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Thailand is home to over thirty thousand Buddhist temples. The monks live, study and meditate in these temples all their life which are run from people’s donation. Many temples are actively involved in social work also besides their tradition duties. They run schools where children of poor family come to study and English is also one of many subjects taught. The standard of English taught however isn’t good enough but despite this, the temples continue to pay for the teacher as there is a dearth of trained English teachers in Thailand.
Join RCDP’s Teaching English in Buddhist Temple project and teach English to young students attending temple schools. Through your work, the students can improve their English and go on to have a good career. You’ll find the children extremely eager to learn from foreign volunteers and generally well behaved.
No previous teaching experience or skill is required to volunteer. However, volunteers should be fluent in English but not necessarily be a native English speaker. You should also be flexible, patient and respect the Buddhist tradition of Thailand.
The temples run primary and secondary school and volunteers will teach in them. You will teach local students (not monks) for five days a week from Monday to Friday and follow the official curriculum. You can always teach extra and share your stories of travel and tales of where you come from. You can also organize extra-curricular activities like plays.
RCDP will look after your entire needs during your project work. Volunteers will stay in a hostel in the historic city of Ayuthaya, which is about 60 miles north of Bangkok. The accommodation is clean, in a safe place and within easy reach of all the volunteer placements. You’ll have to share your room with other volunteers. The resident chef will prepare you 3 local meals a day. In your free time, volunteers can explore magnificent ancient ruins of Ayuthaya. Even Bangkok is only 2-3 hours away. You can also plan to visit Konchanburi, Chiang Mai or the south of Thailand for spectacular beaches.
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The mission of RCDP-Nepal is to encourage international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. By developing the places and the communities, the volunteers are also developing themselves and learning new perspectives and ideas that will ultimately change their lives.
