Volunteer at our school on an Eco-farm in Chonburi, Thailand

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Última actividad
28/06/2022
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2022

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We are a small, private, alternative school option for children in our area. We run a theme-based, holistic and needs based program. We use English as our main medium of instruction. Our children currently range from 3 to 15 years old.
We are situated on an Eco-farm in Bang Phra, Chonburi, Thailand.
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Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
From being with us, you will be able to participate in a unique learning environment and enjoy working with some motivated children. You will be working in a multi-cultural environment with a unique Asian touch.
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
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We are looking for people who are flexible and can take objectives and create a fun and interesting lesson for small groups of children. We also factor in a volunteer's interests and past experience as to what objectives we give them.
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Thai: Fluido
Alojamiento
The Eco-farm is able to provide a multi-cultural environment with rustic shared accommodation and shared bathroom facilities. The farm is in a small town with a night market and a quiet atmosphere.
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We have a cook who provides the food for the community. If you require further food you can purchased it at the local market which is within walking distance.

We can provide computers with internet after 4pm as our wifi is very sensitive and can be inconsistent.

To get the full benefit of your time with us we ask that you stay a minimum of two weeks.

We provide a full community experience and ask volunteers to participate fully in the community on working days, Monday to Friday and Saturdays from 9:00am until 10:30am. Sunday is a full break day.
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- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
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5 hours per day 5 days a week

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Comentarios escritos sobre este anfitrión (51)

Son opciones de calificación adicionales para cuando los miembros dejan sus comentarios. Se muestra la calificación media dejada en cada opción.

Precisión del perfil:
(4.0)

Intercambio cultural:
(5.0)

Comunicación:
(4.5)

30/11/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Tiago)

Tiago was amazing. He was helpful in everything and was a responsible member of our community. He was thoughtful and involved. He was independent yet able to work in a team with us. I cannot express how amazing he is!
We miss him so much!

(Excelente )

29/11/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Tiago) para el anfitrión

If you are looking for expansion, creativity and innovation, I would highly recommend your volunteer staying at with the host.

This bilingual learning center encourages their students from 3 to 15 years old to take care of themselves first and actively exercise their communication and social skills as active listening, confidence, empathy,… read more responsiveness and respect. The idea is to guide the kids to be citizens interacting in society and not only provide the regular subjects of the school curriculum.

Some of the school mottos are "Safety and security first", "if you see something you do something" and "Path, Destination, Team, Crew".

Teachers are able to navigate in multi-subject activities and exercise skills through planned learning journeys. While my period, they had the OLD SCHOOL learning journey.

Kids are bilingual (Thai and English), really smart, sociable and were very open to sharing their energy, thoughts and smiles with me during my stay.

As the school is inside an Eco-farm community, the kids use to play among trees, earth and birds being in contact with nature, most of the time in an old-school manner. No electric devices are allowed!

In other words, this place is not a regular school at all.

I feel that the school was exactly what I was looking for as I want to go deep in Education and Innovation fields for my next professional career pathway. I had lovely 3-weeks staying in the school and willing to visit them again in the future to see how things are going on.

Volunteer, please consider:
- Be open and stay tunned for helping in all running activities over the school. You may not find a detailed timetable for your day!
- As the school is located in the Ecovillage, you may face some challenges with mosquitos, frogs, lizards and crickets during your stay.
- The village/place is in full building expansion and you may find raw structures along the Eco-village including the place where you going to be hosted.
- Be careful with street dogs in front of Bang Phra train station, they may attack you when you passing by. Use the rental bikes preferentially.
- Consider some relaxation in the surroundings of the village. They have a great Thai massage, spa, swimming pools and shopping malls.
- It is worthy to take one day or two to visit Pattaya. The transportation is not expensive and there are a couple of good spots to see there.

