Chiang Mai Volunteer Groups #248, #249 & #250; October, 2018
Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer Groups #248, #249, and #250. A bit late on posting these photos and groups. Three groups in total since late September and through October. A total of seven volunteers and interns from the USA, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Canada, England and Chile. As our teaching programs were unavailable in October, these volunteers took part in our Elephant Nursery, Children's Home, and Elephant Nursery Volunteer Projects.<br />
Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #247; September, 2018
Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #247! The volunteers in this group are from England, Canada, Australia and the USA. They finished orientation over the weekend and started in their projects earlier this week, and are participating in our Low-Cost Teaching Program, Womens Empowerment and Elephant Nursery Volunteer Projects. <br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group #75; September, 2018
Presenting Bangkok Volunteer Group #75! This group is only two volunteers. Andreas is from Austria, and David is from the USA. They completed orientation over the weekend, and started in their projects on Monday. They are participating in our Kindergarten and Teaching Monks Volunteer Projects. <br />
Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #246; August, 2018
Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #246! A small group of four volunteers and interns. This group completed orientation and started their projects last week. They are participating in our Medical Internship and our Womens Empowerment Volunteer Project.<br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group #74; August, 2018
Presenting Bangkok Volunteer Group #74! A small group of four volunteers and interns from Italy, Germany, and Portugal. The participants in the group are partaking in Medical Internship Project and English Education Volunteer Project. They completed orientation over the weekend and started in their projects earlier this week.<br />
Thailand Mother's Day!
Every country has its own Mother’s Day, which is a time to pay respects to all the mums for their undying love and care they bestow upon their children, and in the Land of Smiles, this day falls on the Queen of Thailand’s birthday, August 12th. Mother’s Day in Thailand sees many activities and gatherings that are dedicated to mothers everywhere and as this day is also Queen Sirikit’s birthday. Mother’s Day is a national holiday.<br />
Ivory House Volunteer Group
Presenting our special Ivory House Chiang Mai Volunteer Group. This group of 7 students and their parents, is from Chengdu, China. They took part in a service program at a local children's home, helping with construction, and playing games and activities with the children there. In addition to their service project, they also partook in some cultural activities (Muay Thai mini-course, a visit to our Elephant Nursery program, a Thai Cooking Course, and a meeting with a bilingual Buddhist Monk). <br />
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