Short Term Volunteer at EEFA
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About the project
Short Term Volunteer at EEFA
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Equal Education For All (EEFA) is a Lao, non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to Education, Health and Sustainable Development in the district of Vang Vieng, Lao P.D.R.
The typical missions are:
1- Education: teaching English to groups of Lao students (age: 9 to 20 y.o.) at the local schools of the surrounding villages; teaching the lessons (in English) of the EEFA Internship Program individually to the Lao EEFA Interns (age: 18 to 25 y.o.) on EEFA sites (the Lao Interns live on-site together with the foreign volunteers).
2- Health: implementation of the EEFA Health Program: implementation of the workshops around dental care, body hygiene, general health, alcohol & drug misuse, and participation to regular sports activities with the Lao EEFA students and with the Lao EEFA Interns.
3- Environment: implementation of the workshops of the EEFA Environmental Program to raise awareness for environmental issues, and participation to environmental projects together with the Lao EEFA students and with the Lao EEFA Interns.
And of course, participation to the life of our multicultural community of foreign volunteers and Lao Interns.
Therefore are considered "short term volunteers" : volunteers staying from 1 week to 2 months. And are considered "interns" : volunteers staying from 2 months to 6 months. Both are welcome to join the project all year long. The interns might be entrusted with a specific project on site, (depending the needs of the project at the moment of their stay) regarding their skills, interests, since they have more time to carry it out.
We are welcoming all year long, short term and long term volunteers. The minimum requirement of stay is usually 2 weeks, but we also do exceptions and accept volunteers who would like to stay for one week.
A TYPICAL WEEK
Volunteers work from Monday to Friday and participate to following activities :
- Morning Tasks: cleaning the common facilities, watering the plants and cooking breakfast,
- Morning Project: is chosen by the volunteer, depends on their skills or interests and on the current needs of the association (gardening, farming, construction, renovation, decoration, promotion work,...).
- Teaching English: in the late afternoon and evening at local schools,
Saturday is day off for the volunteers.
On Sundays, volunteers clean the site before welcoming the new volunteers (new volunteers come every Sunday and have an "Orientation Day"). The Sunday afternoon is devoted to team-building activities.
💼 What the programme involves
Typical tasks are:
1- Education: preparation of the English lessons (the content of the lessons is provided) and teaching of English to groups of Lao students (age: 9 to 20 y.o.) at the local schools and individually to the Lao interns (age: 18 to 25 y.o.) on site.
2- Health: explanation of workshop content about health to the Lao EEFA students and interns (how to brush their teeth, wash hands before touching food,...).
3- Environment: organic farming and gardening, and explanation of workshop content about environmental issues to the Lao EEFA students and interns.
4- Renovation & construction of the facilities of the association and of local schools.
5- Promotion work online, on site or in the city of Vang Vieng to support the association and its development.
The volunteers choose their tasks according to their talents or the new things they want to learn.
🏠 Accommodation on site
1st option : Accommodation on site in a dorm
Accommodation in an on-site dorm is included in the standard participation fees.
2nd option : Accommodation in a guesthouse
The extra costs for accommodation in a guesthouse are to be paid directly to the guesthouse, typically:
- 50.000 kip (5 €) per night for a room occupied by 1 person,
- 60.000 kip (6 €) per night for a room occupied by 2 persons.
🍲 Food
We provide three meals per day (breakfast, lunch, and diner) during all the period of stay of the volunteers which includes weekends as well.
📍 About the location
Laos is an economically poor but developing country. The region of Vang Vieng is growing fast due to a large offering in tourist activities. However, this development mainly based on tourism also has its disadvantages: pollution, cultural loss and drug trafficking.
EEFA is an organisation dedicated to raising education, preserving the local culture, promoting health and protecting the environment.
EEFA facilitates positive and constructive interactions between locals and foreigners.
🎒 Leisure activities
The region of Vang Vieng is famous for the beauty of its landscapes and nature.
There are a lot of activities for tourists who wish to do sports or just relax outdoors :
- swimming in the various lagoons of the area,
- exploration of caves,
- trekking in the nearby mountains,
- climbing,
- kayaking,
- air balloon rides,
-...
⚠️ Requirements
- To be 18 years old
- Strong motivation
We do not ask specific skills to our volunteers coming, and the work will be accessible to all. Indeed we always enjoy motivated volunteers. The only requirement is to have a good level of english, since our main activity is to teach english to the kids. Therefore the volunteers should feel more or less comfortable with their english level in order to teach, and also to be fully part of the community since we welcome volunteers from all nationalities, and we have local living with us, so it is important to speak english so everyone should feel integrated.
ℹ️ Additional information
The participation fees include full accommodation and board (food) and, on the days of arrival and departure, transportation between project site and Vang Vieng.
The volunteers pay a one-time donation of 390.000 kip (39 €) to support the EEFA Scholarship Program, which supports financially highly skilled students from economically poor families and allows them access to university. This one-time contribution is independent of the length of stay.
Then, volunteers staying 1 month or less pay following daily contribution: 90.000 kip (9 €) per day
VISA
30 days TOURIST VISA which is possible to extend, because Laos does not offer other kind of visa for volunteers. There are two ways to extend the tourist visa. The first one is to cross the border to go to Thailand and come back to Laos in order to get a new tourist visa. The border to Thailand is the Mekong river in the Capital City of Vientiane. The second option to extend the visa, is to go to an immigration office (in Vientiane or in Luang Prabang). The visa will be extended up to 30 more days as well. For the visa, each visa is extendable two times for 30 days in an immigration office. Then it is possible to cross by earth the border with Thailand, two times/year to get a new tourist visa. Then it possible to cross the Thai border by plane without any limit.
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EEFA Volunteer - short term
01/06/2019 → 01/12/2020
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Vang Vieng, Laos
Laos
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Laos Kip (LAK / ₭)
Exchange rate
1 LAK = 0.000040 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Indochina Time
Local time: 21:17 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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