📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Watphothawart is a very small school in Baan Kokpho, a Buddhist village of about 450 people in Phatthalung province, Southern Thailand. The school director, who we met through a former DaLaa project host and who shares our values, would like to welcome volunteers again after the good feedback of the first work camp took place in January this year. Volunteers can help to organize English lessons or other fun activities with the 49 students from kindergarten to Grade 6 (5-12 years old) for these 2 weeks. The English skills of the students are very poor. They are not familiar with foreigners. You can experience the local way of life, exchange with other volunteers, villagers and support the children education.
💼 What the programme involves
1- Give non-formal English classes and other fun activities with the students
2- Create teaching materials for teacher and kids
3- Improve the school area
4- Activities with villagers : cleaning the temple area , sport activities
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will sleep in the classroom or temple building (depending on the number of volunteers). There will be simple mats, pillow and mosquito net. You will need to bring your sleeping bag and a small mattress. There are basic toilets, showers and a kitchen at the school canteen. The teachers and villagerswill help the volunteers to cook. Local people eat rice (or noodles) 3 times a day with side dishes like curries, omelets, local leaves and vegetables. Volunteers will be welcome to cook their own food using the ingredients available there. (No oven, only a gas and woks or pans).
📍 About the location
• A bigger village, Pluakron is 3km away. It has a health center, ATM, and market.
• Phatthalung, the province main city is just a bit over 10 km from the village.
• Hat Yai, the main city of South Thailand is 1.5 hours by mini bus from Patthalung.
• You are given 1 or 2 free day(s) during the 2 weeks and plenty of free time in the evening that can be spent on daily meetings or building group dynamic by playing various games, discussion.
⚠️ Requirements
The volunteers should be ready to stay in a local area, to adapt to the local conditions with only basic facilities. Very few local people are able to speak in English. Volunteers should be able to be with the kids and prepare some games and material for teaching.