Volunteering in Thailand
If you would like to volunteer in Thailand, around the rural area of Isaan, then Mundo Exchange may just well be the perfect Thai experience for you. We tailor your skills to local community development projects and promote a cross-cultural exchange; Be it of music, food, literature, language or anything else you and your Thai friends can think of. Please feel free to look around our site, sign up to comment or contact us with any queries.
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Thoughts of Sala Kaew Ku Nong Khai Thailand
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat take volunteers and friends to visit many places of interest. We go to homes of elder Thais, visit and learn at Buddhist wats or temples and farming projects and experience other Thai ways throughout Isaan. One particular attraction is the... -
Culture Club: The Children of Bueng Kan Celebrate Cultures of the World.
Posted on August 19, 2010 | 1 CommentDuring 2009 Lokgatat and Mundo Exchange members, Oum, Nalinrat, Dalyn, Prayoon and volunteers planned the creation of a Thai Cultural Centre where local people could come and learn about their own history and people and about other cultural ways too. In March 2010 the Culture... -
Gib + Gin’s Eco Projects
Posted on January 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsGib + Ginn provide the building blocks for success from environmental opportunities abound! Seeing someone strive for success in the field of sustainable ecological goals is a common enough sight these days. However one particular environmental warrior is setting the pace for cheap, secure and comfortable housing... -
Volunteer Petra helping Isaan Communities
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsPetra Pfann, a volunteer from Austria, joined our nonprofit volunteer organization Mundo Exchange an our Thai Association partner, Laekplian Lokgatat, in Northeast Thailand. Instead of heading to a famous Thai beach or to other tourist attractions in Thailand. Petra decided to volunteer with Mundo Exchange... -
Wat Phu Tok
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsIf you head southwest out of Bueng Kan, along Highway 222, you will eventually come to Ban Si Wilai. If you take a left turn there, and continue along the smaller roads past Banna Singh and Baanna Sabaeng, you will eventually reach a rocky outcrop.... -
Giving elephants a better life
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsCamille from Australia decided to help out with some elephants during her time in Thailand. Having a natural apathy with nature and seeking a fairer balance between humanity and other life on this planet she felt it her duty to investigate the treatment of local... -
The Rough Guide to Issan Music, by Linda Danielson
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsI’m in Thailand for the first time as a Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer, a traveller, a musician, an Irish fiddler to be exact, with a nodding acquaintance with South-East Asian music. Since I’ve been here I’ve spent quite a bit of time on... -
Adrian takes on Issan
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsIn March 2010 Mundo Exchange and the Thai Association, Laekplian Lokgatat, welcomed a new volunteer and intern Adrian. Adrian decided to come to Nong Khai to help with a number of community development and Buddhist projects and to work with Prayoon, one of Lokgatat’s founders... -
Mud Brick Making
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsDuring my stay interning with Mundo Exchange in Nong Khai, Thailand, I spent close to three weeks working with Lokgatat Thai Host Gyb to produce mud-bricks, which will be used to build a guest-house. Mud-bricks are a remarkably efficient and incredibly effective building material. These... -
Volunteer Exchanges of Heart: Amy Fry
Posted on July 22, 2010 | No CommentsAmy Fry has twice volunteered with Mundo Exchange and now has assisted her Thai hosts as an orphanage manager; helping new volunteers learn how to work more effectively with the boys. While home in England she is a nurse and helps people there too. Amy... -
Thai Village Life with Mundo Exchange Volunteer Stefan
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsStefan Amberger joined Mundo Exchange and the Thai association Laekplian Lokgatat as a volunteer in Thailand during July 2010. After completing his latest year of Austrian university studies in mathematics he jumped a plane and headed for Thailand to volunteer. During his orientation he visited... -
Sophie Fry: The Compassionate Volunteer
Posted on August 6, 2010 | No CommentsThai Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat team was very fortunate to volunteer at the Thai orphanage with Sophie Fry. For 2 years we had heard so many great words about Sophie from her sister, Amy. They were all true. When we first met Sophie, it was immediately recognized that... -
Aussie Volunteer, Sandra Schultz, Returns to Support Thailand
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange volunteer, Sandra Schultz, from Australia returned to help us once again with our Thai Buddhist projects in Isan, Thailand. Sandra brought with her the joy of helping Thai people. She went to a forest wat and helped the monks learn a bit more English. Sandra finds... -
Eco Projects with Mundo Exchange and Lokgatat’s Interns and Volunteers
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange volunteers and interns are helping Thailand’s, Laekplian Lokgatat Association with environmental and community development aid projects. We began planning educational seminars for students of all ages that would be held at our Cultural and Learning Centre in Isan, Thailand. Mundo interns and volunteers... -
Ten Top Tips for Travelling to Thailand
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsNalinrat welcomes you to Isaan and the magical experience of Thailand We had volunteers give us their reflections upon the culture shock that coming from the developed West can be when you first enter Thailand. We hope this small round up of 10 things to...
