This volunteer program offers you a safe, meaningful, fun and low cost way to experience hill-tribe culture whilst doing something that counts. Working alongside Dr David, you will travel from village to village in the remote hill-tribes of two sub-districts of Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand, assisting him whilst he gives medical advice and treatment.
You will get to experience the real life of these peoples, eating with the local families and staying in their bamboo huts. Through Dr David’s knowledge of their languages and background, you will get to learn about their local culture and traditions. Mealtimes are a bonus with hoards of villagers gathering to meet you and share their stories.
“I spent 2 months in Thailand and, of all my experiences, this was the most meaningful, interesting and exciting time. Dr David’s work is wonderful and it was great to have been a part of that even for a short while.” (Volunteer 2005)
Short and long-term volunteer programs can be arranged, offering participants exposure to hill-tribe life and living, as well as a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a difference among those who most need it.
We repeat that we are looking only for people who are willing and are ready to give their time, energy, skill and possible donations for the good cause. Before you go any further we strongly suggest that you go through our website on "about us" and "about hill-tribes of Thailand", so that you have a good knowledge about who we are and the kind of work we are doing as well as the poor human beings we are helping.
We ask anyone that is interested in volunteering with us to go through our website thoroughly before applying to ensure that this is the kind of volunteer work you are searching for. The right volunteer to us means a person who is willing to share their energy, skill and money to those who need it most.
If, after going through the website, you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the application form and send the $100 US application fee. We will contact you with more information. There may be a slight delay in our correspondance as we are out in the hills for a week at a time.
Way of Volunteer:
We are working in one particular region or area in Chiang Rai sub-district and it is hilly region and is quite far from the city. There are about 50 hill-tribe villages in the region and at present we are focusing only on those villages in great needs. we move around from village to village as we give free medical treatments and do many other social activities in the village. In each village we set up a bamboo clinic and we normally stay 2-3 days and then move on to another. Most of the time, we move on foot, trekking from village to village on the hills, plain and in the valley as villages locate in different places. The distance between the villages differ 2-10 kilometers.We do the following social work as we move around:
1. Setting up a bamboo clinic in each village, giving free medical treatments
2. Giving assistance to Dr. David in his daily medical social work
3. Teaching first aid and health educations to the villagers
4. Teaching languages, computers and other subjects to the hill-tribes
5. Building toilets, water supply system, classrooms, dining halls,
bridges and other necessary things
6. Playing games with hill-tribes and clean the villages to be a better place
7. And many other programs that we like to do in order to build a better
place for the poor and unprivileged hill-tribes
8. Last, but not least,collecting of donations from friends, families and
relatives for the poor and unprivileged hill-tribes
Place of volunteer: 50-100 kilometers away villages in the hills
Duration of volunteer: Minimum 1 week – 1 year
Time of volunteer: Any time of the year
Way of transportation: Most of the time we move on foot and only sometimes we get a ride on a truck. Once a week we come back to our base, which is located about 15 kms away from the city of Chiang Rai in a Thai village with electricity. There is free internet access at the base to check email and pursue further fundraising.
How to Volunteer: It is essential that you read through the entire website thoroughly before applying, this is to ensure you understand the organization and the kind of work you will be doing. After going through the website, fill out a volunteer application form and send your $100 US registration fee. We will contact you with more information and fundraising ideas. There may be a slight delay in our correspondance as we are out in the hills for a week at a time.
All That Is Not Given Is Lost
Copyright 2006 Dr. David Mar Naw
Type of Volunteer:
1.
Medical professionals ( doctors, nurses, midwife, health social workers)
2.
Teachers ( maths, languages, computer, and other subjects)
3.
Social workers, carpenters, builders, and agriculturist
4.
Camera-man for making documentary film on the young doctor and the hill-tribes
5.
Fund-raisers for the poor, underprivileged and marginalized hill-tribes
6.
And people who are interested in building up a better place for the hill-tribes
