Chiang Mai Volunteer Group 202
Presenting our Chiang Mai Thailand Volunteer and Intern Group #202! This group arrived and started in their projects in mid-July. Just now catching up on posting this after our busy month of July.<br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group 33
Presenting our 33rd Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group! This group finished orientation and started in their projects a few weeks ago. July is a busy time for us here in Thailand. The group is of 11 volunteers and interns coming from the US, Switzerland, France, UK, Hungary, and Puerto Rico. They are participating in our Womens Empowerment, Orphanage, Medical Internship, English Education and Teaching Monks Volunteer Projects.<br />
Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #201
Presenting Our Chiang Mai Volunteer and Intern Group #201! A little slow on getting this posted. July is normally the busiest time of the year for us here in Thailand. This is a group of 23 volunteers and interns, coming from the USA, Denmark, New Zealand, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, and Slovenia. Participants in this group are partaking in our Medical Internship, Children's Home, English Education, and Elephant Camp Volunteer Projects.<br />
University of Otago
Earlier this month we hosted students from the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand - for their Fieldschool program here in Chiang Mai. A big group of 11 students this year! <br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group 32
Presenting our Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group #32! This group completed orientation this past weekend, and started their projects on Monday. A group of 13 participants coming from the United Kingdom and the United States. Mid-Summer always sees a spike in the number of our Medical Interns. In this group of 13 volunteers and interns more than half are Medical Interns. We are also hosting participants in our Kindergarten, Womens Empowerment and Teaching Monks Volunteer Projects.<br />
Chiang Mai Volunteer Group 200
Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #200! Mid-Summer is a very busy time of year for us. 22 new volunteers and interns from the USA, UK, Germany, and Australia. Orientation was this past weekend, and they started their projects on Monday. They are participating in our English Education, Elephant Camp, Teaching Monks, Medical Intern, and Magazine Intern Projects.<br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group 31
Bangkok, Thailand Volunteer and Intern Orientation Group 31<br />
Chiang Mai Orientation Group #199
Volunteer Child Protection Policy
Friends for Asia offers has various different policies regarding child protection, depending upon the project that a participant has chosen. We have now put these policies together to create one over-arching Child Protection Policy, that will be used for all of our placements where volunteers work within the vicinity or directly with children. For our Thailand programs, this would apply to our teaching and childcare placements.<br />
Make a Lasting Impact as a
Volunteer or Intern in Thailand
These projects provide authentic access to Thai communities, beyond typical tourist experiences. The connections formed while volunteering create lasting impacts, both for volunteers and the local people whose lives they touch.