Katie Desmond and Stacey Smail are two volunteers from Edge Hill University who volunteered in Thailand for six weeks, here they reflect on what happened on their first day at their project and how welcoming the host community were to them. On the first day of school we got shown around by our two host […]
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A day in the life: Thailand Project
“Get involved with the culture and take every opportunity that comes your way as not only does it combat homesickness, it will create memories to make this one of the greatest experiences of your life!” Katie Desmond and Stacey Smail, Volunteers in Thailand 2012
A day in the life: rural Thailand project
“My favourite part of the day is when the children sit in the hall waiting to see which class room I walk into, which ever class I walk into the students let out a great big cheer.” Michelle Bainbridge, Volunteer in Thailand 2012
Student Leader Diary – Thailand 2012 – ‘An Honorary Thai’
Ellie Livermore was our Student Leader from Manchester Metropolitan University this year in Thailand, she volunteered with VESL in 2010 and was able to return to Thailand this year as a Student Leader, here she reflects on her experience. When the opportunity to be a VESL student co-ordinator came up, it was too good to […]
Student Leader Diary – Thailand 2012 – The Land of Smiles
James Hallworth was selected as a Student Leader for one of the two Thailand projects that VESL ran at Edgehill University this year, here he reflects on his time overseas and the challenges he faced. I was very nervous about taking this role due to having no previous management experience. Looking back, I am so […]
5 Things to See and Do in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Following on from our blog on what to see and do in Kerala – we didn’t want our Thailand volunteers to feel left out, so we got in contact with some of our past volunteers and have put together a list of top things to do in Thailand – after all you will want to […]
VESL’s 2012 Overseas Visits…
I am very lucky as I am off on an adventure this summer with VESL. I am spending seven weeks overseas visiting VESL projects, I will spend a week in both Sri Lanka and Thailand and I am also a Student Leader for the India programme. I leave on Sunday and have just got back from […]
Help! It’s monsoon season!
A lot of our volunteers go out in the summer months to fit in around university and teaching holidays, unfortunately this means that it is monsoon season in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka! Locals will try and stay inside when it is monsoon rain but there are times where you get caught out in it…and […]
VESL Volunteer Featured in Gap Year Travel Guide
Alex Quinn has been featured in a 2012 Gap Year Travel Guide… Alex is one of our long term volunteers in Northern Thailand on an 11 month project that began in Autumn 2011. Alex has been teaching English in a local primary school and also supports a special needs school near Chiang Rai. In […]
A review of 2011
2011 has certainly been a busy year for VESL… here are a few highlights from the year : Kerala We had great success with our new programme working in schools within fishing communities in Kerala (South India). All of this year’s volunteers did a magnificent job in helping to lay down the foundations of this programme. […]
New 3-12 month Volunteer Projects
“Things are amazing here, better than I ever could have imagined. I feel like I’m fitting in well with my host family and I’ve made lots of friends, and seen so much already. I am really enjoying my project, working in the special needs unit is fun and the kids are fantastic.” – Alexandra Quinn, […]
Hannah Pilcher & Eleanor Reilly Feedback, Thailand 2011
“We had such a good time and didn’t want it to end. We met the most generous, friendly people. We fell in love with our host family and all of the children and teachers at the school.” – Hannah Pilcher & Eleanor Reilly, Thailand, 2011
What’s included in my volunteer contribution?
Details of what is and isn’t included within your volunteer contribution / project cost…
Successful Thailand Teacher Workshops 2011
Congratulations to all the VESL volunteers who ran the teacher workshop programme in Northern Thailand this summer. The five volunteers, Dick and Dee Wardell, Sarah Greenwood, Laura Heathfield and Lisa Gornall all did a fantatstic job and were warmly praised by all the teachers they worked with. The team ran a series of two day […]
