable.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family and VSA Learning Home.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided.

LEISURE ACTIVITY There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Songkhla province. We would like to recommend the Hat Yai Municipality Park, Samila Beach, and Songkhla Old Town.

Hat Yai Municipality Park – The biggest public park in Hat Yai city where the local people come to take a relax. Moreover, there is a big Buddha on the top of the Ko Hong hill around the area of the public park. You can take the public car at the park to the hill. There you can see the beautiful view of Hat Yai city. Samila Beach – The main beach of Songkhla province. There is full of history and storytelling about the Samila Beach and the small islands from the beach. Songkhla Old Town – The original town of Songkhla can tell many stories in that period. You can visit, find some typical food and take the photo with the beautiful walls and buildings You can find more information at: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Songkhla https://www.inspirock.com/thailand/things-to-do-in-songkhla-province EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month.

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MLTV1903-1 Rescue Team Assistant

- Songkhla

BACKGROUND

Mittraparb Samakee Foundation (Thong Sia Siang Teung) was found in PROJECT SITE 1956. The foundation has helped for the local Hat Yai area for 62 years. The foundation Mittraparb Samakee Foundation, Hat was established regarding conflagration, inundation and windstorm work. The assistant Yai City, Songkhla, Thailand will prepare to help as the rescue in emergency case all 24 hours. They are the rescue professional working volunteers and staffs has been trained before working on the rescue MEETING POINT situation. VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, There are many accidents on the road every day, especially the festivals Thailand day, in Hat Yai city because Hat Yai city is one of the economic centers of southern Thailand. It sometimes happens to the foreigners. Malaysian and Singapore people are (Every volunteer needs to participate the most tourist in Hat Yai city. Many Thai volunteers cannot speak English or the orientation week at VSA Learning communicate, so it will be a good opportunity for the staff that they can try to Home on 1st – 5th of month before they communicate with the volunteer by another language. are going to work at the project.) Furthermore, the project hopes that Thai staffs and the volunteer can share and learn the new knowledge and experience about the rescue team.

WORK The volunteer works as a first aid team in rescue term to take the patient to the hospital, and any other work to help people from an accident or emergency case. The volunteer needs to have experience training rescue of the first aids. The first aid team works all 24 hours. They can be divided into 2 teams. A team has 13 assistants. The first team will start to work at 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. as the day shift, and the second team will continue work at 8 p.m. – 8 a.m. as the night shift. It means 12 hours per one team. They will switch the working duration; day shift and night shift for every 15 days. However, the volunteer can plan and decide with the staff to work on working duration. Moreover, the volunteer will not help them to work in the emergency case, but the volunteer can help another work, such as taking the Thai patient who is bedridden from their home to the hospital, or the hospital to their home.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Hat Yai City, Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train.

Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport. The plane will take you to Hat Yai approximately 1 hour and a half. Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

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MLTV1903-2 Folklore Museum on Yor Island

– Songkhla

BACKGROUND

MLTV1903-2 Folklore Museum on Yor Island – Songkhla is created at PROJECT SITE the Institute for Southern Thai Studies, Folklore Museum where it is located among a Institute for Southern Thai Studies, fantastic view on the hill on Yor Island, Songkhla. The officers of the Institute for Folklore Museum, Koh Yor, Songkhla, Southern Thai Studies work for maintaining the tradition and culture, and also the academic work and the research study are serviced for the society by them. There is a Thailand folklore museum that there are over 50000 historical pieces of antiques shown. MEETING POINT Because the Institute for Southern Thai Studies, Folklore Museum on Yor VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, island is a tourist attraction, many Thai and foreigners visit. There are some staffs can Thailand communicate to the foreigner, it is a good opportunity for them to try to speak English with the volunteer. Moreover, it is not only learning about language, but it is a great (Every volunteer needs to participate motivation to exchange with international volunteers about culture. the orientation week at VSA Learning Furthermore, the project hopes that Thai staffs and the volunteer can share and learn Home on 1st – 5th of month before they the new knowledge and experience about the rescue team.

WORK The volunteer will support the museum, learn Southern Thai culture, receive training to be a guide for tourist visiting and clean the antiques in the museum. The main activities:

• Translation – There are many visitors who come from many countries. They need to the volunteer to translate English documents and descriptions of the information into their own language. • Public relation – The volunteer can help them to prepare and make the video, documentary, brochure, and the museum tourist page on the internet, etc. • English teaching – They need the volunteer to improve them about English communication for the benefit of their work in the future. Also, The volunteer can teach at the primary school and the university around the museum. • Social work – The volunteer can join the activities for the local community and public work for the local community. • Maintaining the antiques – The volunteer can help the staffs to clean the antiques in the museum, and learn how to maintain them and how important it is. • Guide – The volunteer can be a guide for the children and the foreigners who visit in the museum. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD Volunteers will stay in the museum accommodation with museum staff.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath.

