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Description

CNN recommends 8 volunteer organizations in their Be the Change Initiative. Open Mind Projects is one.

Work with the national park staff, rangers, village guides and host families, a group of female park guides being trained, at a local school.

Teach basic tour guide English, improve trekking trails and information in English.

Create an awareness of the importance and long term advantages of protecting the wildlife and preserving the environment.

Trek with rangers and village guides in the jungles, and mountains of Thailand and Laos with wildlife such as wild elephants, Asian bisons, and tigers.

Highlights

Volunteers stay at the national parks headquarters, ranger stations in the jungle or with host families in villages.

All volunteers should come to a 3 day free Volunteer Training before start, that may be extended by another one-two days if required (also free), incl. accommodation.

The endangered wildlife includes tigers, gaurs, tapirs, leopards, and birds, reptiles.

Travel Types

• Mountaineering
• Trekking
• Volunteering

Qualifications

Volunteers should have some trekking and outdoor experience.

Volunteers should be able to work independently, to start up activities on their own, and be able to gain the trust of and motivate local people.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Contact Open Mind Projects for information

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Registration fees

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Openminded, curious, sporty, fit, independant, socially talented, ready to 'rough it'

Age Range

20 plus

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 2-4

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

One - two weeks

Post Services Include

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

Open mind projects's Mission Statement

Open Mind Projects arranges volunteer placements in villages, towns, the jungle, by the sea, in the mountains, at schools, orphanages, national parks, health centers, wildlife research centers in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal. Open Mind Projects supports these projects with education and training, technology, promotion, learning tools, and recruits and trains international volunteers who get the opportunity to learn about other cultures while making local and volunteer friends, within an affordable budget. .

Year Founded

2001