We are looking for volunteers to teach disadvantaged children in the northern provinces of Thailand, in cities such as Chiang Rai and Nan. We help poor, underprivileged children develop their analytical and English-speaking skills using methods employed in international schools.
Volunteering Activities
What We Need
Volunteers will teach five different subjects (Math, English, Health education, Social studies, and Science) in English using our lesson videos. Volunteers will manage a classroom of 10 – 20 children in grades 1 and 2 for 4 hours a day.
Requirements:
- Aged 20 and up
- Fluent in English
- Have a degree or currently a college student
- Possess a basic knowledge of computers
When & Who
What we Provide
Meals will be provided by the host family.
Our Fees
Our program is free
More Services we Offer
For volunteers staying for more than 2 months: we can support them with proper documents for their visa and work permit.
For volunteers staying for 5 months, 9 months, or the whole school year: we offer a reimbursement package.
During the weekends, volunteers can spend time exploring northern Thailand and countries nearby (Laos and Myanmar).
Contact Person
Additional Info about Us
We connect with around ten schools in northern Thailand.
We embrace the uniqueness of an English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom and use it to our full advantage. We are regularly discovering and implementing new methods to engage students who possess different learning styles and hold unique backgrounds. Furthermore, we continuously develop new technology to facilitate our teaching.
There were many changes and sometimes it was hard to get used to a completely different environment and life style, but I knew that greatest things in life doesn’t come easily. Also, the teachers and everybody at school were very supportive and did their best to make me feel at home and I am really thankful for that. My students started to learn many new things pretty quickly and the best part is that they were not just learning English and subjects like Math or Science, but they were learning many new skills and they were developing their analytical thinking: something I really think is key in Education, and in which I truly agree with Peace and Happiness Foundation. While they were learning, I was learning too. I was learning to live by my own, to appreciate the little things in life, what truly matters at the end, and to live according to my values. I love my students because even though we don’t speak the same language, they taught that language is not a requirement to connect with other human beings.
I feel very happy that I got the chance to live out of my mother country, meet people from different cultures, and contribute on a program which is trying to improve the education in rural communities. This experience has certainly openned up my perspective and made me grow as a person. For me, it was also a time in which I realized the wonderful things I was capable of doing, the potential that all human beings have to impact other people’s lives. I also found myself feeling very proud for doing things by my own that I have never done before like traveling alone, being able to communicate without knowing the local language, and trying tons of new things. I am and will be very grateful to Peace and Happiness Foundation and Ban Na School for giving me the opportunity to live this life-changing experience."