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Volunteer Teaching English To Monks in Chiang Mai Thailand

Volunteer teaching to Monks in Chiang Mai to work at monasteries and temple schools to teach young monks elementary subjects, get an interactive exchange session with these monks, where you get to learn about the spiritual side of life

Highlights

  • Volunteers work in Chiang Mai at monasteries and temple schools to teach young monks elementary subjects
  • The objective is to enhance the knowledge of monks and novices in both religious and secular subjects
  • Have an interactive exchange session with these monks, where you get to learn about the spiritual side of life
  • Get an opportunity to walk around the markets, filled with local artisans and craftsmen and learn about their ancient techniques
  • Meet other volunteers from around the world
  • Explore the lovely city of Chiang Mai during evenings and weekends
Freiwilliger Englishchuntericht für Mönche a Chiang Mai, Tailandia

Overview

Volunteers joining the Monks Teaching Volunteer Program in Thailand, Chiang Mai will teach novice Buddhist monks, who are in the age group of 12-18 years. The placements are provided to interested volunteers at five different monastery schools, in the beautiful city of Chiang Mai. Objectives of these schools are "enhancing the knowledge of monks and novices in both religious and secular subjects" and "providing secondary education for boys who are unable to afford such opportunities elsewhere."

Volunteers will be intrigued to see that it’s not just the students who are budding monks but also the teachers who are fully learned Buddhist monks. One of the schools has both novice monk students and non-monk students (however the majority are monks), separated by classrooms. This a great volunteering abroad opportunity for those on their gap year to gain some intense international work experience. Teaching monks volunteering is one program where you are not only the teacher imparting knowledge and sharing views but also the learner who get to learn the basics of life science from the wise monks. Not only it is important to the school administration that volunteers aid in English education at the school, but also that volunteers receive a rich experience about Thailand, Thai culture and Buddhism during their service.

Sample Placement Profile 
The schools are located both inside and outside the city of Chiang Mai. The temples range in age, with the oldest roughly 723 years old. The schools are poorly funded. 

The largest school is Dhammarat School, which has roughly 700 students (they’re mixed with novice monks and regular students). The smallest school is Hang Dong Sangkharat Upatham School which has only roughly 130 students. Volunteers will either assist the English teachers in their daily lessons or teach their own lessons. The English level of the students is rather low. The students at the temple schools are there because their parents are dead, missing or unable to take care of them. For this reason the student was placed within the system of the temple to be raised.

Most of the students are ethnic hill tribe minorities, coming from the mountains or outlying areas.


Volunteer Work Schedule

Volunteer Work Schedule

A typical volunteer schedule under this program is as follows;

Friday: Arrival in Chiang Mai
Saturday and Sunday : Volunteer Orientation, city tour and cultural activity. Volunteers also read through reports completed by past volunteers in the projects.

Monday - Volunteers begin service
On Monday, volunteer coordinators escort volunteers to their volunteer project location by local transportation and introduce them to the administration and staff of the school. More expectations, daily schedule, grade levels to be taught and other special activities and announcements with regards to volunteer’s and school’s schedule are discussed during this time.

Saturday and Sunday – Days off
Volunteers cannot go to the children’s home during the weekend. You can take part in other activities or take this time to relax or explore the city of Chiang Mai.

Note: Please note, the schedule may vary depending on the project placement and changes can be there due to local circumstances.

The Daily Schedule at the Temple Schools is as follows ;

  • 8:00 am - Morning Assembly and Prayers

  • 8:30 am - Classes begin

  • 11:10 am - Lunch/Break

  • 12:10 pm - After lunch Assembly and Prayers

  • After Assembly and Prayers afternoon classes begin

  • 4:20 pm - School ends for the day

A volunteer is free to come and leave the school as they wish. It’s recommended to stay at the school during most of the day to get to know the staff and students as well as possible, but a volunteer is free to leave the school during times when they do not have classes, if they have something they would like to do off campus.

Throughout the day and during assembly the students,faculty and staff pray and practice meditation. If a volunteer wants to participate in these prayers or meditation they are welcomed to do so. If a volunteer does not want to participate in the prayers they are asked to be respectful towards those who are taking part in the religious activity.


Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

Volunteer Roles & Responsibilities

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

Project Requirement

Project Requirement

?Volunteers must be 18 years or older at the time of joining the project. Participants should have an open mind and flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. Volunteers need to be flexible and open-minded. You should also be proactive and have an ability to take initiative  All volunteers must provide additional documents such as a clean criminal background check report, Resume/CV and passport copy prior to joining the program.

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Living

Living

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 half day city tour of Chiang Mai and are given a cultural welcome dinner to make them feel immersed in the local culture.

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 two volunteer homes in Chiang Mai which are very centrally located. The volunteer home accommodation has air-conditioned bedrooms that provide respite from the hot, sunny days of northern Thailand. The accommodation has a large comfortable living room in which you can relax,watch movies or just surf the internet in your free time.

Meals

All ingredients for breakfast are provided and volunteers can cook their own breakfast at the volunteer home. Lunch is usually taken at the project site and for dinner you can choose to head out to numerous restaurants and cafe’s in Chiang Mai city. 

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.


Dates

Dates

November

15

29

December

13

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Costs

Duration
Program Fee
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2 Weeks $790
3 Weeks $870
4 Weeks $970
5 Weeks $1080
6 Weeks $1190
7 Weeks $1300
8 Weeks $1410
Extra Week $175

Please Note: An application fee of is charged over and above the program fee as an application payment.

What are you Paying for?

  • 24 hrs Assistance and support from Staff
  • Comprehensive Pre- Departure Information
  • Airport Pickup 
  • 2 Day Orientation and half day city tour
  • Cultural Dinner and Show
  • Food - 2 meals a day
  • Accommodation in Volunteer House
  • Travel & Medical Insurance (Available at an extra cost)
  • Certificate of Participation (On Request) 

What's NOT included?

  • Airfare
  • Visa Fee
  • Return Airport Drop
  • Local Transportation
  • Vaccinations

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