Dee Totrakool, ISV Project Manager, Thailand (c) used with permission.
ISV's Thailand Project Manager, Dee Totrakool, wrote this blog during her first week while leading an ISV volunteer team on a new Thailand community development volunteer project:
Talk about getting off to a great start: imagine hiking down a mountain, crossing knee deep streams and gazing upon mountains from all sides. And this is just to get to the project! We have just launched a new project called the "Life Development Center" and it is taking the volunteer experience to a whole new level.
Challenge and inspire yourself with two weeks of building a community learning center and working with underprivileged children in an authentic Karen village near the Burmese border while enjoying your home away from home, living in an open traditional Thai elevated bamboo house.
Surround yourself with views of the valley, small mountain streams and the serenity of indigenous people and a simple lifestyle. Spend your time exploring and eating fresh from local markets and picking fresh fruit right off the trees. Need a hot shower? Then jump on pedal-operated generator and heat up your water - what an experience!
Your home for two weeks as part of an ISV community development project (c) used with permission by Dee Totrakool
Who says that making an impact on your world can’t be fun? This is so going to be a great project experience. With an open mind, a good pair of shoes and some enthusiasm for helping people better their communities, there is no limit to what this type of project experience can offer. I hope you will join me in Thailand, so that I can share my country and my culture with you and so that together we can give back!
Drinya Totrakool,
Thailand Project Manager
(describing her experience at one of ISV Thailand’s newest projects)
To learn more about ISV's Thailand Volunteer Projects click HERE!
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Oh I love to join. Im so fascinated in living in such kind of environment even for awhile. Aside from being able to help, I am also interested in interacting with the locals