(Excelente )

10/07/2019

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Boris)

Boris was a flexible and open-minded volunteer. He very easily interacted with the children and had the instinct to know how to help even if we didn't give him a specific job. He was creative and had a great sense of fun with the children, yet knew how to keep their respect. He has given very accurate feedback, which should be helpful for further… read more

(Muy Bien )

05/07/2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Boris) para el anfitrión

I loved the experience of learning another teaching method, with a different perspective of values, learning and life. Kids are very self sufficient and only need some motivation and guidance at the beginning and soon they will consciously working in their chores. The staff is very kind and they always cooked vegetarian food for me. I had the… read more chance of reading, teaching arts, circus skills, performed for the kids, help them with math and their science projects. The Schedule is demanding, but i didn't mind it because those kids are easy going, generally polite and well behaved. The owners allowed me to keep my traditional "Siesta" after lunch and travel to Bangkok for the weekend, being absent one time, during Saturday's playgroup.

WARNING:
- Be prepared to stay in a place without too many ways to move out:
:asterisk_symbol:️ You might have to work 8+ hours a day, sometimes kid's parents don't picked them up on time and you might have to stay longer, watching the kids until all of them leave the school. This is not a "must", but feels like the right thing to do.
:asterisk_symbol:️ Dinner is 6:00 punctual. That doesn't give any gap of time to leave the school for shopping, go to town for distractions, or anything similar.
:asterisk_symbol:️ You will not be able to rent a motorbike, since the owners don't agree with that. It is about 30 minutes away from the closest minimarket if you walk. You can rent a bicycle at the school, but i didn't like that option because riding in the heat is not a pleasant experience. You can call motorbike taxis, but most of them don't have a second helmet and would dangerously drive really close to other vehicles, rushing to their destination. You could take a tuk tuk, which is expensive, and drivers can't speak english so prepare written instructions in thai to move around if you decide to take this option. Please, consider all this before applying. If you are one of my kind, you will struggle because most of your spare time you'll be stack in the school. If you need more freedom i would suggest applying for only two weeks or deffinitly look for other programs.
:asterisk_symbol:️ You might be required to help in Saturday's playgroup, but owners are flexible if you need to do something else during the weekend.
- I wouldn't recommend this volunteer program if you can't find yourself co-living in a common space.

Despite of all these information, the School could be a great place to volunteer if you can deal with these conditions. Frances is a great host, she is very clear about all the rules. Regarding of those details where i saw lack of independent transport, others could see a great opportunity to slow down and walk in a beautiful and isolated road, next to the train line, surrounded by an outstanding landscape, enjoying that time to contemplate and be with yourself; and certainly you will have an enriching experience at the school having fun while teaching those kids.

(Muy Bien )

03/05/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (David)

David came to volunteer with us at an extremely hot time with lots of children who all had lots of energy in a Holiday Program. He did really well to help. He not only helped but he also planned lessons and games (very thoroughly) and taught the children too. He was the only volunteer so had to entertain himself in the evenings which he was very… read more

(Muy Bien )

26/04/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (David) para el anfitrión

I could only spend one week here because they were closing for the holidays, but had a good time there :)

I was there during an extra week of activities in April so the schedule was a bit different from that of a normal school week. Me and 2 other teachers had a group of approximately 30 kids and we provided mostly fun, short lessons and… read more

(Muy Bien )

27/02/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (Davorin) para el anfitrión

I stayed in beautiful school for 15 days. I really enjoyed my time in such a different activities playing with children.

(Excelente )

26/02/2018

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (JENNYFER)

Jennyfer, thank you for your feedback which was well written. Your level of English was fine and you could have worked with the older children (we have had volunteers with less English than you and they could work with the older children) but we appreciate the help you gave at the camp with the cooking and at the school with the younger children.… read more

(Excelente )

21/02/2018

Dejado por el workawayer (JENNYFER) para el anfitrión

This is a very unusual school,It might be interesting volunteer here but the kid's level of English is so hight that I strongly believe only a native English speaker could enjoy this place. My level was not enough good to understand and play with the kids, so basically I've felt useless. The teachers as been all very nice and polite but most of… read more

(Neutral )

26/09/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Camila & Josefa)

Camila and Josefa were awesome with the children, both of them have very natural teaching skills. They were very open to helping in many ways, and flexible too. They were both punctual, appropriately dressed and always present to help where needed.
Thank you very much Camila and Josefa!

