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We work as a TEAM in Thailand and also in other Asian countries. Followings are the persons involved in various programs:

Ms. Sukanya Buranrom is the Coordinator of See-Thailand Program. She is currently doing PhD in Social Development in Khon Kaen University, Thailand. She has worked for various organizations including Center for the Protection of Children Rights (CPCR) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), She is basically a social worker and has an experience of working with volunteering organizations since 1996 e.g. Teaching Abroad and i-to-i based in UK.

Mr Aswin and Mrs Ladawan - Coordinators for community development and homestay for language and culture program in Thailand. They are professional and local couple who organize the volunteers program in Ayuthaya, Thailand.

Ms. Noina - Coordinator for Public/Community Health project. She is a village health volunteer who takes care of elderly and ill people of her community, just outside Ayuthaya town. Public health volunteers visit communities with her.

-- Note: Please contact us, if you are also interested in sending people to other Asian countries. We have the following persons in our contacts:

Mr. Sambo Moun - Coordinator for Siem Reap, Cambodia. Mr. Sambo lives near the airport at Siem Reap which is about 5 km from Siem Reap town. He is a professional tourist guide and is always available to help you in Siem Reap, the town near Angkor Wat (One of the seven wonders of the earth). He is with his minivan ready anytime for your pick-up and tour.

MK Shrestha - Coordinator for Nepal. Mr. Shrestha is a lecturer in University in Nepal. He has also been involved with various social welfare activities and programs.

Ms Anh - is a Coordinator for international relations office in a research institute near Hanoi. Vietnam. She speaks fluent English and also she wants her staff and students should do the same as there are very good opportunities for the Vietnamese youngsters if they can speak and write good in English.

Mr Lee Hung - is a lecturer by profession, has extensive experiences of teaching and field work especially in Southern Vietnam. He lives in HCM City. As the city has number of large multinational companies doing business, there is a huge demand of people who can speak and write good English.

Mr. Igst - Turtle Conservation Coordinator in Bali, Indonesia. He loves to be called as Father of turtles.  He is a security head at the beach in Bali.

Our support services:

We strongly believe on the quality of service is necessary for the survival and expansion of our business. These services are:

I. Pre-arrangement of the accommodation and the placement: We search the best projects/placements in the local areas. Discuss with their authorities, develop it and send you the details of the placement and host families or hostels about at least three weeks before you fly from your country.

II. Visa We send you an invitation letter for proper visa (Non-F) application. In case, if you can not arrange it, you can come as a tourist (if you are a citizen of US, Canada, Japan, European countries, Australia and New Zealand) then we take care of the rest.

III. Airport pick-up and orientation You will be picked-up by our staff at the airport and driven straight to a hotel for a night/day to recover jet lag. In some cases, we may take you straight to placements and host families depending upon the situation and your choice.

Registration and orientation and briefing about placement, host family, Thai culture, DO’s and DON’ Ts, and work, while having meals and brief local area tour.

We provide you a Thai phrase book and a guide book that contains maps of all the main towns, major emergency telephone contacts, telephone numbers of hotels, guest houses and other places in Thailand.

IV. Insurance Your air ticket covers flight insurance. If you need, we can arrange insurance for the period of work and travel with us. Necessary documents will be prepared before arrival and sent for processing after you sign on it. The insurance policy covers life, accidents and medical expenses, and is accepted by at least one hospital in each province of Thailand.

V. Home-stay: Normally we arrange your living with host family to provide ample opportunities of learning about local culture, tradition and social activities. You will be having meals of your preference with the family members. We also arrange if any one specifically ask for private rooms in dormitories and guest houses.

VI. Work Schedule

A supervisor at the project is assigned who can speak English to guide/help you.

Work schedule – placement supervisor/our staff will prepare and give it to you after discussing with you about your interest and experience.

- Average working hours: may range from 16 - 20 hrs/wk (3-4 hrs/day) - Working days – Monday to Friday - In case of teaching – 50 minutes/class with 10 min break - Office hours: 8 am – 4 pm - Frequent visit from us to discuss with you in person about the arrangements.

V. Week-end activities

You will be free during weekends - you can plan for travel with either other volunteers, project staff, host families, their relatives or other local friends.

Other times, you will meet other volunteers for evening drinks especially on Friday night and plan a trip for weekend to Ko Samet, Cha-Am or Hua Hin beaches, Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pataya and Phuket and other islands for relax as a tourist during week ends or longer holidays.

VI. Other holiday activities Basically you will be free during public holidays. You may join staff at the placements with English clubs, camping, trips etc.

VII. Traveling after work You may want to travel and see more places after work. It costs 50-100US$/week for food and accommodation. You will need about 15 US$/trip (one-way) by train or bus to go to the longest distance from and to Bangkok. You can go to Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia as a tourist. You don’t need any visa for Malaysia but you will need to pay 30US$ for Cambodia or Laos for visa to get at the border (visa-on-arrival). You can go to even Vietnam but you will need a visa which is you will get within a day from Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok. Air fare ranges from 150 to 200 US$ if you want to go to neighbouring countries by plane. We can provide other information/ suggestions about the places and countries to visit, detail information and full support in the case of emergency, visa application & extension and other information.

VIII. Departure You will get a letter from your placement that confirms your contribution to and/or work experience at the placement. Our local partners at placement normally arrange “Farewell Program/ Party" the night before or other day depending upon the situation. If necessary, we arrange one-night stay at a hotel/apartment near airport & provide transport to the airport.

IX: Upon completion: After-wok you have finished your volunteering work with us, you can send us feed back and even join our network to become a representative for your town/area so that you can help us recruit more volunteers.

How to apply?

Click on the "Apply Now" button of the navigation bar. Fill-up the application form and click to send. We will respond within 1-2 days.

Thank you for you time. If you have further query please do not hesitate to contact us.

For more information write to us:

info@see-thailand.com
http://www.see-thailand.com