• No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. Volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The staff will prepare the food for the volunteer

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Hat Yai City, Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport. The plane will take you to Hat Yai approximately 1 hour and a half. Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month.

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SPECIAL REMARK Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share

MLTV1903-3 Buddhism Community

– Songkhla

BACKGROUND

MLTV1903-3 Buddhism Community – Songkhla is created for working PROJECT SITE at Wat Pa Rattaphum where it is the Buddhism temple. It is located in the local Wat Pa Rattaphum Temple, Songkhla, community. The temple welcomes all the people to meditation practice and Buddhism Thailand learning every day. People can do in one day of meditation or stay overnight at the temple as long as they would practice for meditation. MEETING POINT There is not only Thai people come to learn meditation and Buddhism VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, way, many Buddhist people who are the foreigners from Asia and Europe always come Thailand to learn. The monks are very important to communicate with the learners. There is a monk who can communicate in the English language fluently, they need to volunteer to (Every volunteer needs to participate improve English communication to another monk and nun. Also, the local people who the orientation week at VSA Learning always come to help the temple can learn. On the other hand, the volunteer can learn Home on 1st – 5th of month before they about the Buddhism way, the local culture and Thai tradition among the fresh are going to work at the project.) atmosphere in the temple and community.

WORK The volunteers are expected to learn and practice meditation in the temple. During learning in the temple, they can learn more Buddhist with the monk, nun, and the local people who always come to practice meditation. Besides, If the volunteers need to give a chance to teach English, they can teach in the temple for the local people. If the volunteer comes to work the project during June – September, and November – February, the volunteer can join in the school. The volunteer can find more summaries activity is below.

• The volunteers will support temple and community activities and Buddhism learning. • Practice meditation with the local people. • Teaching Basic English to the monk at the temple and local school in the community. • Renovation work, clean up the temple. • Preparing for the ceremony together with local Thai.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteers will stay at the temple dormitory, separate female, and male. The volunteers cook and eat with local in the temple.

Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share

MLTV1904 Farm Stay – Songkhla

BACKGROUND

MLTV1905 Farm Stay – Songkhla, the project collaborates with Suan PROJECT SITE Plak Waa Farm in Songkhla, Thailand. Suan Plak Waa is an organic farm. It has been Suan Plak Waa Farm, Songkhla, created around the local family’s house by family in Songkhla, Thailand. The farm is Thailand kind of sufficiency economic feeding the animals; cow, pig, and chicken, fish, etc., and plant several vegetables for the food. They grow many vegetables to eat for themselves, MEETING POINT they feed the animals to cook for the food for themselves. When they have enough for VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, cooking in their family. They can sell them at the local market to make an income for a Thailand small family. The world’s food problem has been growing, VSA Thailand recognizes (Every volunteer needs to participate that making one’s own food is important in the 22nd century. We found that organic the orientation week at VSA Learning farm networks have been running as the small organic farms in their family. We come Home on 1st – 5th of month before they up with the idea to support them with our volunteers’ hands and to eat fresh food from are going to work at the project.) the farm that said: “We grow what we eat, we eat what we grow”. Moreover, volunteers will learn to share various planting ways between Asia and Western styles. VSA Thailand and Suan Plak Waa have been worked as a partner since 2017. We start to send the international volunteer step by step. We hope, someday, Suan Plak Waa Organic Farm will become the international learning organic center for people around the world to adapt to daily life.

WORK The volunteer will work on the farm with the host family. The volunteers learn and share organic farm through local agriculture philosophy.

• Volunteers will help them to prepare soils, plant and take care of plants by water. They will also eat organic vegetables from an organic farm. • The volunteer will help them to take care of the animals, such as cow, pig, and chicken, in the animal's farm, and make the biogas by the dung of animals in the farm. • The volunteer can learn and help them to make the shampoo and the soap by the local wisdom.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay at local agricultural farmer’s house. Toilets are Thai style. Toilet paper is not provided, but it can be purchased at local stores.

• Nature environment, basic and simple. • Mattress, pillow, and fan are provided. • Thai toilet and bath.

