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Volunteer Co-ordinator: Renata

Renata is the Volunteer Co-ordinator for our team of volunteers heading out to Thailand on the 7th June. Find out more about Renata below… I am a 3rd year forensic science student at Keele University. I have volunteered in the past mostly participating and helping out in sport events but also with a few small organisations […]

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Volunteer Co-ordinator: Becca

This week is the start of our blogs introducing our Volunteer Co-ordinators to our volunteers, so you get to know who they are and hear their words of wisdom following their time overseas! Our first post comes from Becca who will be leading one of the teams of volunteers going to Thailand in August: Hi, […]

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Katie from Edgehill at her project this summer

A Review of 2013

2013 has been a busy year here at VESL, we sent our highest ever number of volunteers overseas and we are continuing to see an increase in demand for our volunteers to teach English in the countries we work in. So we feel that it is about time that we updated you in a bit more […]

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Volunteer Case Study: Thailand: A Day In The Life

Check out this case study by Keele student, Katie Hill, who volunteered in Thailand in the summer of 2012 for six weeks. This year Katie is going back to Thailand as a Student Leader! My day would typically start at about half 6 where I would get up showered and ready for school. At about […]

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Volunteer Case Study: Kru Kim

“These past few weeks have definitely taught me a lot about myself and having taught a variety of ages from 4-15 years, I have verified that I can teach and more than this, that I enjoy teaching. I have spent a long period of time in a foreign country and I felt at home; I […]

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Vickie & Tata with their host Mother

Volunteer Case Study: A Second Family

Victoria Will recently graduated from Nottingham University and spent six weeks this summer volunteering in a school in Chiang Rai with her volunteer partner Tata. Victoria has written a great blog about her experiences of staying with a host family, from her initial nerves to a tearful goodbye at the airport! Please note that not […]

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Taz with her students

Volunteer Case Study: Memories

Tazreen Kassim-Lowe from Keele University has written a second blog (first blog can be found here) for us, reflecting on her experience and memories after spending four weeks in Northern Thailand teaching English. Tazreen and her project partner, Kate, were placed at a rural primary school between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, having returned to […]

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2014 Project Dates

We have officially started recruiting for our 2014 projects in Thailand and India! So if you’ve been following all the excellent blogs written by our volunteers this summer and want to get involved with the great work we do in rural schools teaching English, check out the dates below for our 2014 projects: Thailand* *January […]

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Volunteer Case Study: Give It Your All

Sophie Ramshaw a trainee teacher from Hull University spent 4 weeks of her summer teaching English in a rural school in Chiang Rai. Sophie has written an insightful blog about her experience, from bonding with her host Mum to teaching her classes outside… Travelling over to Thailand filled me with excitement, for some reason I […]

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Chandni with her students

Volunteer case study: a home away from home

Chandni volunteered in a rural primary school in a remote part of Chiang Rai for four weeks this summer, here she reflects on her experience having recently returned to the UK, from living with a host family to trying the new food! On the 26th July 2013 I left home to teach English in a […]

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Student Leader Blog: Running an English Camp

Check out this blog post written by Student Leader, James Hallworth, about running an English in Phayao Province in Thailand. We encourage volunteers to assist in running one camp as part of their project whether that is for students or for teachers, here James talks about running a camp for over 180 teachers! During your […]

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Emma with some of her students

Volunteer Case Study: Every Day Brings New Experiences

“The children are so loving and are so keen to learn English. When you really make a breakthrough it reminds you why you are our here and gives you the confidence that you are making a difference.” Emma & Becca, Thailand 2013

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Volunteer Activities: English Camps in Thailand

This Saturday 12 of our volunteers are running an English for Integrated Studies (EIS) Camp with two or our Student Leaders, Andrew and Fran, and our Programme Manager at a secondary school in Chiang Rai, Thailand. An English for Integrated Studies camp is a day of activities that encourages students to think of their other […]

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Arrival of Team 2 of volunteers in Thailand

Why are Student Leaders Important Overseas?

What is a Student Leader? Our Student Leader programme helps support our summer volunteers and enable them to have extra support whilst overseas, the programme was developed in 2012 and we are now in our second year. Student Leaders’ role starts in the UK in the Autumn/Winter before a summer project, and they recruit a […]

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