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合作夥伴 / PARTNER

oh Sukorn is a preserved island of Andaman Sea in South Thailand. During this work camp, we will have the chance to join hands with the community members to preserve the local agriculture while we can learn about their way of life. Moreover, we will be creating activities and games with children and young people to open their views and let them learn about international culture together with the volunteers. We will need your creativity and ideas of games and activities that will create a multi-cultural atmosphere for them.

工作 / WORK

Replanting rice plants in flooded fields- The rice (seeds) is first sowed. After a few weeks, the young seedlings are harvested in bunches. These are then separated into individual plants and replanted in the flooded rice fields in evenly spaced rows to allow the plant to grow to full size. This improves the yield of seeds the plants will produce.Creating games and activities for childrenCulture exchange and discovery

住宿和食物 / ACCOMODATION AND FOOD

Volunteers will stay at the local people house. You will be provided, a small mattress, a pillow and a mosquito net. Its good if you can bring your own light blanket/sleeping bag/bed sheet while the temperature will be around 25 in the night. The living condition is very simple, you may find it completely different than in your country. There are basic toilets and showers and a kitchen where volunteers will cook by themselves. The ingredients can be purchased at local grocery stores. It may be helpful if you bring some ingredients from home, so that you can share some of your traditional food with other volunteers. (No oven, only a gas and woks or pans). As mention that its a Muslim village, so there will be no pork used for cooking.

位置與休閒活動 / LOCATION & LEISURE ACTIVITY

Sukorn Island (Koh Sukorn) is a small island situated in Palian district, Trang province. The island covers an area of 14 sq km. Like every year, we will be conducting activities with communities of Baan Laem and Baan Toong. In these 2 villages, there is population of 1,200 or 337 families, of which 95 are Muslims. The common occupations of the villagers are fishing, rubber tapping, as well as agriculture; growing paddy, watermelons, traditional way of growing vegetables, and keeping livestock. In general, the villagers are very generous and still remain the culture of supporting and sharing with each other. Furthermore, they also believe that paddy and agriculture is the main food stability of the village.

要求 / REQUIREMENTS

The volunteers should be ready to stay in a remote area, to adapt to the local conditions with only basic facilities. Not many local people are able to speak in English. Volunteers should be able to handle spontaneous working environment and constant changes in the plans. The mentality and way of thinking is very different from the western world. There will have activities with the children. To have responsibility for you, the kids and full involvement in community matters is a must. You will be led by a DaLaa member/staff who will help to coordinate the project.

主辦單位 / Host organization

DaLaa

DaLaa International Volunteers For Social Development Association Thailand is a registered non-governmental organisation situated in Southern Thailand, Hat Yai/Songkhla. The organisation was founded in 2004. Nowadays DaLaa is a member of CCIVS (Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) and NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia). The main aims are to support local communities and existing development projects, to create mutual understanding between both international and Thai volunteers and local people, and to preserve nature and culture as good as possible. DaLaa wants to bring people from all over the world together working, living and laughing together in order to make a tribute to a better world with more cultural understanding.