Volunteer work in Thailand

Volunteer work in Thailand: Teach English

The volunteer work projects in northeastern Thailand are in and around Nongkhai and in the smaller town of Nam Som. If you are placed in the northwest you will be doing volunteer work in Chiang Mai, known as the “Rose of the North” for its great beauty, or in the small town of Mae Hong Son, surrounded by jungle-covered mountains.

Aside from teaching English, you could teach computer lessons as part of your volunteer work in Thailand. Any help you can provide in the organisation of extracurricular activities is also highly appreciated and welcomed.

To ensure that you feel at home and make friends quickly during your volunteer work in Thailand, you will most likely be placed in a project together with other volunteers. The teachers and other volunteers will help you to get acclimatised and to find your way around. If you wish, you could possibly work on two projects in different towns, which would allow you to discover more of the country as you do volunteer work in Thailand.

Volunteer work in Thailand during the holidays

If you are placed in a school and are doing volunteer work in Thailand during the school holidays – generally from mid-February to mid-May, and during the month of October – you can help with alternative projects during this holiday time.

Our partners organise summer camps, where children and teenagers learn English in a fun and playful atmosphere. If you are interested, you can also participate in renovation work at different schools - helping hands are very welcome here!

Project examples for volunteer work in Thailand

Northeast Thailand

• Nongkhai – Tourism College
  The college is located approximately 30 km away from Nongkhai. Volunteers are picked up at their accommodation and brought to the project, where they teach the students English during their volunteer work in Thailand.

• Nam Som - High School
  In this secondary school of 1500 students, you will assist teachers with English instruction and could potentially offer your own conversation course or teach a computer class. Your volunteer work in Thailand may also include teaching other subjects, such as a web-design, during the school holidays.
  

• Nongkhai – Michai School
  In this small, poor school in a suburb of the town, you will be teaching classes of approximately 15 children between 6 and 12 years of age during your volunteer work in Thailand.

Northwest Thailand

• Mae Hong Son – School
  Three days a week you will be teaching at a school which is attended by Thai childeren as well as refugee orphans from Myanmar. In the evenings and at the weekends your help as a volunteer is welcomed at the orphanage where these children live. A group of college students specialising in tourism is also happy to receive a conversational English class as part of your volunteer work in Thailand.

• Chiang Mai - Chomchon Ban Boak Kork Noi School
  You will be assisting the teachers at a combined primary and secondary school of about 400 pupils. In the afternoons you will have the opportunity to teach English to groups of young Karen people from Myanmar.