Full day volunteer programmes

1 day English teaching (VWB 102)

Description: Spend the day teaching English language skills to primary and secondary school children in a rural school
Duration: I Day - approximately 4 – 6 hours of English teaching
Meal: Lunch (picnic box)
Cost: Baht 1,170.- per person (Plus transport to and from site) *

Itinerary:
0800 hrs. You are collected from your hotel in the city by an English speaking guide, and transported by minibus to the designated school – 45 minutes from the city.

0900 hrs. Meet the headmaster or the senior English language teacher, and take a brief tour of the school facilities.

0930 hrs. Meet the class teacher whom you will be assisting for your first lesson, and go through your lesson plan with him or her. You will actually conduct the lesson under the Thai teacher’s guidance, whilst the teacher and your guide keep discipline in the class, and assist with translation as and where needed.

The morning continues in this manner, with you going through your lesson plan with a teacher, and then delivering it to a given class. Your guide (or interpreter) is there to assist wherever you want him or her to do so.

1130 hrs. Take lunch with the teachers and students.

1230 hrs. Continue your teaching role, either in the same school, or another school close by – as dictated by the programme coordinator.

1430 hrs. Say your good-byes, take photographs of yourself with the teachers and children, then depart for the city.

1530 hrs. You arrive back at your hotel – probably more exhausted that you would normally be from a full day at work.

* Cost includes: Lunch (including bottled water, coffee and tea), standard Thai tourism insurance cover, contribution to the community fund, village co-worker & VWB staff day rate.
* Cost does not include: Transport to and from the lodge (Shared between passengers).

Additional Transport cost

General Cost breakdown:

1. Transport – Transportation in or out from Chiang Mai costs Baht 2,000 per 8 seat minibus (return trip for day tours) – you will need to pay between Baht 2,000 - 250 in cash at the start of your programme depending on how many people are in the programme.

2. Food – Lunch costs Baht 150.-

3. The VWB Onsite Team – One full time Foreign-National Project Manager plus a Thai speaking assistant, are on a 1 year contract and tasked with looking after the needs of volunteers, planning the work to be undertaken, recording job progress, communicating with the village committee, training the community forest guides and ensuring project work continuity. Volunteers contribute Baht 500.- each/per day to cover the cost of the ‘onsite’ VWB staff only.

4. Additional fees – The VWB development fund contribution is Baht 500.- per volunteer/per day, which goes directly a fund used for schools materials, trail development, agroforestry equipment etc.