(Excelente )

22/09/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Camila & Josefa) para el anfitrión

We had a very beautiful time for 2 weeks in the School! Sharing with the children many differents activities and moments. They are very curious. We help them in their daily activities and we also shared some yoga and Art lessons with them, they were very open to recieve new activities.
Every day is different and you can learn about holistic… read more

(Excelente )

15/05/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Tatiana)

Tatiana was an excellent volunteer. She was prepared to work from the minute she arrived and she was able to follow the system quickly and support us all very well. She fitted in well to our community and was very open to what we do here.
Thank you very much Tatiana

(Excelente )

14/05/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Tatiana) para el anfitrión

The time I spent here was AMAZING!! I wish I could have Stay longer!!

The kids are lovely! From the youngest to the "oldest". All of them have very good manners and are very polite and nice!
They have a very high level of English,even the 3 years old!
The school its amazing: the kind of holistic education its very interesting,its not a very… read more

(Excelente )

21/04/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Eduardo)

Eduardo I think it was you I can learn from about being calm! You were always calm and kind with the children, something I felt I could learn more about from you!
You were an awesome volunteer, willing to help in everything and never complaining! You fitted in extremely well in our community by getting along with everyone and being easy to chat… read more

(Excelente )

20/04/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Eduardo) para el anfitrión

This is my third workaway and i complete recommend.

This is a speacial place, where the kids learn in a different way to see the world. They are very curios and always the time want to know more about you and they are happy when you ask about them culture. The fact that there is a Eco-farm, is more interested and also gave a another environment… read more

(Excelente )

13/04/2017

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Fantasia)

Thanks for your feedback Fantasia. We understand our place wasn't a perfect match for you but you certainly did everything that was required without complaining and you fitted in well which we appreciated very much. Keep on traveling!

(Muy Bien )

12/04/2017

Dejado por el workawayer (Fantasia) para el anfitrión

Although I left earlier than I had originally intended, I had a great experience here. I left early because it wasn't quite the teaching experience I had been looking for, but don't let that deter you from volunteering here! The people here are amazing and very kind; the children are so fun and adorable. I'm definitely glad I had the chance to… read more

(Muy Bien )

02/10/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Carlotta & Isabella)

Carlotta and Bella were a great help to us. They were flexible and happy to do any jobs we asked them to do. Yes, investigation is a very busy time for us and they really worked hard to support the children. We truly appreciated their help and would recommend them to anyone that requires hardworking and open-minded volunteers.

(Excelente )

01/10/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Carlotta & Isabella) para el anfitrión

We spent two and a half weeks here in March 2016 and loved it! It was our first stop in Asia (we're two 18 year old girls on a gap year) and it was such a good start to our trip. Frances, Maybelle and Guillermo were very welcoming and we were really impressed by the school and all the kids. We were lucky enough to be there during the… read more

(Excelente )

28/08/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Nathalie)

Nathalie was an excellent volunteer. She was happy to help in all situations and work more time than expected to help out. She was also a great community member. Thanks for your help!

(Excelente )

07/07/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Nathalie) para el anfitrión

I had such a great (but too short) experience in the school!! Kids are awesome, so smart!! I was very impressed!! The alternative way of class of Françes is amazing, kids are so responsible, independant and involved in the school life!!! Frances is a very nice women which help you when you are in difficulties with kids and she do such a good job… read more

(Excelente )

11/05/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Daphne)

Daphne you worked very hard and planned lessons well. You were always on time and worked more time than expected. Thank you so much for all your hard work. Safe travels..

(Excelente )

05/05/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Daphne) para el anfitrión

I had a very good time in this place!
I stayed at the farm for 2 weeks and the first week was the holiday program. The topic was Food and cooking so we taught the children everything about it and also what a healthy diet should be like. These children are well behaved and it seemed that they are eager to learn! Altogether it was a lot fun… read more

(Excelente )

10/04/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Zsofia)

Zsofia was an excellent volunteer, not counting the hours, just happy to help out in all ways she could. She planned and taught lessons relating to objectives I gave her. She is a calm and caring person. Thanks for all your help Zsofia.

