Description

Home Stay Volunteer!
Teach at a Thai countryside school! Motivate children and adults to learn English and to learn to use computers. Help underprivileged school children to use computers and to speak and spell English. Home stay with a family, teach with a Thai teacher! Play games and sports with the kids!

Exciting but challenging chances to go places yet unknown to normal travelers! To really meet, live and work with the local people in villages and schools. A unique cross cultural experience much unlike backpacking and staying at guesthouses or volunteering and living at a volunteer dorm!

Volunteers must be able to work independently, accept simple living conditions, be in good health and be able to gain the trust of local people.

Highlights

Volunteer Conditions
* Homestay with a local family.
* Free accommodation and meals in the villages, Openmindprojects reimburses the families/schools.
* Openmindprojects 2 day week end orientation in Nongkhai.

Qualifications

* English and computer skills
* Adaptable to different living and working conditions

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

350 per month plus administration fee

Program Fees Include:

What you can expect as a volunteer
* Open mind projects arranges for volunteer placements (please note that you volunteer for the placement not us!)
* Open mind projects discuss volunteer work with placements/schools/institutions before volunteers go there
* Weekend Introduction
- to your work and placement,
- advice about Thai life and culture
- language introduction. Daily and classroom vocabulary
- how to work with local people, teachers, staff and students/children
* Accommodation at most placements (You are welcome to our House in Nongkhai during your free time)
* Meals at placements unless otherwise agreed.
* English and Thai speaking contact persons during your stay in Thailand
* A Certificate as a successful volunteer
* You pay for your travel to the destination, to and in Thailand, insurance, medical treatment and personal expenses.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Volunteering

Typical Volunteer

Openminded, fluent English, used to computers and Internet flexible, accommodating, adaptable.

Age Range

18+

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Typically The Application Process Time is

One - two weeks

Open mind projects's Mission Statement

To bridge the knowledge divide between the rich and poor. We do this by helping the underprivileged gain access to better learning opportunities with the help of modern information technology and international volunteers; To contribute to the fight against increasing threats to our environment, nature, and wildlife; To offer international volunteers unique opportunities to help bridge knowledge divides and to help save nature, while growing as persons in our grassroots education and eco projects.

Year Founded

2001