Volunteer Projects in Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

 

 

 

Orphanage

This orphanage in Chiang Mai is the home for orphaned children in the Northern Region of Thailand caring for babies and children up to 6 years old and for girls from the age of 7 until 18 years. The orphanage also cares for those children who are HIV Positive from birth and for those children orphaned as a result of the deaths of AIDS infected parents.

The orphanage is located about 10km from downtown Chiang Mai and is easily reached by many of the cheap taxis in Chiang Mai. Volunteers assist with a range of activities, from feeding and playing with the children to teaching English or art.

 

 

Hilltribe Village School

Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand is home to interesting and colorful ethnic minorities, known as the hill tribes. Most of the hill tribes have migrated into the region during the past 100 years from the Asian interior and have preserved their traditional ways. There are seven broad hill tribe groupings: Karen, Lahu, Hmong, Lisu, Akha and Mien.

This village school is located about 70 km from Chiang Mai City. The area is a conservation forest area. There are about elephant camps near the school. The village school is a government school, teaching from grade 1-9. Most of students are hilltribe children. As it is a local village school, the quality of the English education is not so good so a lot of help is needed from volunteers. There are 250 children at this school aged 3 to 9 years old. You will stay in a single room with private bathroom in the elephant camp right next to the village.

 

 

Orphanage for HIV affected Children

This project helps children whose parents have died from AIDS by providing an education so they can develop their skills to earn a living and allow them to become self-supportive. Also they help the children to become able to be part of a family and lead a quality life so they will become members of society and contribute their capability back to their society.

There are 40 children, both boys and girls at this project. These children are affected by AIDS but not infected. Their parents passed away from aids. The goal is to help each of the children grow develop and become good productive members of their society. When they are ready to leave the orphanage, they will be healed physically, mentally, and emotionally, they will have established good moral standards.

The orphanage needs volunteers for English teaching, cooking and teaching music.

 

 

Building Facilities in the Hilltribe Villages

This is a great project to give back to the community in a very practical way. At this project you will be actively helping local hill tribe villages to build necessary water & sanitation facilities or other facilities such as school buildings that are needed at the time to improve the lives of the hilltribe people considerably. Many hilltribe families in remote villages do not have enough water in their village for personal use and cooking or have toilet facilities available in the village.

As a member of a building team, you will stay in a hilltribe village and experience village life. During the day you will work side by side with the local hilltribe villagers and have some duties linked to the nature of the project such as digging, cutting down bamboo with a traditional machete, mixing cement with sand from the river bed, making "bamboo reinforced concrete", using dried straw to make a thatched roof and so on.

This program is only available fro groups of minimum 3 people. Contact us to discuss this if you can join with more than two people for details and group prices. Click here for pictures of groups who joined us in the past.

 

 

Charity for Single Mothers

Volunteer at this charity for single mothers in Chiangmai. This is a temporary home for unemployed single mothers with very young children and a shelter for unmarried pregnant young women prior to the birth of their child. Women who come to the charity have no consistent means of support, no boyfriend or husband actively present in their lives and have a desire to make life changes.

The charity accepts single women in desperate situations and moves them toward self sufficiency. The women learn their own value and develop self confidence. They are taught to see their situations in new ways, encouraged to solve their own problems, and strengthened to shape their own destinies. The women are taught to properly care for and support their children in such a way that will have a long term effect on their futures.

Volunteers can teach English or teach vocational skills such as sewing, cooking, crafts, baking or jewelry making.

 

 

Children Foundation

This project in Chiangmai works in northern Thailand focusing on early childhood care development, education, life skills and children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV. The project is working to protect and promote Child Rights in rural areas of northern Thailand following the four basic pillars of Child Rights; the right to non-discrimination, devotion to the best interest of the child, the right to life, survival and development, and the respect for the views of the child. This is done by supporting and facilitating those who are involved with work concerning children, and strengthening relationships between stakeholders in the targeted communities. By strengthening networks between schools, communities, government organizations, community based organizations and other NGO's it is possible to collaborate the efforts to promote and improve the quality of life for children and their families, making interventions more effective and sustainable.

The project is located in Chiang Mai City. Volunteer activities include teaching English and helping in the office of the project.

 

 

Village School & Child Care Center

This Village School and Child Care Center is run by local administration and is 70 km from Chiangmai city. You will stay in a guesthouse near the school. The school and child care center is situated in the heart of the community in the village very close to an elephant camp. There are 33 children at this school and child care center aged 3 to 5 years old. Most of the students are hilltribe children. You will stay in a single room with private bathroom in the elephant camp right next to the village.

Volunteers will be helping to take care of the children, play with them and teach basic English.

 

 

 

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