(Excelente )

07/04/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Zsofia) para el anfitrión

The School is such a unique place for children, I really liked that they learn not only basic skills such as reading-writing and maths, but children have responsibilities and duties as well according to their abilities. I enjoyed being part of this program and teaching the active, lovely and friendly students of this school. There are some rules… read more

(Muy Bien )

08/03/2016

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Miriam)

Miriam was a great help with us, supervising children and planning exciting activities with the toddlers. Venus was a very well behaved, flexible and generally happy child (I am sorry she got a cold) and Miriam was able to follow the community routines with Venus. Miriam has set a high standard for other travellers with children. Thank you for… read more

(Excelente )

08/03/2016

Dejado por el workawayer (Miriam) para el anfitrión

We stayed 10 days in this place helping in the school and communal chores on week days and relaxing on weekends.
The kids, who are lovely, they learn in an open and friendly environment helped by the teachers.
I mainly helped with the toddlers and kids that needed a bit of extra attention and enjoyed their different personalities.… read more

(Muy Bien )

30/12/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Maria & Fernanda)

Madalena was a great help and was involved within hours of arriving on the farm. She had a fun and easy going personality and performed very well as 'Mary' in our Christmas play. Madeline fitted in well to our community and was prepared to help with anything and to work more hours than expected. Now the children can sing a Portuguese song too!

(Excelente )

20/12/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Maria & Fernanda) para el anfitrión

I stayed at this school for 2 weeks, just before their break for Christmas and we even had a Christmas performance, prepared at the last minute! :-) It made me really happy to see that there are alternatives to main stream education system where the kids and adults will learn how to respect their own rhythm and process of learning, and in such a… read more

(Muy Bien )

30/12/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Aranzazu)

Aranzazu fitted in very well to our community and had a lovely approach with our children. She knew when to help out without being asked and she worked more hours than expected.
Thanks very much
PS I think the line about Guillermo is supposed to be a great 'guy'!

(Excelente )

29/12/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Aranzazu) para el anfitrión

I was three weeks in this school and was really really nice experience. Frances is great and very special and passionate teacher and you will learn a lot with her and his amazing way to teach. The kids are very nice, responsibles and so curious, they will teach you many beautifull things. They helped me a lot with my english. Each day they taught… read more

(Excelente )

28/10/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Laure & Joe)

Laure was an amazing help. Her English is excellent and she has a nice rapport with the children. She not only did activities we asked her to do, but was prepared to organise and teach a lot of the holiday program activities both by herself and in team teaching situations. You are most welcome to come back anytime Laure!

(Excelente )

25/10/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Laure & Joe) para el anfitrión

I stayed 5 weeks here, from mid September to late October. The two first weeks were in the "normal" program, and the last 3 weeks were the holiday program.

I had an amazing time. Doing some hours at the school during the day, and then, going to the market, doing some sport or yoga together with the other volunteers, and playing some guitar with… read more

(Excelente )

25/10/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Anais)

Thank you Ana for your energy and sense of fun. You were able to adapt and join in with our program very quickly and were more than willing to help out more hours than expected.
Thanks

(Excelente )

25/10/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Anais) para el anfitrión

Thanks you Frances for the amazing magic week with all of you. It was short but thanks to my first friend flynn, i felt like at home quickly :)

I hope come back soon and get involved in the regular school.. Sorry for the mistakes, maybe i can be student to improve my english ;)

Xxxx Ana

(Excelente )

01/09/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Chantelle)

Chantelle was an excellent help with the children. She has a calm, quiet and positive manner and was will to do anything I asked her to do, to give everything a go. She also was an excellent community member. I miss her help!

(Excelente )

28/08/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Chantelle) para el anfitrión

I am very happy and pleased to have been given the opportunity to volunteer here , Frances is an amazing teacher that has lots of love to give to the students and she knows how to make learning fun for the children.
I enjoyed helping out with the children and meeting them , they are all very talented in there own way and have lots of energy and… read more

(Excelente )

31/07/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Andrea & Clara)

Andrea and Clara were amazing volunteers. They were easy going and prepared to work hard. They could help the children with anything and the children still remember the Italian and Spanish songs they taught us. Thank you so much for your help and best of luck in the future.

