Adventure and Childrens Home Thailand

  Thailand

• Bangkok: 
Bangkok
• All Other Areas in Thailand: 
Kanchanaburi

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Throughout the year

Description: This is a chance share your experiences, thoughts and love with the children at the Children's Village, a home for deprived children. The village is one of the voluntary projects of the Foundation for Children. The foundation has been long established in Thailand to protect children's rights and take care of neglected children. The foundation is home to children who have suffered family or social problems. This programme has various vocational training projects, where any skills are welcome that can help the children learn and to give them the attention that they need.

Highlights: * Day 1: Bangkok - Arrival Transfer
Arrival and joint-transfer to your accommodation. An experienced guide will meet you at the airport and will provide you with some useful tips for exploring the city and give you some ideas of what you could do on your tour.

* Day 2: Bangkok - An Orientation tour - Learn Thai
Today is a tour on foot. The aim is to ensure that you see as much as possible of the everyday life of Bangkok and its people, and what better way to do that than to combine your walk with as many different modes of public transport as possible. Stops on the tour will normally include some interesting temples, a flower market and Little India or Chinatown. Then you will spend some time learning Thai in an informal atmosphere. You will have lessons that start with simple words and conversation, just enough to get by, and then more specific words that you will need according to the project you are joining. Then go out to try it in real-life situations, such as a local market, taking your own transport and trying to bargain for things by yourself.

* Day 3: Bangkok - A Village Experience
You will have a lazy morning to discover more of Bangkok and then leave the bustling city behind by taking a local bus for about 2 hours to a small village near Kanchanaburi town. After settling into your charming home stay and receiving a warm welcome from your host family you will then have time to explore the village and the chance to practice your Thai skills with the villagers. You may also join in the farming activities of your 'Thai family' in their organic garden.

* Day 4: Home stay - Kanchanaburi - Children's Village
Time to say farewell to your kind hosts as you need to catch the local bus to Kanchanaburi and explore the town, see the famous 'Death Railway', World War II Museum, etc. Then continue by public bus to Moobandek, or the Children's Village -Upon arrival the teachers will give orientation to learn about their project and the area.

* Days 5-12: Children's Village
The village is one ofthe voluntary projects of the Foundation for Children. They receive vocational training, learn about farming and join the classes that include language learning. There are now about 100-120 children of various ages. The program for each day normally starts with an early morning routine check of the village's vegetable plantation then breakfast. You will need to help the children prepare food. The project coordinator will then run through what you will be working on. This could be preparing for lessons, teaching lessons about your home country (it would help if you could bring some items/props from home to use in lessons) or helping in the kindergarten or nursery. You can also join one of the village's development projects (cleaning the school, vegetable farming, planting, vocational workshops, etc.) or look after the small children who have no class. There are also a great variety of vocational workshops, such as carpentry, agriculture, construction, computers, cooking and handicraft activities such as batik, sewing, weaving, etc.

* Day 13: Kanchanaburi - Bangkok
After saying farewell to the children return to Bangkok by public bus.

* Day 14: Bangkok - departure transfer
Spend this last free day shopping or exploring more of Bangkok on your own. Then joint transfer to the airport for flight home.

Weekends and public holidays are free for you to do as you please. The co-ordinator will help you with information to plan your own travelling during this free time.

Qualifications:
* Minimum age: 18 years old
* Basic command of spoken English is essential
* You do not need any formal training or experience to participate but whatever experience you do have will be taken into account when arranging your day-to-day activities
* Having a caring nature is considered to be of vital importance
* Volunteers need to be independent, enthusiastic and adaptable, hard working, with an open-minded attitude and specially with a great sense of humor
* International volunteers are welcome

Cost in US$: From 700 GBP

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Thailand Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

WAVA's Mission Statement: "WAVA" means Work & Volunteer Abroad. Our origins lie in a department created in 2006 at Twin Group, a prestigious provider of educational, training and employment opportunities for individuals from around the world. Established in January 2010, we are a fresh, independent company, using the trading name WAVA and a brand new logo, inspired by the values of travel: opportunity, adventure, emotion, sharing, learning and seeing. But we're not just about seeing. We're also about doing. We specialise in offering life-changing opportunities to travellers for whom seeing is not enough. We offer three broad types of travelling experiences: Volunteering on projects in developing countries Internships in professional environments around the world Seasonal paid working holidays in developed economies We make these experiences possible through solid partnerships with highly reputable local providers.

Year Founded: 2010