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It's early morning and I am on the way to school. As I'm slowly walking down the soi (street), thinking about my lesson plans for the day I realise that I am smiling. On both sides of the soi, vendors are already selling an amazing array of food. From fresh pineapples to pig entrails, spicy noodles to delectable sweets. And straight ahead of me orange-robes monks, barefoot on alms-round, receiving the merits of the neighbourhood people. This is a daily scene that is a million miles from everything that I have ever known. It is a fringe benefit to my job as a World teach Thailand volunteer... |
We are an international non-government organisation based at Harvard University. We promote international development and cultural exchange through English language education. Specifically we place North Americans in countries that have requested assistance, like Thailand. The World teach/Thailand program commenced in 1989. It is affiliated with PDA, and to date more than 300 people have volunteered in the Thailand program. Occasionally, one or two volunteers serve in non-teaching positions with PDA.
| World Teach gave me the chance to teach others, and to learn about myself. I was able to contribute in a meaningful way, to see the world, and in short, to have one of the greatest experiences in my life |  |
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For more information on the World teach program, visit the main web site at http://www.worldteach.org |
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