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Volunteer Thailand

Volunteer Work Thailand provides instant access to organizations actively seeking international volunteers. Click on any logo to visit an organizations website (will launch a new web browser) and explore the volunteer opportunities in more depth.

We have given the cost of volunteering for one month (4 weeks) where possible. If there are no program fees volunteers either receive complimentary accommodation and/or food or are required to cover the cost of their stay (must pay for their own accommodation, food, etc). The areas in which volunteers can work are defined as activities.

The list of volunteer organizations on the Volunteer Thailand web page is by no means complete and we will be adding more volunteer opportunities on an ongoing basis.

   

Baantorfun is a small private kindergarten, nursery and home-school with about 100 children

Location: Samut Sakorn, Bangkok
Activities: teaching English; training
Commitment: 1 year minimum (teacher); 3 months minimum (trainees)
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food plus many other benefits

 
 
   

Baan Unrak Children's Village is a non-government, non-religious, non-political community development project founded in 1991 to serve the people of Sangklaburi, Thailand

Location: Sangklaburi
Activities: accountancy; administration/office; agriculture/farming; arts/crafts; catering/cooking; community work; computers; counselling; dance; elderly people; fashion; first aid; fundraising; general labour; health care/medical; marketing/publicity; music & entertainment; orphanage work; permaculture; sport, outdoor & activity; teaching English; theatre/drama; working with children; yoga
Commitment: 6 months minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food (vegetarian)

 
 
   

Dog Rescue Center Samui is a non-profit organisation looking after stray dogs and cats on the island

Location: Koh Samui
Activities: animal welfare; miscellaneous; veterinary
Commitment: Flexible
Cost: Volunteers are responsible for covering their living expenses

 
 
   

Care for Dogs Foundation organizes spaying (sterilizations), medical care, and vaccinations for homeless dogs, rescues dogs who are sick, injured or in danger, coordinates educational programs to promote animal compassion, and runs an adoption sanctuary

Location: Chiang Mai
Activities: animal welfare; fundraising; miscellaneous
Commitment: Flexible
Cost: Volunteers are responsible for covering their living expenses

 
 
   

Isara Charity Foundation is a registered non-profit charity determined to make it easy (and free) for everyone to help others

Location: Nong Khai
Activities: computers; environmental causes; environmental education; teaching English; teaching & education
Commitment: 2 weeks minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation

 
 
   

Road Experience is a non-profit organization that offers hands on cultural exchange programs. We are partnered with the Padam Watershed Conservation Project and local schools

Location: Hat Yai
Activities: internships; teaching English; teaching & education
Commitment: 3 months minimum
Cost: Interns receive free accommodation and lunch at the school

 
 
   

Friends of the Asian Elephant is a registered non-government organisation in Thailand that aims to protect and conserve the welfare of elephants - both domesticated and wild

Location: Lampang
Activities: fundraising; gardening/horticulture; teaching English
Commitment: 7-14 days (not available year round)
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation

 
 
   

Phrao Organic Farm is a small certified organic orchard with more than 1,000 fruit trees. The farm sells its high-quality fruit throughout Thailand

Location: Ampur Phrao (100 kilometres north of Chiang Mai)
Activities: agriculture/farming; animal welfare; building/construction; community work; eco-tourism; forestry; nature conservation
Commitment: 2 weeks minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Starfish Country Home School Foundation is both a school and residence for needy children, most of whom are hill tribe children from northern Thailand

Location: Maetaeng, Chiang Mai
Activities: arts/crafts; catering/cooking; community work; computers; dance; gardening/horticulture; music & entertainment; photography; sport, outdoor & activity; teaching English; working with children
Commitment: 3 months minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Safe Haven Orphanage provides a 'safe haven' to children throughout Thailand. Safe Haven Orphanage is a home that provides disadvantaged children with proper nurture, nutrition, shelter, clothing, medical care, and education

Location: Ban Tha Song Yang
Activities: arts/crafts; orphanage work; teaching & education; technical skills; working with children
Commitment: 1 week minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation

 
 
   

NAUCRATES is an NGO organization based in Italy that operates in southern Thailand, focusing on wildlife conservation (endangered species like sea turtles), mangrove restoration, natural resources management and community development

Location: Phra Thong Island
Activities: computers; environmental education; fundraising; nature conservation; project coordinator; teaching English; wildlife monitoring & research; writing/editing
Commitment: 9-12 weeks
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food. A small monthly spending allowance may also be provided

 
 
   

Mercy International/House of Mercy Foundation have 3 childrens homes that offer secure and caring environment for orphaned, abandoned, HIV/AIDS or at risk children, a school for poor children and an English school

Location: Phetchabun, Khon Kaen, Phrae, Sisaket
Activities: agriculture/farming; building/construction; computers; gardening/horticulture; general labour; multimedia; music & entertainment; orphanage work; teaching & education; working with children
Commitment: 3 months minimum
Cost: English teachers are paid 15,000 Thai Baht per month and receive free accommodation. Other volunteers pay £125 per month which includes accommodation and food

 
 
   

Good Child Educational Foundation is a government registered foundation school promoting inclusive education for children with Down Syndrome.