(Excelente )

29/07/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Andrea & Clara) para el anfitrión

It was our first volunteering experience together and it was a really good experience. Really nice place, really nice people (the kids, the workers and the volunteers!) and really interesting project! Thank you all for the for two weeks of learning, good company and delicious food!
Hope the best and good luck to everyone!
Andrea&Clara

(Excelente )

25/06/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Chun-Jui)

Ray was an excellent volunteer. He helped with anything he was asked to do and was prepared also to help with community work as well as help in the school. We learnt about Taiwan and the children miss the Chinese language class. He was prepared to handle the heat and get outside and have lots of fun activities with the children. Thanks very… read more

(Excelente )

24/06/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Chun-Jui) para el anfitrión

It was great in this school. I was glad to teach Chinese here. Some kids learned pretty fast. Having PE class also made a lot of fun. I baked some moon cakes for them before I left. Hope they all had good impression about Taiwan. Contact me if you visit Taiwan someday.
Ray

(Excelente )

23/05/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Lena)

Lena makes absolutely delicious food and was well organised. Pak (our cook) had a few problems keeping everything so organised and on time after Lena left! Lena also has a natural ability for teaching. On the days she worked with the children she had a lovely manner and the children were interested and respected her.

(Excelente )

22/05/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Lena) para el anfitrión

I was cooking for the children and adults for 2.5 weeks together with a Thai cook and I must say, this was an unique experience. I learned so much about Thai culture and Thai cooking. I could cook whatever I wanted and whenever I wanted. I had full flexibility what I really appreciated.
Francis is an amazing woman. She give you the feeling,… read more

(Excelente )

19/05/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Emilie & David)

Emilie and David are an amazing couple, they both have very natural teaching abilities and lots of great ideas that children really respond to. They never counted the hours and even did planning and organising on official days off to be prepared for their teaching. They are an independent couple and respectful of the culture of Thailand, making… read more

(Excelente )

19/05/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Emilie & David) para el anfitrión

We had a wonderful time with Frances and the children of the School. Frances is a devoted, passionate and resourceful teacher; she is truly amazing. The children are great; they are happy to learn and play, they are smart and curious. We spent four weeks at the school and it simply flew by. Frances is open to ideas so do suggest projects and… read more

(Excelente )

10/04/2015

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Jennifer)

Jennifer is an excellent volunteer. She was very willing to help out in all areas and do more than expected. She was able to work out where she was needed without being told. She had a good rapport with the children and was prepared follow lessons provided as well as add her our ideas.
Jennifer is an independent person who did not require… read more

(Excelente )

01/04/2015

Dejado por el workawayer (Jennifer) para el anfitrión

I really enjoyed volunteering at the school. It is set in a fabulous location, right outside the train station and not far from the local daily market (3pm-8pm). I loved being among the farm and seeing all of the fruits growing on the trees.

Frances is an incredible woman with so much energy and patience, I am so glad I could help out with the… read more

(Excelente )

24/11/2014

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Maxime & Justine)

Maxime and Justine were a great help to our children and school. They were a quiet unassuming couple who were co-operative, flexible, kind and happy to help out with anything. They were very independent and did not require extra help with personal needs, they fitted in well to our environment and made my job a lot easier. Thanks

(Excelente )

23/11/2014

Dejado por el workawayer (Maxime & Justine) para el anfitrión

We spent an enriching week with the lovely kids and the staff. The children grow up in a multicultural and stimulating environment, which is really interesting to share with them. We loved to teach some French skills and learn Thai notions ! It was also really nice to learn to cook in a Thai environment but also to share our cook skills. We… read more

(Excelente )

05/10/2014

Dejado por el workawayer (Mariusz) para el anfitrión

It was an amazing experience to work along Frances at the progressive school. I really enjoyed my time in Bang Phra. I really miss the school, farm and nature environment. I have learned a lot from this volunteer endeavor and hope to return one day to see how the school develops. I truly miss all the staff and the kids. I can honestly recommend… read more

(Excelente )

05/10/2014

Dejado por el anfitrión para el workawayer (Mariusz)

Mariusz was a hard worker and was happy to spend extra hours working with the children. He made the children think and explore their critical thinking skills. He was able to help out with any work the children needed him to help with. The children are now commenting that they miss him, now he has gone!

(Excelente )

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