Volunteer in Thailand

Community Construction Volunteering in Thailand This renovation program in Ao Luk focuses on local schools and the Non Formal Education center. This center provides the local community with educational opportunities - without it the local community would not have access to learning resources. It is here that GVI provides the community with free English lessons throughout the year. Sadly the buildings are old and dilapidated but with your help and assistance the Center could return to its former glory and become a focal point for the community and the additional classroom space will allow GVI to provide more language classes as well as other subjects; vocational skills, music and arts for example. Volunteers on this program may also help renovate and improve rural schools in the area.
	Dates: 1 or 2 week durations available, visit the website for upcoming start dates Costs: From $990 for 1 week Email Contact: info@gviworld.com Phone Contact: +1 888 653 6028 (USA) or +44 (0) 1727 250 250 (UK) Where do I go from here? Visit the website for more information on this wildlife conservation project
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Volunteer Teaching in Krabi, Thailand This volunteer teaching program is located in the Krabi Province of Thailand, Asia and volunteers are immersed into the local community from the start. Volunteers will be teaching adults aged 15-80 whilst simultaneously training to become a qualified TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) teacher. Durations range from 2 to 10 weeks, but staying longer means you can gain extra teaching experience at the local community center or local schools, and benefit from the support of GVI's on-site staff and teacher trainers. During your time on the project optional cultural and adventure trips are offered to help you explore and experience the most of this exciting region. GVI offers a job placement service to all GVI TEFL graduates, assisting them in finding paid work placements in local communities around the world or paid positions in the TEFL Industry. GVI is listed as an Institutional Member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) and is a Member the College of Teachers (CoT).
	Dates: 2 to 10 week durations available, visit the website for upcoming start dates Costs: From $1190 for 2 weeks Email Contact: info@gviworld.com Phone Contact: +1 888 653 6028 (USA) or +44 (0) 1727 250 250 (UK) Where do I go from here? Visit the website for more information on this teaching abroad project
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Volunteer in Thailand with Children This is a great opportunity for those interested in volunteering in Thailand who want to make a real difference but have little time to spare. Situated in a stunning part of Thailand famed for its beautiful beaches, you can volunteer with children and local communities to help them learn English as a means of assisting them to take control of their own local development. Volunteer to assist communities that are rapidly developing or are participating in community based tourism as a means of preserving their own unique culture.
	Dates: 2 to 10 week durations available, visit the website for upcoming start dates Costs: From $1190 for 2 weeks Email Contact: info@gviworld.com Phone Contact: +1 888 653 6028 (USA) or +44 (0) 1727 250 250 (UK) Where do I go from here? Visit the website for more information on volunteering with children
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How will you touch the world? Volunteer in Thailand REAL projects….REAL experience! Work side-by-side with NGOs to find innovative ways to confront development challenges in Thailand – from education efforts to eradicate illiteracy and promote natural resource conservation to micro-business consulting to health campaigns to combat anemia, malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS. More information at www.myproworld.org/internships.htm. Dates: Year round start dates; 2 – 26 week placements Cost: Program fees include project work, housing, all meals, onsite transportation, language training, cultural/adventure activities, travel/health insurance, and 24-hour onsite staff support. Program fees can be found online at www.myproworld.org/costs/prices.htm. Scholarships and fundraising support available. Contact: ProWorld Headquarters, ProWorld Service Corps, 1215 Taylor Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA Tel: 877.42WORLD (US & Canada), 870.750.7202 (UK & Europe) Email: info@myproworld.org Website: www.myproworld.org

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Ecotourism, Save Wildlife. Thailand, Laos, Nepal People are poor and wildlife threatened. Volunteer in national parks. Eco tourism and elephant/sea turtle protection projects in Thailand, Laos and Nepal. In the mountains, by the sea. Stay with a host family or in a national park. Important 3 day Cross Cultural and Volunteer Training before start, free for all OpenmindProjects volunteers. Dates: All year round Cost: From 645 Euros for 1-2 weeks, 795 Euros for 3 - 4 weeks, extra weeks 65 Euros Contact: OpenmindProjects, 856/9 Moo 15, Tanon Prajark, Amphur .Muang, NongKhai, 43000, Thailand Tel.: +66 87233 5734. Fax: + 66 (0) 42 41 35 78 Email: info@openmindprojects.org Website: www.openmindprojects.org