Location: Nayai am, Chanthaburi
Activities: teaching English
Commitment: 1 month minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Burma Volunteer Program (BVP) seeks to meet the training needs of Burmese civil society organizations and serves the vital function of providing a platform for interested people to gain exposure to Burmese issues

Location: Chiang Mai
Activities: human rights; teaching English; teaching & education; writing/editing
Commitment: 3 months minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Thai Society for the Conservation of Wild Animals (TSCWA) is a non-governmental organisation that preserves and protects natural habitats in Thailand and the wildlife therein

Location: Cholburi, Chanthaburi & Mae Hong Son
Activities: animal welfare; nature conservation; wildlife monitoring & research
Commitment: 3 months preferred
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation

 
 
   

Akha Hill House guesthouse helps the local school find volunteers to teach basic English to the Akha, Thai, Lisu and Chinese village children as there is no regular English Teacher

Location: Chiang Rai
Activities: teaching English
Commitment: 2 weeks minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is a leading development charity that sends volunteers to work abroad with full financial support

Location: Thai-Burma border
Activities: animal welfare; community work; computers; fundraising; health care/medical; HIV/AIDS; management; marketing/publicity; nature conservation; social work; teaching & education; technical skills
Commitment: 1-2 years
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation, food, return flights, plus many other benefits

 
 
   

Planet Care/Global Health Access Program is a small, non-profit organization working to improve the well-being of communities in crisis, through the provision of health and public health services, capacity building, and resource enhancement

Location: Mae Sot
Activities: administration/office; computers; development issues; health care/medical; management; project coordinator
Commitment: 2 years minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive a salary commensurate with experience and qualifications, round trip airfare to Bangkok, evacuation and health insurance

 
 
   

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism, including the mobilization of volunteers

Location: Throughout Thailand
Activities: administration/office; community work; environmental causes; health care/medical; HIV/AIDS; human rights; international aid; poor/homeless; teaching & education; technical skills
Commitment: 3 to 12 months
Cost: Volunteers receive a monthly living allowance to cover basic living costs (accommodation and food)

 
 
   

Youth International is an experiential learning program that combines international travel, inter-cultural exchange, adventure, volunteer community service work, and homestays. Experienced team leaders wanted for the Asia program to lead a group of 14 students aged 18-25 years

Location: Thailand, India, and Vietnam
Activities: management; project coordinator
Commitment: 12 weeks
Cost: Team leaders have all their expenses paid, including all flights, travel costs, living costs, and medical expenses while overseas. Plus a small stipend based on experience

 
 
   

TCDF Eco-Logic (formerly known as Runs N Roses eco-tourism) is a place where you can work on a voluntary basis in the gardens and farm

Location: Bahn Paksong, Chumpon province
Activities: agriculture/farming; animal welfare; gardening/horticulture; general labour
Commitment: 1 week minimum, no maximum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation

 
 
   

Love Animal Sanctuary presently houses over ninety animals, all formerly unwanted or abused, domestic pets, farm animals and some wildlife

Location: Mae Rim (north of Chiang Mai)
Activities: animal welfare; computers
Commitment: 1 month
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation (applies to program two only)

 
 
   

Father Ray Foundation cares for and educates 850 orphaned, abandoned and abused children and disabled students. Located in Pattaya the Foundation relies on volunteers to assist the local Thai staff in providing a better life for its children and students

Location: Pattaya
Activities: teaching English; working with children
Commitment: Preferably 6 months but accept short term volunteers
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Baan Rung Nok (bird nest house) is an organic homestead that provides training in adobe building and appropriate technology. Most of the work at Baan Rung Nok is building related, although they have a small organic garden and mushroom house

Location: Mea Tang, Chiang Mai
Activities: agriculture/farming; building/construction; gardening/horticulture; general labour; forestry
Commitment: 1 week minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Thai Care is a non-profit, non-government grassroots organization committed to helping children in need in Thailand

Location: Remote villages in Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Sorn Province
Activities: gardening/horticulture; general labour; orphanage work; teaching English
Commitment: 3 months minimum
Cost: Volunteers are responsible for covering their living expenses

 
 
   

Castaway Resort is a busy designer beach resort on a small popular island in Thailand. They offer management internships (reception/assistant manager) on yearly basis. They accept applications between June and August each year for the following season that begins in October through to May the following year

Location: Koh Lipe, Southern Thailand
Activities: accountancy; administration/office; internships; management; miscellaneous
Commitment: 6-7 months
Cost: Interns receive a starting base salary of 6,000-10,000 Thai Baht per month, a share of the performance based management bonus (November-April), free shared accommodation, 2 meals a day, scuba diving qualification, and discounted transportation to and from the mainland

 
 
   

Home Of Charity (HOC) is a centre for special needs children, under the care of the Camillian Social Centre Chiang Rai, which is a non-profit Catholic organization. HOC helps the special needs children learn how to become as independent as possible in order to improve their quality of life

Location: Tambol Thasud, Muang District, Chiang Rai Province
Activities: health care/medical; management; teaching & education
Commitment: 1 month minimum
Cost: Volunteers receive free accommodation and food

 
 
   

Opportunity Foundation is a non-government organization founded in 2007 to care for abused/neglected girls and elderly women in their village. They also have a women’s’ crisis centre and social work programs to serve their community

Location: Nang Rong city, Buriram Province (north-eastern Thailand)
Activities: agriculture/farming; building/construction; elderly people; miscellaneous; orphanage work; social work; sport, outdoor & activity; teaching English
Commitment: Flexible
Cost: Volunteers are responsible for covering their living expenses

 
 
   

Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development (GHRE) is working to develop a safe and equitable working environment for Burmese migrants in southern Thailand. They do this by promoting access to basic services (health, education) and defending the rights of migrants

Location: Khuk Khak, Takua Pa District in Phang Nga Province
Activities: health care/medical; human rights; teaching English; training; women's issues; working with children
Commitment: 1 month minimum
Cost: Volunteers are responsible for covering the cost of their stay

 
 

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