Volunteer Teaching English To Monks in Chiang Mai Thailand

Typical volunteer activities under the teaching monks volunteering program in Thailand include;

• Assist the teachers to provide low cost teaching material and fun for the monk students.
• Teaching Conversational English to students.
• Assisting in other subjects such as computer teaching.
• Sharing new ideas with the students and exchanging their views on different topics.

Volunteers joining the teaching monks volunteering program in Thailand, Chiang Mai are required to follow a basic routine on a daily basis. This covers everything from meals to volunteer work and back. It must be noted that every placement functions at a different pace and on separate time-lines making the schedule slightly differ at times. A generic daily schedule for volunteers is as follows;

• Friday : Arrival in Chiang Mai
• Saturday : Orientation + neighbourhood familiarization tour. Orientation session will be conducted by the local coordinator, covering topic areas; such as safety, culture, language, places to visit, behaviour, food, and other suggestion over things to do in Chiang Mai.
• Sunday : City tour of Chiang Mai + Language classes
• Mon to Fri : Volunteer work
  • Breakfast - To be self-cooked (ration is provided at the accommodation)
  • Working hours at the placement - 08:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 04:00 pm
  • Lunch - 11:30 am onwards (Provided at the placement)
  • Dinner - To be managed by volunteers on their own outside

The same volunteer work schedule continues for the coming weeks
Weekends : Free to explore the city

Note: Please note, the schedule may vary depending on the particular project the volunteer is participating in.

Volunteering Solutions provides end to end services as far as living arrangements of the volunteers are concerned. VolSol volunteers just have to land at the placement destination and the rest is on us to arrange it for you.

Airport Transfer

Volunteers are picked up from the Chiang Mai International Airport in Chiang Mai by the coordinator or representative. Volunteers who’d be present already in Chiang Mai will be met by the staff at a designated meeting point decided beforehand. Please note that volunteers are provided pickup from the airport between 8am and 8pm only.

Orientation

All volunteers are provided with a two day orientation before starting their project work. The Orientation session covers areas like, local Thai culture, greetings, locations, transportation etc. Volunteers are also given a city Tour of Chiang Mai. 

Accommodation

Volunteers are provided accommodation in a volunteer’s home in Chiang Mai. Accommodation is shared with other volunteers. The volunteer house accommodations are located in safe and secure neighborhoods within the Chiang Mai city. We have 3 volunteer homes in Chiang Mai and you would be staying in one of them. All three are very close to each other and have same facilities and are located in the heart of the city.

For volunteers working in the Elephant Program, accommodation is provided at the elephant camp itself (From Mon- Fri). All rooms have  attached western toilets and showers. On the weekends the volunteers are welcome to stay at the home in Chiang Mai (if space available). If room is not available at the House during a weekend, volunteers will have to cover the cost of their own accommodation for those two days.

Meals

All ingredients for breakfast are provided and volunteers can cook their own breakfast. Lunch is provided at the schools and the childrens home projects on all working days.

For all Elephant Camp volunteers all meals are provided from Monday to Friday afternoon. 

During your Free Time

Volunteers can take part in the Thai Cookery classes or Thai Massage course which are available all around Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai also boasts of restaurants of every international cuisine. During the weekends, you can travel to the cities of Pai , Chiang Rai or fly down to the capital city of Bangkok.