• No food and drinks except water in the sleeping area for your care because some animals such as the mouses, ants, will come to share your food. • Please keep clean and tidy. The volunteers expect to eat Thai food. The host family will prepare the food for the volunteer.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Hat Yai City, Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train. Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport. The plane will take you to Hat Yai approximately 1 hour and a half. Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10- 03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd and 3rd months, and 10,000 Bath for after the 3rd month. Including

MLTV1905– Media Content Creator Songkhla

BACKGROUND

MLTV1905 Media Content Creator – Songkhla, VSA Thailand PROJECT SITE is lack of public relation tools which is very important in this century. The VSA Office media content creator volunteer is not only created public relation tools but 1063/379 Palmspring 3 Village they will also discover VSA Thailand project with the local community, T.Kuankung Hatyai Songkhla supporting the voluntary project and involve in international workcamp. As

MEETING POINT well as collecting their own content in Thailand.

VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, All tools will be used for Association, to publish the news of Thailand international voluntary service, the idea of volunteer spirit, the cooperation (Every volunteer needs to participate of international volunteer and community, development of each community in Thailand as well as the international network level. the orientation week at VSA Learning Home on 1st – 5th of month before they

WORK Public Relation Tools are Media relations, Advertorials, Social media, Newsletters, Brochures and catalogs, Business events, Speaking engagements, and Sponsorships or partnerships. After 5 days orientation meeting, the volunteer will have a session meeting plan with VSA Team. All resources of media content maker will be in VSA project and international workcamp which is locating around Thailand. So volunteer will be on the projector workcamp site depend on the event duration. The tools that will be created base on volunteer skills. For examples, photographer, content writer, video clip, graphic design, photoshop, picture editor, website content update and design, search engine optimization, etc. After collecting content on VSA filed around Thailand, the volunteer will work mainly at VSA office to create and complete the public relation tools. There are some instrument provided, basic camera and tripod and computer. The project duration is available from 1-2 months a whole year.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD Main accommodation will be at VSA office, all basic living condition will be provided. There is a bicycle provided. The volunteer will also stay at workcamp and project site of VSA Thailand similar condition with other international volunteers when they are collecting the content. The details of each accommodation will be provided in a session meeting plan. Mostly basic condition is provided.

TRANSPORTATION There are 3 ways to get to Hat Yai City, Songkhla province from Bangkok; plane, bus, and train.

Plane – Hat Yai International Airport, the volunteer can take the plane from Bangkok to Hat Yai International Airport. The plane will take you to Hat Yai approximately 1 hour and a half. Bus – Hat Yai Bus Terminal, the volunteer can take the bus from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Southern), Bangkok to Hat Yai Bus Terminal. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018- 10-03&passengers=1&to_id=7013, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Hat Yai approximately 14 hours. Train – Hat Yai Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Hat Yai Train Station. It will take you to Hat Yai approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1 , or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 14,000 Baht a volunteer for the 1st month, 12,000 Baht for the 2nd month Including

• Volunteer own expenses such as souvenirs, personal stuff, free time travel expenses, and also the expense before the program start and after the program ends. • Travel cost from your country to Thailand SPECIAL REMARK Volunteer need to send portfolio about Media content creator. An interview will be set before acceptance. Volunteer need to have at least one basic skill of Public Relation Tools.

SVB17 Suvarnabhumi

– Thailand and Cambodia

BACKGROUND

Suvarnabhumi means "Golden Land" in the Buddhist scriptures referring PROJECT SITE to the kingdom of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand where they are various and Ban Krogluek School, Nakhon abundant food and cultures. Ratchasima, Thailand Beginning of 2017, the collaboration of Suvarnabhumi project has been established starting from Cambodian Youth Action (CYA) and Volunteer Spirit Association (VSA CYA – Global Education Center Siem Thailand) build up the Bridge of Suvarnabhumi voluntary project focusing on Education Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia and Culture theme.

MEETING POINT WORK VSA Learning Home, Songkhla, Education and Culture – The long history of Suvarnabhumi present valuable Thailand identities cultural which is the goal of the project. Learning long-lasting culture by non- formal education program in both countries. (Every volunteer needs to participate The Suvarnabhumi project will implement the HAPPY Model the orientation week at VSA Learning • Help, the volunteer’s main task is to run a project in support of the local community. Home on 1st – 5th of month before they Volunteers use their time, energy and competencies to help those most in need, while at are going to work at the project.) the same time helping themselves to further develop personally and professionally. • Absorb, the volunteering services will be done in a way to support the learning of the volunteers at a maximum in various personal and professional competencies. While the process will be supported by nature process on non-formal education tools (language learning, mentoring). • Participate, apart from their regular projects (usually service oriented), the volunteers should be engaged in at least one other action or initiative as a manifestation of their active participation in the life of the local community. The hosting organization will support the volunteer in this aspect, selecting an action that fits both the needs of the community and the learning needs of the volunteer. • Promote, the volunteers that do volunteering services in different places are perceived as ambassadors of global change. They are expected to promote both the idea of volunteering as an act of active citizenship and the idea of sustainable global development. This promotion should happen both within the local hosting and the local sending communities, which is why both the hosting and the sending organizations will be responsible to encourage and support the volunteer's efforts in this direction. • Young, it will be taken into consideration from all the people involved in the service that it is a young initiative and it should be designed as one– fitting the interests and learning needs of the young people, being friendly and fun! 2 months program starts from Thailand to Cambodia. The Suvarnabhumi project starts 1st of every month in Thailand and continues the 2nd month in Cambodia.