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Adrian takes on Issan
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsIn March 2010 Mundo Exchange and the Thai Association, Laekplian Lokgatat, welcomed a new volunteer and intern Adrian. Adrian decided to come to Nong Khai to help with a number of community development and Buddhist projects and to work with Prayoon, one of Lokgatat’s founders... -
Aussie Volunteer, Sandra Schultz, Returns to Support Thailand
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange volunteer, Sandra Schultz, from Australia returned to help us once again with our Thai Buddhist projects in Isan, Thailand. Sandra brought with her the joy of helping Thai people. She went to a forest wat and helped the monks learn a bit more English. Sandra finds... -
Eco Projects with Mundo Exchange and Lokgatat’s Interns and Volunteers
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange volunteers and interns are helping Thailand’s, Laekplian Lokgatat Association with environmental and community development aid projects. We began planning educational seminars for students of all ages that would be held at our Cultural and Learning Centre in Isan, Thailand. Mundo interns and volunteers... -
Sophie Fry: The Compassionate Volunteer
Posted on August 6, 2010 | No CommentsThai Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat team was very fortunate to volunteer at the Thai orphanage with Sophie Fry. For 2 years we had heard so many great words about Sophie from her sister, Amy. They were all true. When we first met Sophie, it was immediately recognized that... -
Thai Village Life with Mundo Exchange Volunteer Stefan
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsStefan Amberger joined Mundo Exchange and the Thai association Laekplian Lokgatat as a volunteer in Thailand during July 2010. After completing his latest year of Austrian university studies in mathematics he jumped a plane and headed for Thailand to volunteer. During his orientation he visited... -
Volunteer Exchanges of Heart: Amy Fry
Posted on July 22, 2010 | No CommentsAmy Fry has twice volunteered with Mundo Exchange and now has assisted her Thai hosts as an orphanage manager; helping new volunteers learn how to work more effectively with the boys. While home in England she is a nurse and helps people there too. Amy... -
The Rough Guide to Issan Music, by Linda Danielson
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsI’m in Thailand for the first time as a Mundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat volunteer, a traveller, a musician, an Irish fiddler to be exact, with a nodding acquaintance with South-East Asian music. Since I’ve been here I’ve spent quite a bit of time on... -
Giving elephants a better life
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsCamille from Australia decided to help out with some elephants during her time in Thailand. Having a natural apathy with nature and seeking a fairer balance between humanity and other life on this planet she felt it her duty to investigate the treatment of local... -
Mud Brick Making
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsDuring my stay interning with Mundo Exchange in Nong Khai, Thailand, I spent close to three weeks working with Lokgatat Thai Host Gyb to produce mud-bricks, which will be used to build a guest-house. Mud-bricks are a remarkably efficient and incredibly effective building material. These... -
Gib + Gin’s Eco Projects
Posted on January 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsGib + Ginn provide the building blocks for success from environmental opportunities abound! Seeing someone strive for success in the field of sustainable ecological goals is a common enough sight these days. However one particular environmental warrior is setting the pace for cheap, secure and comfortable housing... -
Volunteer Petra helping Isaan Communities
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsPetra Pfann, a volunteer from Austria, joined our nonprofit volunteer organization Mundo Exchange an our Thai Association partner, Laekplian Lokgatat, in Northeast Thailand. Instead of heading to a famous Thai beach or to other tourist attractions in Thailand. Petra decided to volunteer with Mundo Exchange... -
Wat Phu Tok
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsIf you head southwest out of Bueng Kan, along Highway 222, you will eventually come to Ban Si Wilai. If you take a left turn there, and continue along the smaller roads past Banna Singh and Baanna Sabaeng, you will eventually reach a rocky outcrop.... -
Culture Club: The Children of Bueng Kan Celebrate Cultures of the World.
Posted on August 19, 2010 | 1 CommentDuring 2009 Lokgatat and Mundo Exchange members, Oum, Nalinrat, Dalyn, Prayoon and volunteers planned the creation of a Thai Cultural Centre where local people could come and learn about their own history and people and about other cultural ways too. In March 2010 the Culture... -
Thoughts of Sala Kaew Ku Nong Khai Thailand
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsMundo Exchange and Laekplian Lokgatat take volunteers and friends to visit many places of interest. We go to homes of elder Thais, visit and learn at Buddhist wats or temples and farming projects and experience other Thai ways throughout Isaan. One particular attraction is the... -
Candle Festival
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsIt is the beginning of Buddhist Lent cerebration. Various institutions e.g. schools, collages and universities including public and private organization will craft and organize a colorful candle procession, music and dancing, leading to a temple where the offering of the candle will be made.
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