These page gives some case studies and examples of the type of work undertaken. If you are interested in participating, then contact your local organisation or PDA directly.
| The variety of developmental activities undertaken by
PDA means that there is a need for skilled assistance in
many of the projects. Sometimes these skills cannot be
sourced in Thailand, so PDA offers the opportunity for
volunteers to be involved in making these necessary
changes in rural Thailand. Currently there are volunteers
from seven countries working at several PDA locations
around Thailand, working on projects ranging from village
mapping and town planning, AIDS education and care,
journalism, teaching, agriculture and affordable housing
construction. PDA offers enthusiastic people a chance to
live and work in an exciting and challenging environment,
giving the rewards of being part of the team that helped
to make a difference in Thailand. These page gives some case studies and examples of the type of work undertaken. If you are interested in participating, then contact your local organisation or PDA directly. |
|
You do NOT need to be affiliated with any particular service organisation, PDA is able to accept solo volunteers on similar local conditions of employment as those that work with established volunteer organisations. |
It has been found that people who volunteer to work on overseas programs like that offered by PDA undergo life changing experiences, giving them enhanced life skills for their future careers. Besides, it can be fun as well.
| The TAYAP program is operated by the Overseas Services Bureau, which includes the operation of the Australian Volunteers Abroad program. The OSB is actively involved in placing volunteers in a large naumber of international locations, not only Thailand. The TAYAP program is specifically targetted at service in Thailand, and 12 volunteers have just left Australia to join the 6 who are currently in Thailand. The first group are all working with PDA, and several of the new volunteers will also join PDA programs as planning officers in Bangkok and at the CBIRD Centre at Nang Rong. Seed funding for the program has been made available by AusAID, while the continuing finding will come from local and Australian business. |  |
World teach in an international non-governmental organisation based at Harvard University that provides assistance when requested for the teaching of English. There are currently several World teach volunteers working in Thailand, several associated with PDA projects and in PDA project regions. Follow the link for more information on the activities of the volunteers in Thailand, and information on how to become a world teach volunteer.
The GSAP program is a little different to those operated by many of the main volunteer organisations. In this case youth ambassadors with specific technical skills are used by PDA to provide some of the basic infrastructure for the integrated development activities. The Department of Geomatics at the University of Melbourne provides teams of student volunteers to undertake mapping and planning projects in villages around the CBIRD office in Nang Rong. The students produce maps of villages, and then in conslutation with the villagers themselves develop longer term plans for the development of the location. As a result of the GSAP work, one of the new TAYAP volunteers is to continue the village planning for a longer period. Follow the link for more information on the work being done by the GSAP teams.
The VSO is an international volunteer sending agency founded in the UK in 1958. It is an independent, non-sectarian charity governed by The Council, which believes in the equal right of all to realise their potential. The majority of volunteers are from the UK, the Netherlands and Canada, however other people can be recruited depending on their right to enter England.
The VSO volunteer with PDA is currently actively involved in the educational side of the SEED project, particularly in the development of the curricula and the Environment and Education Park at the CBIRD centre at Nang Rong. VSO operates a Web site, follow the link for further information.
Key positions in developing countries often remain unfilled because well trained, experienced local specialists are not available in sufficient numbers. In such cases, CIM often fills the gap with German or other EU specialists working as Integrated-Experts (IEs) in development oriented areas.
The principal source of funding for CIM comes from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) however additional funding is increasingly being provided by other federal and state ministries, as well as other organisations.
CIM is a joint operation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and the Central Placement Office of the Federal Employment Institute.
There are currently 17 Integrated Experts operating in Thailand, and one with PDA based in Bangkok.
CIM is located on the Web at http://www.cimffm.de.
 Go back to Navigation Page |
 |
Continue
to Next Category |
This page forms part of the Home Pages of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) Thailand. The site has been created by Cliff Ogleby with the assistance of many of the PDA staff and volunteers.