Thailand Projects
Volunteer With Children in Thailand
Do you want to discover Thailand while making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children and underprivileged children? Are you dreaming of a once-in-a-lifetime experience working with exciting people from all over the world in an exotic location? Then consider becoming a Volunteer with poor and deprived children in Thailand with this program!
Thailand is a great country filled with friendly people and historical artifacts. Sporting both a rich culture and history as well as beautiful natural scenery perfect for hiking, the country has long been a top destination for travelers from all over the world.
Sadly, many Thais face adversity and tough economic conditions, and as such lack the ability to provide often expensive childcare services for the kids. Farmers, factory workers and other working-class people are hit hard by this problem, and childcare centers have been set up by the local government and Buddhist temples to help alleviate it.
However, these initiatives are terribly undermanned, and are in great need of volunteers to provide valuable time and effort to this worthwhile effort. By volunteering, you’ll be able to provide a better daily life for the kids of poorer families and give them motivation and inspiration for their future.
If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity to change the world for the better in a refreshing new environment, then contact IFRE today for more information!
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Skills and Qualifications:
This volunteer with children program in Thailand does not require volunteers to have any specific education or experience. However, you should have a deep love for children and genuinely enjoy working with and spending time with them. Additionally, you should be kind, patient and flexible and possess a passion for improving the lives of those less fortunate than you.
Volunteer Responsibilities and Impact:
As a volunteer in the Childcare/Child Development Project in Thailand, you will work closely with schools, temples and NGOs for 4 to 5 hours a day, from Monday to Friday. Depending on your skills you will be teaching English as well as other subjects like health, math, science and computers, as well as providing daily care to the children. Additionally, you will be organizing and leading extracurricular activities like games, sports and creative pursuits, as well as teaching children useful life skills like gardening, finance, painting, building, sewing and others. You may also be asked to assist with administrative tasks like fundraisers, assisting families, record keeping and planning excursions.
Most importantly, you will provide love and care to the children who are with you. Through this effort, you will provide a ray of light in the lives of underprivileged kids, greatly motivating and inspiring them towards a better future. You will also provide relief to overworked local care workers, and free up parents to work on improving the conditions for their family.
Your time spent volunteering with children in Thailand will be an exciting one as you have fun-filled experiences each and every day and meet fascinating people and lovely children.
On arrival at the airport in Thailand, you will be taken to your accommodation and given a briefing about the project the following morning. Your volunteer work then starts on the second day.
On a typical day, you will be served breakfast in the early morning together with your fellow guests and set out to your work placement around 7:30-8:00am. You will generally spend the first few hours from 9am to 11:30am working directly with the children, before helping serve food for the kids’ lunch break and then enjoying your own immediately after.
In the afternoons between 12pm and 3pm, the children will be napping, and during this time you will assist with renovation projects at the facility or various community projects around the village.
At 3pm your duties will generally be over, and you are free to explore Ayutthaya for the rest of the evening or return to your accommodation where a delicious Thai dinner will be served at 6:30pm, giving you an excellent chance to get to know your fellow guests.
Volunteer With Children in Thailand: Dates and Fees:
Program Dates
IFRE programs begin every Monday year-round. If you have travel constraints, you can still start your chosen program on any day of the year.
Our Fees
Since 2006, IFRE has been the most trusted and respected volunteer abroad organization in the world, and also the most affordable. We’re dedicated to providing the highest quality volunteer programs at the lowest fees, which make it possible for everyone, especially students, to volunteer internationally and make a positive impact in the lives of others.
We believe in 100% transparency. Rest assured, we never use middlemen. Your one-time registration fee of $299 covers our administrative costs. The low weekly fee is paid in the host country directly to your host family and project (via country coordinator), and includes housing, food, and minor expenses. IFRE is a non-profit organization, so your program fees are tax deductible.
Volunteer Program Fees (US$)
| Weeks | Children Project |
|---|---|
| 1 Week | $260 |
| 2 Weeks | $440 |
| 3 Weeks | $660 |
| 4 Weeks | $880 |
| 5 Weeks | $1,100 |
| 6 Weeks | $1,320 |
| 7 Weeks | $1,540 |
| 8 Weeks | $1,760 |
| 9 Weeks | $1,980 |
| 10 Weeks | $2,220 |
| 11 Weeks | $2,420 |
| 12 Weeks | $2,640 |
Comprehensive Travel Insurance $3.49/day ( below 28 years) and $4.49/day ( above 28 years) »
Program Fees Cover:
- Accommodation (volunteer house or host family)
- Food (only breakfast and dinnery)
- Program Orientation
- In-country support
- Personalized project
- Pre-departure information
- Certificate of completion
- Fundraising ideas and letters
- Discount for returning volunteers
Program Fees Exclude:
- Visas
- Airfare
- Personal expenses on soft drinks and foods
- Daily transportation
- Airport return transfer
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Accommodation and Meal
Our volunteer house in Ayutthaya is safe and secure and comes with comfortable dormitories shared with volunteers of the same gender. There are plenty of amenities located nearby, as well as being close to your project placement. You’ll be provided with 2 meals a day and plenty of chances for cultural exchange with your fellow guests.
Free Time and Weekends:
You’ll get more than enough time to experience Thailand during your volunteering project. During the week you’ll have time in the mornings and after your work finishes to explore the local area, and then your weekends are completely free for you to do anything you wish, including going on tours throughout Thailand.