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Child, Health Care. Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal Poor and sick children in Thailand, Nepal and Cambodia deserve a better future. Join meaningful Child and Health Care projects. Stay with a host family, the school or at the Home. Cross Cultural and Volunteer Training in Thailand before start. Dates: All year round Cost: From 495 Euros for 1 - 2 weeks. Extra weeks 65 Euros. Contact: OpenmindProjects, 856/9 Moo 15, Tanon Prajark, Amphur .Muang, NongKhai, 43000, Thailand Tel.: +66 87233 5734. Fax: + 66 (0) 42 41 35 78 Email: info@openmindprojects.org Website: www.openmindprojects.org

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Teach English, computers in Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia Knowledge is key to poverty reduction. Teach English, computers, other activities, in charming town and village schools. Stay at our volunteer centers or live with a host family. Start with a fun and professional 3 day Cross Cultural and Volunteer Training, free for all OpenmindProjects volunteers. Dates: All year round Cost: 495 Euros for 2-3 weeks, 595 Euros for 4 weeks, extra weeks 65 Euros. Contact: OpenmindProjects, 856/9 Moo 15, Tanon Prajark, Amphur .Muang, NongKhai, 43000, Thailand Tel.: +66 87233 5734. Fax: + 66 (0) 42 41 35 78 Email: info@openmindprojects.org Website: www.openmindprojects.org

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Thailand Wildlife - Ethical Volunteering with a UK Charity The Thailand Wild Animal Rescue Centre is dedicated to the rescue and re-habilitation of Thailand's wildlife. Many of Thailand's animals are illegally traded, abused in the tourist industry or maltreated. The rescue centre was established to provide these animals with a safe home as close to their natural environment as possible. Volunteer duties: Preparing food and feeding the bears, primates and other various wildlife. Create enrichments for the animals to provide stimulation, thought and fun. Cleaning the cages and enclosures. Providing the animals with water. Walking in the forest to collect the best leaves for the primates. Maintaining the centre. Dates: Year round Cost: From US$630 Contact: Globalteer, 54 Woodchester, Bristol, BS37 8TX, U.K Email: info@globalteer.org Website: www.globalteer.org

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Thailand Wildlife — Ethical Volunteering with a UK Charity The Thailand Wild Animal Rescue Centre is dedicated to the rescue and re-habilitation of Thailand's wildlife. Many of Thailand's animals are illegally traded, abused in the tourist industry or maltreated. The rescue centre was established to provide these animals with a safe home as close to their natural environment as possible. Volunteer duties: Preparing food and feeding the bears, primates and other various wildlife. Create enrichments for the animals to provide stimulation, thought and fun. Cleaning the cages and enclosures. Providing the animals with water. Walking in the forest to collect the best leaves for the primates. Maintaining the centre.
	Dates: Year round Cost: From US$860 Contact: Globalteer, 54 Woodchester, Bristol, BS37 8TX, U.K Email: info@globalteer.org Website: www.globalteer.org
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Gibbon Rehabilitation Project Thailand Located in Phuket, the largest Thai island in the Andaman Sea, volunteers will get hands on experience assisting the wardens with caring and rehabilitation of the gibbons. There will also be opportunity to help with the educational programs that teach tourists of the effects that the modern world has upon the gibbons’ habitats. The project works to prevent poaching and deforestation in conjunction with a Thai conservation organisation. Cost: From £700 Contact: Animal conservation in Thailand

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The Association for AKHA Education and Culture in Thailand AFECT — The Association for AKHA Education and Culture in Thailand — is the oldest tribal organization in Asia and has been protecting hill tribe culture for 28 years. We offer unique biodiversity eco and cultural tours with biologists and shaman elders in the Golden Triangle Rain Forests and long term volunteer placements through our NGO which are some of the best in Thailand. We work in association with UNESCO and UNDP. We can arrange extremely diverse volunteer packages around the 12 humanitarian programs we manage. Immerse your life in this award winning organization. Dates: Ongoing all year round Cost: $200 per week Contact: Jake Lane, AFECT, tel. +66 0856079604. Email: info@akhaasia.org Website: www.akhaasia.org

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Baan Dada
Volunteer in the Baan Dada Children's Home
Baan Dada Children’s Home is a shelter for displaced migrant minority Karen, Burmese, and Thai children who are either orphaned or left to us by single mothers due to the political instability in Burma (Myanmar). There are 60 children currently at the Home. We are looking for volunteers to give daily English lessons, help with construction, agricultural development, fundraising, maintaining the sponsorship program, and assisting with administrative duties.
Piloki Village Homestay Program
Piloki Village Homestay is an innovative community project. With the assistance of volunteers Piloki Village has set up a homestay program where tourists “with a conscious” can live with a family and interact with the community. We are looking for volunteers to help maintain and improve the program, promote it, help the leader use the Internet, and also teach English to the locals and the school.

