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合作夥伴 / PARTNER

Koh Sukorn is a preserved island of Andaman Sea in the south of Thailand. During this work camp, the volunteers will help with hand rice and watermelon harvesting together with community members to preserve the local agriculture and learn about their way of living. Moreover, we will be organizing activities and games for children and young people to broaden their worlds views and let them learn about international culture together. We will need your creativity and ideas of games and activities that will create a multi-cultural atmosphere for them.

工作 / WORK

Harvesting rice by hand - The rice have been replanted in late August- September. The field are flooded for the first 2 months during the raining season then November and December are the start of the dry season. The rice will be ready at that time and the farmers will cut the top part of the plant where the rice seeds are located. This is the work that the volunteers will experience. Its usually very hot in the field and one must protect oneself from the sun.

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.

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 are 1,200 or 337 families. 95 of all people are Muslims. The common occupations of the villagers are fishing, rubber tapping, and agriculture (rice paddy, watermelons, vegetables, and livestock farming). In general, the villagers are very generous, and still keep the culture of supporting and sharing with each other. Furthermore, they also believe that rice 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 and adapt to the local conditions with only basic facilities. Not many local people are able to speak English. Volunteers should be able to handle spontaneous working environment and constant changes in the plans. The mentality and way of thinking of people here are very different from the western world. There will be activities with the children, so you should be able to work with kids as well. The full involvement in the communitys matters is a must. For the 2 weeks, you will be assisted by a DaLaa member/staff who will help 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.