Taung Kaung Pwar

Name: Taung Kaung Pwar
Start: 2017-11-28
End: 2020-01-07
Location: Burma

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Burma Farming Social work Farming Social work Fixed dates

About the project

Taung Kaung Pwar

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The local leader is a member from Danu National Democracy Party and also a training alumnus from COM leadership political Awareness Training and COM hosted together since 2013. This is fourth time to organize international workcamp. The local area never has experience of hosting foreigners in their community before workcamp organized. The local young people also need to improve their knowledge on globalization, English proficiency and cultural exchange. It is also need to educate in agriculture and environmental awareness to the local community. The area is surrounded with mountains and farms. The area is peaceful and calm area. There are ancient cave, waterfall and ancient pagodas nearby area.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers participate in the village by helping to local community in their field of work. They will also work in cleaning and cooking by themselves. Sharing knowledge to the local community is also included in the work. There is planting, harvesting paddy, picking fruit and coffee, digging mud and other farms work are included. The farm work may change based on weather. Teaching to the children from grade 5 to 7 is also included.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation; Volunteers will be accommodated in a local leader house in the village as a home stay. The local leader provides pillows, blankets, mosquitoes and maps for volunteers.

🍲 Food

The host provided three meals a day and all the meal are rice, salad, fried fish and some local food. Tap water is not drinkable and purified water will be provided to the volunteers. The vegetables are fresh from nature and many appetizers but some local food may oily and salty.

There will be meat only at the local market which happens once in every five days. We also prepare coffee and some local fruit sometimes.

📍 About the location

Location; It is located in Taung Khaung Pwar village, YwarNgan township in Shan State. That area is many trees and mountains surrounded in the village. The area is peaceful and clam area.

ℹ️ Additional information

200 USD extra fee

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📅 Available sessions

COM/7-19

25/12/2019 → 07/01/2020

Closed

0 / 10

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Taung Kaung Pwar

28/11/2017 → 10/12/2017

Closed

0 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

180.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Shan, Myanmar (Burma)

Burma

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Kyat (MMK / K)

Exchange rate

1 MMK = 0.000426 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Myanmar Time

Local time: 21:25 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Burmese English