Contact: baandadavolunteer@gmail.com, www.baandada.org

Burma Volunteer Program (Thailand)
Volunteers teach English to groups of Burmese refugees for at least 14 weeks. Accommodation and food provided. Volunteers have been placed in Mae Sot (near the western Thai-Burma border), Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Mae Sariang, Sangkla Buri, and Um Pang and refugee camps in the north of Thailand.

Contact: maesotel@loxinfo.co.th; www.burmavolunteer.com.

The Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Centre
Volunteer as a Teacher and Trainer in Thailand
We are looking for foreign volunteers who are willing to teach English and who are willing to train our children in various life skills. These life skills can range from the most practical vocational skills such as sewing, carpentry, agriculture or mechanics to more artisitic and creative skills. We are always looking for visual and performance artists, from classic to contemporary, traditional to modern hip-hop: we are open to many things.

Contact: PO Box 10, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, 57130, Thailand; Tel. +66 (0) 53 733 186; vol@depdc.org; www.depdc.org.

Dragonfly
Volunteer English teaching program in Thailand for 150 fluent speakers. Four to 52 weeks following either 3-day intensive or a 120-hour TEFL training course. Short training course plus placement fee is £350 ($688) for up to 8 weeks plus £10 ($20) per week thereafter. Long training plus placement fee is £1,100 ($2,160). Other volunteer projects in conservation, building, etc.

Contact: 2130 Mookamontri Soi, A. Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000 Thailand; tel./fax. 011-66-44281 589; martin@thai-dragonfly.com, www.thai-dragonfly.com.

Global Service Corps (GSC)
Volunteer Programs with Local Homestays in Thailand
Volunteers and Interns live with families in Thai homes providing a unique cultural experience while volunteering on service and development projects! We help developing communities learn to function more sustainably in areas of international health, English (EFL) instruction, orphan care and Buddhist immersion. Participants work on meaningful projects in schools, orphanages, hospitals, health clinics, monasteries, and community and NGOs, depending on their interests.

Contact: Global Service Corps, The Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, #14, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA; tel. (415) 551-0000; gsc@globalservicecorps.org, www.globalservicecorps.org.

Global Volunteer Network
Volunteer in Thailand
Assist in a wildlife rescue centre in the Petchaburi province of Thailand, feeding, maintaining and caring for mistreated and domesticated animals.

Contact: info@volunteer.org.nz, www.volunteer.org.nz/thailand

International Humanity Foundation
Help Children in Thailand
The International Humanity Foundation is looking for volunteers for our orphanage in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The hilltribes in Northern Thailand face many challenges, and it is our mission to arm our children with the skills, attitudes and knowledge that they will need to have equal opportunities for their future, like other Thai citizens. Only USD $50 per week to stay at the center.

Contact: volunteering@ihfonline.org, www.ihfonline.org

International Volunteer HQ
IVHQ Volunteer in Thailand
International Volunteer HQ’s partner NGO in Thailand requires volunteers NOW! IVHQ has a range of extremely affordable volunteering opportunities available in the Chiang Rai province working with local villages and hill tribes.

Contact: volunteer@volunteerhq.org, www.volunteerhq.org.

Karen Hilltribes Trust
Teaching English as a Volunteer in Thailand
Live with a Karen family in a rural village in north west Thailand, while teaching English in a local primary or secondary school. This unique opportunity to experience life with the Karen people is open to volunteers of all ages for periods of 2 - 12 months. Contact us via our website for more information.

Contact: volunteer@karenhilltribes.org.uk, www.karenhilltribes.org.uk

Khao lak Education Programme
Tsunami Volunteers in Takuapa, Phang Nga, Thailand
Tsunami Volunteer Center located in Khao lak, Thailand urgently needs 20 English teachers to work in our ESL program in 10 schools in the tsunami affected area of Phang Nga province. Local communities and schools have been devastated by the disaster and need support. Volunteers will teach 3 hours a day on average.