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Safety and in Country Support
We always make sure that our volunteers are safe and secure during their project. To this end, we take great care to ensure the safety and security of our accommodation, as well as provide extensive support from the moment you book with us until your project is over. Our in-country coordinator will also be available to you 24/7 to render assistance should you need it.
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Volunteer With Children in Thailand: FAQs:
Arrival and Departure
We recommend our volunteers to fly into Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok one day prior to the start of their volunteering in Thailand in childcare project. Also kindly send your final flight information in advance so that we can arrange for your pick-up. If you miss your scheduled flight or if it’s delayed, contact us at the earliest so that a new pick up schedule can be made for you.
We don’t provide any kind of airport drop off services, for your departure back home. It is the responsibility of the volunteers to make the necessary arrangements on their own.
Visa
Volunteers joining our child development volunteering program in Thailand need to secure a tourist visa. You can request the tourist visa by visiting the nearest Thai embassy. Passport holders of 21 countries are eligible for visa on arrival.
You can extend your visa while you are in Thailand, but for that your visa should have a minimum validity of 60 days. The tourist visas can be extended at Thai immigration in Bangkok, Pattaya or Phuket.
Vaccination
You should take vaccinations according to the CDC recommendations for volunteering opportunity in Thailand childcare projects. Kindly check the following mentioned list:
- Diphtheria and tetanus
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Polio
- Yellow fever
- Japanese encephalitis
- Rubella
- Influenza
For further readings:
Safety tips for your volunteer abroad trip
How far is the childcare volunteer project Thailand from the accommodation? How do I commute daily?
You will be volunteering in a childcare center located in a rural village. You will be picked up by Song Taew (typical Thai public transport, basically consisting of pickup trucs with covered seating in the back) each morning in carefully vetted vehicles. The journey will take roughly 20-30 minutes each way.
How many children are in the disadvantaged children project and what are their ages?
There are roughly 50 children between the ages of 2 and 5 at the center.
How many hours a day do we work in the disadvantaged children volunteer project in Thailand?
You will generally work from 9am to 3pm, Monday to Friday. In the morning you will be working directly with children, while the afternoon will be spent taking part in various development projects as the children will be napping.
Is there any other important information that you want to share about this project?
Working as a volunteer with children in Thailand is both incredibly fun and rewarding. The childcare offered by the center enables parents and family members to work during the day, which is critical.
Your efforts will increase the resources of the center for renovation and development projects, and also give much needed support to the local Thai childcare professionals and the children they care for.
You’ll also be raising awareness and understanding of the local community and get plenty of opportunity for cultural immersion and exchange.
Why Volunteer With Children in Thailand?
Childcare Thailand Volunteer Project in Ayutthaya is a life-changing volunteer project that can help you change the lives of countless deserving children in ways you cannot imagine.
Teach new skills and help change the lives of children from poor backgrounds
You can organize and supervise creative programs including games, music, art, and painting and make sure that these children eat well, sleep well and live well while you are there. By providing much needed care and support to these children, you will positively change their lives in the most rewarding way possible.
Make a positive impact and provide a better future for children in need
Through dedication and the time you spend with the children during our childcare volunteer project in Thailand, you will get to take care of and educate the children. Doing so will help you provide a better future for these destitute children who come from a very poor family background.
Give your time to a cause greater than yourself
Taking part in this project will allow you to fully dedicate your time and effort into improving the lives of poor children. You will not only be able to save these children from daily hardships and struggles but also give them a secure space to grow up and develop a good personality.
Support daily operations and activities in the local childcare center
Volunteers in childcare Thailand project get to interact with children from all backgrounds while volunteering in childcare centers located in Ayutthaya. But each of our childcare centers are in huge need of support and development. So, the extra help offered by volunteers to run the daily operations and tasks will be very much appreciated.
Develop real and lasting relationships with children
The love and care that volunteers provide the children will make them feel loved and help them enjoy their childhood without any emotional disturbance or pressure. This way volunteers will get the chance to develop real and lasting relationships with children staying at our childcare center.
Assist childcare centers in their struggle to look after needy children
As a volunteer in Thailand childcare project, you will also get to help and assist the local childcare centers in taking care of the children by improving the facilities. You can help in renovating and repairing the childcare centers that lack proper maintenance and management.
Dedicate your time to create a healthier and safer environment for kids to live in
Volunteers participating in this project get the opportunity to give children healthy, secure and constructive childhoods. All of this work has a long-term positive affect on the staff, the children, the families and the local community.
Other Volunteering Opportunities in Thailand
There are many projects in Thailand you can take part in with IFRE. You can
provide care for disadvantaged children,
provide crucial medical care and much more.
Contact us at the nearest opportunity to learn more.
Other Childcare Projects Around the World
There are children in dire need all around the world. To help solve this problem, IFRE arranges child development and childcare projects in many different countries. For some of our most popular volunteer projects related to children, please see the list below:
- Cambodia - Work in an Orphanage
- India - Work in an Orphanage
- Nepal - Work in an Orphanage
- Sri Lanka - Work in an Orphanage
- Thailand (Surin) - Childcare Project
- Ghana - Work in an Orphanage
- Kenya - Work in an Orphanage
- South Africa - Work in an Orphanage
- Tanzania - Work in an Orphanage
- Uganda - Work in an Orphanage
- Argentina - Children and Youth Outreach
- Brazil - Childcare Project
- Costa Rica (Cortes) - Childcare
- Costa Rica (San Jose) - Childcare
- Ecuador - Orphanage Project
- Guatemala (Xela) - Work in an Orphanage
- Guatemala (Antigua) - Work in an Orphanage
- Peru - Work in an Orphanage
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