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Old 12th June 2009, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by ladyangela View Post
hello everyone im new to this forum. i wonted to ask if there was any volunteers in thailand about..
me and my husband are going to thailand next as volunteers for teaching and health care in orphanage..we were going to be going with GAB but they dont seem to do what we wont and we would be able to save so much money if we did our own net working than would be able to give this saved money to the orphanages.
so i wonted to ask if there was anyone about who has done there own net working for this kind of volunteering or would it be best to go with gab and let them do all the hard work for us...we are only going for 4 weeks we are not looking to moving to thailand yet..
i would be greatfull for any help...
thanks angela

ladyangela,

Given the short time you're going to be there perhaps just volunteering to work/help at one of the hill tribes would be a fabulous experience for you. They would probably give you free room and board [it won't be the Hilton or Marriot but the food would be good] and you could get to know some genuine people without an agenda. Tumbleweeds posted a URL of an organization that did something along those lines but when you get to Thailand go to the office of the Minister of Culture [a guess] and I'm sure they would be most helpful in directing you. Using the Internet, you should be able to connect with them now and find out whom to contact before your trip. Give the Internet a try!

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