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City/State: Bangkok or Trang |
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Country: THAILAND
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| Cross-Cultural Solutions |
Tower Point 44
North Road
East Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
BN1 1YR
Phone: 0845 458 2781 / 2782
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Program description: |
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"With just visiting places, you get a feel for the country but with this experience you go deeper, think ‘that’s what these people are like’ rather than just ‘that is what this country is like’. Living there is something that can’t be done on a tourist level ... Just a wonderful experience."
This is what one volunteer had to say about their experience in Thailand.
Volunteer Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions. Work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. It's the experience of a lifetime. As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're experiencing another culture like never before and really getting to know its people. You'll gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you'll develop memories that will be with you forever.
Enjoy the flexibility of choosing from 12 countries, start dates year-round and programmes from 1-12 weeks long. CCS offers international volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand. Wherever you choose, our in-country staff welcomes you to the CCS Home-Base, your home away from home. Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognised leader in the field of international volunteering.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: Minimum age of 18 for independent travellers.
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies
Living arrangements on the program: Group living
How long does the program last?: 1-3 Months
What are the dates of this program: Programmes run from 3 to 12 weeks long. There are frequent start dates throughout the year. Please check out our website or contact us for more details.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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The people: The Thai people embody the sentiments of Buddhism. They value friendliness, and you will always be greeted with a smile. Having fun (sanuk), and maintaining a calm equilibrium (jai yen) are of the utmost importance. In fact, raising your voice or any display of anger is considered extremely rude. Respect is given to everyone, no matter their social standing. In Thailand, you will have to be proactive. Out of respect, Thai people are unlikely to tell you what to do. Developing relationships is the best way to immerse yourself in Thai culture. Once you take the first step, the people you meet will welcome you, sharing their most intimate thoughts and feelings and displaying their endless generosity.
The Community: Thonburi, the capital of Thailand until 1785, is now mainly a residential area. Just outside of Bangkok, it offers the comforts and tranquility of a small town to volunteers, while still being convenient for the many urban work placements. In Thonburi, you will witness the strong community links that are a result of the importance placed on personal relationships in Thailand. Thonburi's beautiful landscape of vibrant flowers and canals are also a great contrast to the bustling streets and skyscrapers of the city. As you walk through the wide streets of Thonburi, visiting the nearby Wat Arun (the Temple of Dawn) or the Internet cafe, you will be greeted by everyone you pass.
Volunteers and interns in Bangkok, Thailand, are involved with caring for infants and children, teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, sharing their professional skills/experience, caring for the elderly, observing and assisting local medical professionals, caring for people with disabilities, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS, and assisting teachers of special education.
Trang, the 'Town of the Dawn', is a peaceful and tranquil province located on the West coast of Thailand. The province has remained undisturbed by large-scale development — the west coast is covered with mangrove forests, white sandy beaches, and islands, and the other side of Trang is surrounded by mountains with rich forests and waterfalls.
In the early Ratanakosin period, Kantang, which is now one of the six districts of the province, served as one of the main seaports of Southern Thailand. Legend has it that ships from other countries always landed at the Kantang port at dawn, explaining how Trang got its name.
Volunteers in Trang, Thailand are involved with caring for infants and children, teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, sharing their professional skills/experience, caring for the elderly, observing and assisting local medical professionals, caring for people with disabilities, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS, and assisting teachers of special education.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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Programme fees vary depending on the length of your stay. The programme fee for a 3-week programme is £1,577. Each additional week is £155. This programme fee covers the costs of lodging, meals and ground transportation, plus individual attention and guidance from an experienced and knowledgeable Programme Manager, coordination of your Volunteer Placement, Perspectives Programming activities, a 24-hour emergency hotline in the US, travel and medical insurance, and much more.
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Typical person for this program: |
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CCS is delighted to welcome volunteers of many different ages and walks of life to its programmes each year. We have families and groups from Australia volunteering alongside teens from Canada and working and retired adults from the UK. We have graduate students from Japan and college students from the US. We have 'gappers,' people who are taking a break before university, or within their professional lives. They come to Cross-Cultural Solutions from very different parts of the world, and from very different places in their life.
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Application process Involves: |
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There is no formal application process. If you are interested in participating in a programme, please contact a Programme Enrolment Manager, who will be happy to talk with you about how a programme could work for you. To reserve your place on a programme, you will be asked to put down a non-refunbable deposit of £150.
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