INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER AND INTERNSHIP 　　
We accept volunteers and internships through a year. Many ranges of our jobs will widen your world.
We are very welcome to have long term volunteers (more than 2 months)!!

☆ Examples of jobs ☆

- Teach English for staff in Mirror, local people and children in school 2-3 hours/day and 4 time/week
(This is an essential job, all volunteers are required to do.)
- Make documentations in English
- Make websites
- Join projects
(depending on period e.g. join to anti child begging campaign project, HIV project and youth development project etc...)
- Translate Thai to English
- Fund raising
- Promotion of handicraft project and eco-tour project
- Preparing NGO event

You can join many our projects with using your spcialties and skills depending on your period of stay.
(note: there would be limitations of job if you stay for short period such as 1 or 2 weeks)
Please contact us about the details.

Other things that you will do;

- Prepare Thai food with Thai people.(once in a week)
- Trekking and home staying in hilltribe villages
- Learn about Thai culture, language and people.
- Go shopping for a shopping mall in city once in a week
- Clean your dormitory and toilet.

You will volunteer work from Monday to Friday and you have weekend off. So you can travel around freely with using weekends.

If you click below, you can know more about life in Mirror.

☆ Qualifications ☆

- Fluent in English or Thai
- Active and positive thinking about volunteering
- Find jobs from yourself
- Can stand hot weather
- Responsible on yourself
- Understandable about different culture and can learn it
- Have your own aim
- Not only doing volunteer for getting your own experience but also contribute for us


☆ Example of Cost ☆

〜1 week: 8,000 baht
〜2 week: 8,500 baht
〜3 week: 9,000 baht
〜1 month: 9,500 baht
2 month: 19,000 baht

This includes, meals from Mon to Fri, accommodation fee, pick up fee, transportation fee, elephant ride, trekking fee for hill tribe villages, volunteering support fee and volunteering arrangement fee.

Note: Meals in weekend are not included for the fee.


☆ What to bring ☆

- 2 copies of passport (You have to hand in 1 copy to Mirror)
- hut
- work gloves
- cloths which can get dirty
- shoes and flip flap
- towels
- under wears
- sun protection
- plastic bags
- sleeping bag
- flashlight
- toilet goods..
- washing powder for clothes
- medicines (for cold, stomach, head, plasters, cream after mosquitoes bite you)
- Anti mosquitoes spray
- camera (if you have digital camera, please bring your charger)
- laptop (if you have, you can connect your laptop to internet)
- USB (if you have)
- mobile phone (if you have SIM card system mobile phone)
- rain things (rain coat for trekking and umbrella)
- memo pads
- small Thai dictionary
- small key to lock a locker

We would be very appreciate that if you donate goods such as non-used stationary, toys, instruments, old clothes, digital camera and laptop (if you have any of them).

Note: You cannot wear clothes like hot pants, camisole and bikinis. Also, please do Not bring card games.


☆ Important ☆

- Generally we meet you in Chiang Rai and finish in Chiang Rai.
- We recommend that you get travel insurance before you come. We don't bear the responsibility of your sickness and accident.
- Please do not bring anything valuable with you (e.g. expensive watch, jewelry)
- We can issue a certification of volunteering/intern when you finish your volunteer/intern period.


☆ How to apply with e-mail reservation request form ☆

�@Do you comply with the rules volunteering in Mirror that is formulated by us?

�APlease download the application form (45kb) to attend The Mirror Foundation for a volunteer,
and complete necessary information.

�BPlease write the e-mail subject as "Volunteer Application",
and attach the application form and send it by e-mail at info@learnfromhilltribe.org

�CWe send a confirmation mail to you, after we receive your application form.

�DPlease tell us your flight number to Thailand and the arrival time by e-mail.

�EPlease write down these all telephone number.
053-737-412 (office) 66-53-737-412(from out of Thailand)
053-737-413 (office)
053-737-425 (office)
053-737-616 (office)


☆ How to come to Chiang Rai ☆
Duration and cost is changed due to service, weather, traffic, etc.

�@ Air plane
your country > Bangkok(Suvarnabhumi) airport > Chiang Rai airport

Domestic airplane duration: 1hour 20min from Bangkok

Time table of Thai airways departure - arrive
08 ： 25 - 09 ： 45
13 ： 45 - 15 ： 05
18 ： 20 - 19 ： 40 (2006.December)

If you come to Chiang Rai before starting your program, you can go to the city from the Chiang Rai air port roughly by about 200baht.

We recommend that you talk to your travel agency about plane transit in Bangkok airport to Chiang Rai.
We show another cheap domestic airplane website.
Air Asia : http://www.airasia.com/site/en/home.jsp
Orient Thai : http://www.fly12go.com/en/main.shtml

�A Air plane + Night Bus
your country > Bangkok(Suvarnabhumi) airport > Bangkok North bus terminal > Chiang Rai bus station

Night bus duration: 11hours from Bangkok bus terminal
Night bus cost: about 650baht from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai (air condition first class)

�B Air plane + Day Bus
your country > Bangkok(Suvarnabhumi) airport > Chiang Mai international airport > You can trip in Chiang Mai yourself >
> Chiang Mai bus station > Chiang Rai bus station

Domestic airplane duration: 1hour 10min from Bangkok to Chiang Mai
Day bus duration: 3hour and 30min from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai

Bus cost: about 200baht from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai (air condition)

�C Air Plane + Train + Day Bus
your country > Bangkok(Suvarnabhumi)airport > Bangkok train station > Chiang Mai train station >
> You can trip in Chiang Mai yourself > Chiang Mai bus station > Chiang Rai bus station

Duration: 11hours from Bangkok to Chiang Mai train station (this is the fastest hours), 3hours and 30min from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai

Train cost: about 700baht
Bus cost: about 200baht (air condition)