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How Many Bananas? Thailand, 2011 (by Thomas Grunwell)

New 2011 Photos

We’ve been able to collate photos from a number of our 2011 volunteers and have just added 4 new photo galleries… Kerala 2011 Thanks go to Elaine Abili & Kath McGuire for their photos from the summer of 2011.  Elaine was helping to develop a new project in Southern Kerala for 3 months from June […]

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Alasdair Smith, Thailand, 2011

Volunteer Feedback : Alisdair Smith

“The teaching was great fun and, as someone with little prior experience, I would definitely say that it’s not as scary as you might think!” Alisdair Smith, Volunteer in Thailand, 2011

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Elaine Abili, Kerala, 2011

A review of 2011

2011 has certainly been a busy year for VESL… here are a few highlights from the year : Kerala We had great success with our new programme working in schools within fishing communities in Kerala (South India).  All of this year’s volunteers did a magnificent job in helping to lay down the foundations of this programme.  […]

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Thai Market, Chiang Rai

Volunteer Case-Study : A Day in the Life

“We made a difference by teaching English to children who live in poor conditions and seeing them improve day-by-day in their English language as well as having fun, smiling and laughing with happiness was a joy every day.” Emma Powell, Thailand, 2010-11

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school in Chiang Rai

Volunteer Case-Study : Chiang Rai, Thailand

“It is surprising how quick we settled in. Everyone was so helpful and caring.” Caley Vye, Thailand, 2010-11

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Delicious Thai Food

Volunteer Case-Study : Thailand

“I cannot think of a better way to spend my summer… it will be an experience you will always remember” Emma Warrington, Thailand, 2010

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'King Coconut' (Kath McGuire), Volunteer Sri Lanka, 2009

Past Volunteers Join VESL

We’re extremely pleased to announce that two past volunteers have joined the VESL team; Kath McGuire will be producing new content for the volunteer blog and Caroline Abbotts will be helping to produce a newsletter for us…

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Alex Quinn

New 3-12 month Volunteer Projects

“Things are amazing here, better than I ever could have imagined. I feel like I’m fitting in well with my host family and I’ve made lots of friends, and seen so much already. I am really enjoying my project, working in the special needs unit is fun and the kids are fantastic.” – Alexandra Quinn, […]

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Thailand Volunteers

Hannah Pilcher & Eleanor Reilly Feedback, Thailand 2011

“We had such a good time and didn’t want it to end. We met the most generous, friendly people. We fell in love with our host family and all of the children and teachers at the school.” – Hannah Pilcher & Eleanor Reilly, Thailand, 2011

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What’s included in my volunteer contribution?

Details of what is and isn’t included within your volunteer contribution / project cost…

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Successful Thailand Teacher Workshops 2011

Congratulations to all the VESL volunteers who ran the teacher workshop programme in Northern Thailand this summer.  The five volunteers, Dick and Dee Wardell, Sarah Greenwood, Laura Heathfield and Lisa Gornall all did a fantatstic job and were warmly praised by all the teachers they worked with. The team ran a series of two day […]

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Nueng and Ian, Edinburgh, Nov 2010

THAI PROG. MANAGER UK VISIT

VESL’s Thailand Programme Manager (Nueng Yanarangsee) has just returned home after a very successful visit to the UK. Nueng travelled to the UK with one of our project hosts (Pongsri) and the Director of Mengrai school (Mr. Garan) and his wife. The aim of the visit is to enable the teachers to experience and learn […]

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Teacher Workshop Feedback – Lisa Price, 2010

“The most incredible thing I’ve ever done… I loved every minute of it and wasn’t ready to come home” – Lisa Price, Teacher Workshop Volunteer, 2010

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THAI TEACHER WORKSHOP SUCCESS

Our Teacher Workshop Team have just returned from our programme in Northern Thailand this summer and the feedback they received from the schools and Thai teachers who attended has been fantastic. We’d like to take this opportunity to send a huge thank you to the team for all the hard work they put into making […]

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