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Presenting Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group #70! This group of nine volunteers and interns arrived a few weeks ago, and some have already completed their placements. The group has volunteers and interns from the USA and Switzerland and are participating in our Medical Internship, Kindergarten, English Education, […]

Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer and Intern Group #242. This group of twelve volunteers and interns arrived last Friday, completed orientation over the weekend and started in their projects on Monday. Participants in the group are from the USA, Singapore, and Mexico, and are taking part in our […]

Presenting Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group #69. This group is three Americans from Indiana and Georgia. They are participating in our Medical Internship and Kindergarten Teaching Volunteer Project. They started in their projects a couple of weeks ago. For additional information about our projects, please visit our […]

This is the 5th year that we have conducted an orientation to Chiang Mai for the University of Otago’s Department of Tourism Fieldschool Program. There are 10 master’s degree students and two faculty advisers in the group this year. The students will be spending three weeks here […]

Earlier this month we had the pleasure of hosting a special group of 8 international school students, and two of their faculty advisers, in our projects. The students are from the QSI International School of Dongguan, China. Due to our privacy policies, we do not list the […]

In Thailand, Visakha Bucha Day is without a doubt the most important Buddhist holiday of the year, and in 2018, it falls on Tuesday 29th May. This auspicious day commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha, and it falls on different dates, as it […]

Traditionally, Thai schools end their academic year in mid-March, and after two months holiday, the children are ready and willing to return to the classroom for the new academic year, which begins on the 16th or 17th of May. The hottest months of the year, April and […]

Presenting Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group #68! This group of three arrived last week, finished orientation over the weekend and started in their projects earlier this week. All of them are from the USA, and are participating in our Medical Internship and Teaching Monks Volunteer Projects. Bangkok […]

Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer and Intern Group #240! This group of 9 volunteers and interns arrived last week, completed orientation over the weekend and started their projects today. The volunteers and interns in the group are from Germany, the USA, Austria, and Singapore, and are participating in […]

Observed in early May, the exact date for the Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Thailand is determined by monks each year, and this year the ceremony will be held on Monday 14th May. The site is, as always, Sanam Luang, in front of the Grand Palace on Rattanakosin […]