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Helping in a Burmese community
As a PURE! volunteer you will work in and around a school in a Burmese coastal community in the south-west of Thailand. This area is home to many tolerated illegal Burmese refugees. They work largely in construction, fishing or in other hazardous occupations. In the community over 500 families are living in appalling conditions. The school needs a lot of help and as a PURE! Volunteer you can really make a contribution. You will assist with English teaching, the lunch program, creative classes, sports and much more on your own initiative. A challenging project!
Apply now & practical information
You can apply for volunteering in Thailand!
There are 10 volunteer places available per month.
As of monday the 31st of October 2011, the first volunteers can start working at the projects. We start every monday.
info@pureforkids.org
Teaching in south-west Thailand
Education is an important part of volunteerwork in developing countries, the same here in Thailand. We work together with a public school offering about six hours daily teaching at one of our partner schools. You will be assisting the English teacher, have your own classes depending on your experience and help preparing the classes. Next to teaching there is time to play with the children and do extra classes on your own initiative. There are several schools we work with like a nursery, junior school or high school. You will be placed at one of the schools after consultation and we'll have a look at your experience and desires before.
The first impressions
'Having no experience with teaching, nor with working with children, I was quite worried whether I would be able to cope in the beginning. However, already after our first visit to the Burmese Learning Centre, those fears melted away. Though the material conditions of the school are quite deplorable and though the level of English of the children is quite low - which makes it harder to convey a message -, the reactions of the children to everything you do makes the general atmosphere at school very agreeable. It makes you completely forget about the bad state the school is in. There are of course tough days when the things you are trying to teach do not seem to sink in and you come home exhausted, but the next day you always look forward to go to school again. I have not even for a second regretted the decision to volunteer at the Burmese Learning Centre. The children are fantastic and make everything worthwhile. It has been one of the most pleasant experiences of my life and I would love to come back for another four weeks.'
Friedel Geeraerts - pilot volunteer june/july 2011