Volunteer Fees: Why Pay to Volunteer

Mundo Exchange volunteers help Thai communities and children not only by sharing experiences, skills and knowledge but also by taking responsibility for our own expenses. By giving a bit financially, volunteers save the time, legal paper work and expense of organising their own volunteer placement in Thailand. The local Thais who serve global volunteers locate the schools, projects and individuals that are truly in need of volunteer services. These local hosts are also in need of employment due to lack of skills, education or illness. Volunteer financial support allows locals to attend schools, orphans to get needed supplies, and schools to get needed educational materials, uniforms and books.

The entire team believes that cross cultural exchanges can benefit the world by increasing cultural understanding. We also have the desire to help and learn from volunteers. We believe in finding ways to reduce or eliminate cultural conflict through volunteering and exchanging ideas and ways.

We keep our fees low so that gap year, retired, school and university students can come to help projects that are in need of assistance. For travellers with no money to volunteer we try to find available no cost projects too. For travellers only having a day or two to volunteer we often have available projects in Thailand.

For international and national volunteers, we provide global service projects in schools, at learning Centres, and with other community defined programs that do not have the time, financial resources or the skills to search for global volunteers. The majority of our projects lack the money to provide volunteer accommodation, training, orientations or cross cultural outings. The locals that run these service learning projects ask Mundo to help them find high quality, dedicated, independent and fun loving volunteers to help their programs and their students.

How to Apply

X Read through our site so you understand our vision and mission as a non-profit

X If you think you may want to come help, let us know more about you and what your ideal volunteer program would include by Applying on our website. Applying does not mean that you commit, it means you would like to learn more about available projects.

X Then past volunteers and in-country locals will call and/or email you answering your questions.

X When you are ready to commit to volunteering simply email us confirming your arrival and ending dates

X Your Thailand volunteer program will be given information about you. The local Thais who sponsor you will visit your projects and prepare for your arrival.

X We will send you payment information and an invoice. 100 Euro secures your placement. If you should need to cancel, this partial payment is non-refundable unless your hosts have not prepared your accommodation, orientation, cross cultural training and placement for you. Two weeks prior to coming to your cross cultural and project training orientation pay the remainder of your payment which is totally refundable up to two weeks prior to your scheduled orientation. If you should not be able to come at the last minute we will reserve an alternate date for you to volunteer or you can send a family member or friend at a later date too.

X We will send you information about Thai language, ways to prepare for your placement, emails of former volunteers, reading and other important pre-arrival information

Volunteer Payment Support

• 3 day orientation and on going cross cultural training sessions,
• welcome and thank you meals,
• cross cultural outings to meet local families, see local sites and Buddhist wats,
• on going Thai Language lessons,
• prearranged accommodation Thai Western style at our Volunteer Centre,
• with team teaching projects a school lunch is often provided,
• project materials, academic and fiction books, films, bicycles, internet access
• Thai cooking class,
• Thai/Western style equipped kitchen,
• educational training, lesson planning and curriculum design seminars,
• individual or small group weekly questions, answers and planning sessions,
• certificate of completion,
• letter of reference for work, global teaching positions or university for interns and volunteers staying and successfully completing 2 or more month volunteer service learning projects,
• advisory meetings for interns and university advisor contact sessions,
• project related travels
• needed volunteer support before, during and after your volunteer stay.

For volunteers wanting to completely integrate into Thai village life home stays are available. To talk with former volunteers who lived with host families Contact Us. Volunteers give 1000 baht to home hosts for wonderful Thai food and drinks.  30 Euro for additional weeks for volunteers and interns. Those volunteers returning for the third time give what donations they would like to for their stay.

• travel to your cross cultural training orientation,
• visa and passport expenses,
• medical and travel insurances,
• meals and personal expenses.

About Scott Lyon

Scott is our renaissance man. Combining his love of community development, varied cultures, travelling and computing skills he helps guide the web site towards one which shows our projects and good works whilst maintaining user privacy and promoting Open Source software.

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