Placement Overview

Come to this world-famously friendly country and live and work alongside local people off the beaten tourist trail. After volunteering experience the hospitality and magical tropical beauty from the floating markets of Bangkok, the temples and grottoes to the idyllic islands of the south.

Your Experience

Volunteers are needed to teach in schools throughout Thailand. No experience is needed just the enthusiasm to have a go.
Volunteers usually get a couple of options on arrival to choose from and friends / couples and small groups are placed in the same school.

The students range in ages and volunteers typically teach either teach young students between the ages of 8 and 16 or teens to young adults.

Teaching young children involves lots of energy from play work which involves English, singing simple nursery rhymes and days of the week/months of the year and basic expressions such as hello, what is your name etc. Teaching older students offers the volunteer more of a ‘guiding' role; asking students to talk about things in their life such as hobbies or their family, singing international pop songs and marking the work on paper they have been set.

What's included in this programme

Pick-up from Bangkok airport
Overnight stay in Bangkok organised and guidance to make transfer to placement
Placement organised in school

We consider this project ideal if you...

Want to try out teaching English or gain valuable classroom experience
Want to learn about Thai culture and customs as an insider-not as a tourist
Want to use your volunteering as preparation for travel around the region
You are looking for a more challenging placement where you will need to rely on and test your own interpersonal skills and 'out of the box' thinking amongst local people far from the beaten tourist trail.

Thailand things to see and do...

At the end of your volunteering placement, take a boat trip through Bangkok's Floating Market, or along the klongs, a network of canals leading off the river, and lined with dwellings opening directly on to the water. Life has changed little for those living along the klongs.

Take in a muay thai (Thai kick-boxing) match; this traditional sport can be seen every day of the year at the major stadiums in both Bangkok and the provinces. Thai boxing matches are preceded by elaborate ceremonies and accompanied by lively music.
Head off after your volunteering to enjoy Thailand's thousands of kilometres of coastline. Have a go at sea canoeing and kayaking through the spectacular limestone islands in Phang Nga Bay and explore the half-submerged caves and grottoes.
Language: English is widely understood, particularly in Bangkok where it is almost the major commercial language although a Thai phrasebook and dictionary will be essential whilst on your placement both in and out of the classroom as few locals will speak English.

Climate: Hottest month July
Time difference from UK: GMT +7 hrs