Contact: tsunamiteachers@gmail.com, www.tsunamivolunteer.net

The Mirror Art Foundation
Volunteer Teacher Program in Chiang Rai, Thailand
The Foundation enlists the help of the volunteer teachers to accomplish a variety of projects for and with the Mae Yao community as well as other volunteer community service projects in local hilltribe villages.

Contact: mirrorartgroup@yahoo.com, www.mirrorartgroup.org

Non Formal Education Service Center
Short- and long-term volunteer teaching in disadvantaged corners of Thailand.

Contact: Nua Klong District NFE Ctr., Moo 4/6, Tambol Nua Klong, Amphoe Nua Klong 81130, Krabi Province, Thailand; 011-66-7-563-6488; www.volunteerthailand.com.

SEA Volunteers Program
Volunteer Programs in Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Offers a variety of volunteer programs, including: teaching English; Child Care; and Community Development. Paid teaching programs, internships, and study tours are also available. See their website for details.

Contact: info@see-thailand.com, www.see-thailand.com

Service Civil International Workcamps SCI US
SCI is an exchange organization that sends volunteers on 2-3 week international work projects and long term 3-12 month opportunities in over 50 countries, including Thailand. The $250 application fee covers lodging, meals, and minimal health insurance. SCI promotes voluntary service to impact social, environmental and humanitarian issues.

Contact: Service Civil International (SCI), 5505 Walnut Level Rd, Crozet, VA, 22932; Tel. 1-206-350-6585.
Email: sciivs.placement@gmail.com. Visit www.sci-ivs.org for an application.

Starfish Ventures Ltd
Volunteer Placements in Thailand
Starfish Ventures is a UK company dedicated to providing long term commitment to projects in Thailand that goes beyond simply placing volunteers. English teaching, turtle conservation, school development and helping hilltribe people are all within our growing list of Ventures.

Visit: www.starfishvolunteers.com

Thai-Experience.org
Volunteer in Thailand - Teach English or Computer
A unique Thai experience as a short-term volunteer vacation or for personal development during a gap year. Travel to Thailand and show what your skills are worth. Teach what you learned in your life and enjoy being with younger people who value you effort.

Contact: sabine@thai-experience.org; www.thai-experience.org

Thailand Service Corps
Volunteer and Internships in Thailand
Thailand Service Corps is a service and learning organization providing opportunities for internships and volunteer participants in Healthcare, Buddhism, and Education. Live with a Thai host.

Contact: tscatelp@aol.com, www.thailandservicecorps.org

Travel to Teach
Teaching English in Thailand
We offer the most inexpensive, flexible and interesting alternatives for a volunteer vacation. Currently we have programs available in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Mexico. You can volunteer for two weeks or two years, it's up to you!

Contact: darcy@travel-to-teach.org, www.travel-to-teach.org

Voluntourists Without Borders
Volunteer Programmes in Northern Thailand
An initiative aimed at using voluntourist labour and donor funding to alleviate rural poverty, protect forests, and promote sustainable eco-tourism. The Initiative puts volunteer labour, and the funding they secure, to work alongside ethnic minority and rural Thai village groups under a programme to establish a world class eco-tourism industry. Project components include, nature trail development, check dam installation, eco camp development, agro forestry and teaching English.

Contact: tiger@loxinfo.co.th, www.voluntourists-without-borders.com

Volunteers in Asia
VIA offers a variety of programs and services which facilitate dialogue and understanding between people–a powerful tool for building peace. A Stanford program, VIA promotes full-circle exchange by providing volunteer and service-learning opportunities in Asia, and educational programs for Asian students in the United States. Programs in China, Indonesia, Japan. Laos, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Visit: www.viaprograms.org

Where There is No Doctor
Volunteer with a non-profit social organization working in the northern part of Thailand among the poor, underprivileged and marginalised hilltribes.

Contact: hilltribes@wherethereisnotadoctor.org, www.riceflow.com/where/volunteer.htm

Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand
Volunteers, ideally with an appropriate background, work with animals such as rehabilitating gibbons.

Contact:  volunteer@warthai.org, www.warthai.org.

Worldwide Language Study LLC
Volunteer in Thailand Teaching Orphans
Our Volunteer Program in Thailand helps poor children who are orphans. The project's aim is to provide under-privileged children with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education. The basis of the program is the belief that education can break the cycle of poverty and allow the children to take control of their own lives.

Contact: info@WorldwideLanguageStudy.com, www.worldwidelanguagestudy.com