Groupes_Somdejya- Chiang Mai
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About the project
Groupes_Somdejya- Chiang Mai
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Somdejya Learning Community Demonstration School, Bodhivijalaya College Srinakharinwirot University Mae Chaem Distric, Chiang Mai is alternative school and learning center for hill tribes who come from poor family and very remote area on the mountain. This learning center is provided to them free education, accommodation, food and occupation training as important as culture conservation of their culture.
There are 58 students from 12 – 15 Years old. They are Karen and Hmong hill tribes. Learning King Rama 9 sufficient economy theory on agriculture and nature living. The foundation organize the non-formal education school together with nature living, produce their own organic food and education.
💼 What the programme involves
Base on community living, every work are coming by daily life. That is mean everything even generally is valuable in any case such as learning, teaching, cleaning, repairing, building.
Segregation works for Community Development are;
• Creative teaching English – Creative teaching is important to recognize; teaching certificate does not need for specific quality of volunteer but creative is the one of yours. Aims of creative teaching is given the chance for people in the village or the place nearby have opportunity to communicate with difference language, touch difference culture, believing. The volunteer will go to primary school nearby home- stay or practice English for local people in the village.
• Teaching Activity: the volunteer would do the activities base on InterCultural and Language (ICL) with the games, song, Storytelling, and Dancing. Focusing on communication; listening and speaking.
• School renovation; the students’ accommodation needs to renovate as it quite old and made from basic material. We could make them more beautiful and in a good condition to be a good atmosphere for them to live and learn. The volunteer could help on construction the new building for the learning center.
• Farming –working together at the small farm with the local students in 5 different occupation training farm as their have to work on these in daily; cow farms, pig farms, fish and fog farms, rabbit farms, chicken farms.
The volunteer could plant more vegetables with students for the school lunch project.
• Building relationship with the villagers – The rest of time from your main work, important thing is to learn and share with the villager by visiting, talking and doing activities with them. You will get rich experience by learning and sharing from each other.
• Eco tourism – There are many interesting places to visit in the community such as Buddhist temple, waterfall, national park etc. The volunteer would go to visit this places and collecting garbage, promoting recycle and keeping the place clean.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteer will stay with the host family and alternative school learning center.
· Nature environment, basic and simple.
· Mat, pillow and fan are providing.
· Thai toilet and bath.
· Washing clothes by hand.
· No food and drinks accept water in sleeping area for your care because some animals such as mouse, ants, will come to share your food.
· Please keep clean and tidy.
🍲 Food
Volunteers expects to eat Thai food and takes turn cooking with local volunteer.
📍 About the location
Mae Chaem district Chiang Mai province.
🎒 Leisure activities
Local Temple, Doi Intanon National park, enjoying the local life
http://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Chiang-Mai
⚠️ Requirements
Cultural respect, open-mindedness and love to learn and share. No Smoking and Alcohol drinking on the project.
🤝 Meeting point
Terminal: Chiang-Mai International Airport, Chiang-Mai Bus Station, Chiang-Mai Train Station Mae-Cham Bus Station, Chom-Thong Bus Station.
Meeting Point: Chiang-Mai Train Station at 12:00
ℹ️ Additional information
13,500 Bath = 350 EUROS for 3 weeks/ per volunteer
Including
• Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male-female).
• Transportation to/from meeting point to camp site
• There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period.
Excluding
• Volunteer own expenses such as souvenirs, alcohols, personal stuff, free time travel expenses also expense before the program start and after program ending.
• Travel cost from your country to Thailand
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
VSA1711
06/11/2017 → 18/11/2017
VSAGroupes-Somdejya
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
VSA/MLTV1701
18/02/2018 at 00:00 → 31/12/2018 at 00:00
VSA1707-1
17/07/2017 → 29/07/2017
VSA1801
15/01/2018 → 27/01/2018
Somdejya2019
01/01/2019 → 01/02/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
13500.00 THB ≈ 360 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Thailand
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Thailand Baht (THB / ฿)
Exchange rate
1 THB = 0.026632 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken