Comments on: Voluntary work in Thailand – making the leap http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html Travel & lifestyle articles, videos & podcasts | Currently in: Spain & Denmark Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Amin http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html/comment-page-1#comment-5481 Amin Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:15:07 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html#comment-5481 Hi Thanks for all the information on this site. I am teacher with 23 years work experience teacher O and A level students Accounting and Finance. Presently I am living in Chiangmai Town and am looking to do some volunteering in Chiangmai town. Can you kindly email me if you know of any work which me not require me to relocate out of Chiangmai City. Warmest Regards Hi
Thanks for all the information on this site. I am teacher with 23 years work experience teacher O and A level students Accounting and Finance. Presently I am living in Chiangmai Town and am looking to do some volunteering in Chiangmai town. Can you kindly email me if you know of any work which me not require me to relocate out of Chiangmai City. Warmest Regards

]]> By: Thomas http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html/comment-page-1#comment-3181 Thomas Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:08:17 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html#comment-3181 Hi Stephanie, I didn't work for them myself, but in my time in Mae Sot I met lots of people who were working for BVP, and all of them talked very highly of it. There's a couple of people that arrived in 2005 around the same time as me that are still working for them! One or two people I have met have ended up in a school that they weren't expecting - either in the middle of nowhere, when they were expecting something a bit more 'urban', or in a Mae Sot school, when they were expecting something a bit more 'adventurous'. Just be sure to talk to them about your expectations a bit before hand. If I were joining BVP now, I would ask to go to one of the more remote schools. You would live in the school during the week, and could then come to Mae Sot at weekends should you feel the need. It won't be like working in a Thai government school, but if you have a sense of adventure and want to learn about the Burma situation, then there's no better way than to head to Mae Sot and do some volunteering for BVP. A lot of the people now in senior positions in the local NGOs started off with BVP and found the experience so rewarding (working with Burmese refugees) that they stayed on, and on, and on..... :-) Good luck! Hi Stephanie,

I didn’t work for them myself, but in my time in Mae Sot I met lots of people who were working for BVP, and all of them talked very highly of it.

There’s a couple of people that arrived in 2005 around the same time as me that are still working for them!

One or two people I have met have ended up in a school that they weren’t expecting – either in the middle of nowhere, when they were expecting something a bit more ‘urban’, or in a Mae Sot school, when they were expecting something a bit more ‘adventurous’. Just be sure to talk to them about your expectations a bit before hand.

If I were joining BVP now, I would ask to go to one of the more remote schools. You would live in the school during the week, and could then come to Mae Sot at weekends should you feel the need.

It won’t be like working in a Thai government school, but if you have a sense of adventure and want to learn about the Burma situation, then there’s no better way than to head to Mae Sot and do some volunteering for BVP.

A lot of the people now in senior positions in the local NGOs started off with BVP and found the experience so rewarding (working with Burmese refugees) that they stayed on, and on, and on….. :-)

Good luck!

]]> By: Stephanie Knox http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html/comment-page-1#comment-3175 Stephanie Knox Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:24:46 +0000 http://www.earthoria.com/voluntary-work-in-thailand.html#comment-3175 Hello! Thank you for the information about volunteering in Thailand. My boyfriend and I teach English, and we are interested in teaching with the Burma Volunteer Program. We have been in touch with them, but are interested to hear from people who actually volunteered through the organization. Did you work for them? If so, any feedback or insights about the organization and your experience would be greatly appreciated! We look forward to hearing from you. Kindest regards, Stephanie Knox stephknox24@hotmail.com Hello!
Thank you for the information about volunteering in Thailand. My boyfriend and I teach English, and we are interested in teaching with the Burma Volunteer Program. We have been in touch with them, but are interested to hear from people who actually volunteered through the organization. Did you work for them? If so, any feedback or insights about the organization and your experience would be greatly appreciated! We look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest regards,
Stephanie Knox
stephknox24@hotmail.com

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