• 1st – 5th of the first-month Arrival in Thailand and Orientation • 6th – 29th of first month Participating in the voluntary project in Thailand • 30th of first-month Evaluation with VSA

• 1st – 29th of second month Participating in the voluntary project in Cambodia • 30th of second-month Evaluation with CYA Volunteers need to participate in full time in 2 countries.

VOLUNTEER PROFILE • Open for volunteers around the world • Age from 20 years old • Can participate in full period 2 months respectively. BACKGROUND OF 2 PROJECTS IN SUVARNABHUMI PROJECT There are 2 projects that the volunteer needs to work in 2 countries following the program for 2 months; Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Nakhon Ratchasima Project, Thailand, and CYA – Global Education Center Siem Reap Project, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Nakhon Ratchasima Project, Thailand Intercultural and Language (ICL) – Nakhon Ratchasima, the learning and sharing the intercultural and language still are the main purpose. The volunteers can share and learn culture, language, and knowledge with the local community and children in school. Also, the volunteers will know more about Thailand during working in the local community Nowadays, English language as the global language and intercultural learning are important for local Thai people, especially Thailand as a tourism country. After the project was created by VSA Thailand and has been successful for seven years. The great volunteers came to give the opportunity for children in schools where they are in the poor local community. Many local people can improve their English skills through a group by a group of volunteer, or at least they try to speak the English language more. They dare to face and work with the foreigner even though they cannot speak English. Moreover, the volunteers have changed the local community. They used to stay lively and trustily with the foreigner. Local people have a chance to learn, accept, and adopt the ways of life with the new cultures from the volunteers who are like an intercultural ambassador. In 2019, the project needs the volunteers, who are the most important of the part, to continue for developing the potential of a local community that the last volunteers did, to help children in school, and local community still practice the English language, to learn your own language, and to make them learn more about the different culture. On the other hand, the volunteers also get the opportunity to know local food, local transportation, local occupation and local culture with living in local habitation in the community. We believe that understanding several cultures can make the world be peaceful.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD The volunteer will stay with a local host family.

http://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/NakhonRatchasima CYA – Global Education Center Siem Reap CYA – Global Education Center Siem Reap was started in August 2016 as a non-profit education center which aims at providing free alternative education for children and teenagers, providing local youth and local people chances to learn languages, computer, and to have access to global education/information through internet and our library and to have their first chance to meet and interact with different people from different cultures and backgrounds from around the world. Handicraft center is going to be the next step of development to involve the women in the community having jobs to do besides working in the field and to keep them busy from doing useless things. GEC needs your mental and physical contribution to these foundations; we welcome all motivated individuals for the winter! At the starting point of setting the Global Education Center, we welcome motivated individuals for supporting us to make it happen for the community children and families for access to global information and the income generation. What will volunteers do?

• Education: organizing the students with a specific topic in English, conducting reading activities in the library, teaching computer skills with the students from the community. • Construction: Renovating the center facilities, building new facilities • Development: supporting the social enterprises at the center for a sustainable development project • Environment: conducting the workshop on raising awareness of environmental protection, rubbish, trash management system to be introduced in the community

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD Angkor Voluntary House which is a guesthouse providing a proper facility for the volunteers which is bed with mattresses, fan, pillows, and blanket. There are a shower room and toilet in each room provided. The food will be prepared by the staff, but we are asked to make the washing by ourselves. There is wifi provided, but limited data usage. There is a local market just in front of the accommodation, some restaurants with various types of food, where you can find easy access to enjoy your daily free time.

EXTRA FEE The extra fee is 27,000 Baht a volunteer for 2 months Including

• Volunteer own expenses such as souvenirs, personal stuff, free time travel expenses also the expense before the program start and after the program ends. • Travel cost from your country to Thailand

SPECIAL REMARK The volunteers should love to play with kids. Please bring some teaching materials such as a book, kids’ education game, stationary, etc. from your country. It will be a good way for cultural exchange and make students have more motivation. No smoking and alcohol drinking in the project.