BACKGROUND

Peace Village 2 Korat or Nakorn Ratchasima (Korat is a nickname) has been created by VSA since 2015 to strengthen the community by the international volunteers in term of intercultural learning and building motivation to communicate with foreigners by non-formal education in the community as well as school.
At Peace Village, everyone can come to learn in the main aim is learning by doing and international community living. We can study about each country, nationalities, cultures, etc. in the class, but in the real situation is not in the lesson where you can see how the difference of people even they are from the same city.
Peace Village is active at the rural area of Nakhon Ratchasima province, Northeast of Thailand (4 hours of Bangkok) in the small village; name “Ban Krok Luk” (Ban in Thai mean village). The main occupation is a farmer and most of the villagers are Buddhist.
Keywords to live at Peace Village;
 International community living
 Learning by doing
 Cultural diversity

WORK

Living environment daily routine in general, that means everything from a small cleaning to construction work, building, repairing, anything can be valuable and also teaching and learning new things outside the classroom.
Segregation works at Peace Village are;
English as a Second Language (ESL) Creative teaching – Creative teaching could make learning more fun and easier to remember. The volunteer doesn't need to have a teaching certificate, only a will to build your creativity for teaching and make learning English more fun, most importantly for the student and for yourself. The aims of creative teaching are to give opportunities for the villagers to learn and exchange the differences in culture, the languages, and beliefs.
School Renovation – The volunteer will rebuild and maintain the good living atmosphere and environment for students learning ground including; playground, renovation, school building, and planting, etc.
Relationship with the villagers – Apart from your free time, it considers a bonus learning experience, both for yourself and villagers, simply by sharing; giving them visits, stop by for a friendly chat, sharing stories or even join in activities with them. Sometimes, you could be surprised at how learning by doing in real life could give such wonderful surprise or even unexpected results simply by just doing.
Organic Farm – The volunteer can learn how to produce our own non–chemical food and vegetables.

PROJECT SITE
Ban Krok Luek School,
Dan Khun Tod District, Nakhon Ratchasima,Thailand

MEETING POINT
Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok
In front of TienChai Air Company No.72 on 3nd floor at 2.00 p.m. on 12 August 2019

There are 2 ways to get to Nakhon Ratchasima province from Bangkok; bus and train.
Bus – Dan Khun Thot Bus Station, the volunteer can take the bus from Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok to Dan Khun Thot Bus Station, Nakhon Ratchasima. You can book a bus ticket following this link https://tickets.co.th/en/search?from_id=5752&on=2018-10-10&passengers=1&to_id=74149, or buy the ticket at the counter at the bus terminal. The bus will take you to Nakhon Ratchasima approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Mochit2 Bus Terminal, Bangkok, is enormous, but there is a lot of staff to help passengers to find your way. You will be caught right at the entrance and directed to the right platform.
Train – Nakhon Ratchasima Train Station, the volunteer can take the train from Bangkok (Hua Lam Pong Train Station) to Nakhon Ratchasima. It will take you to Nakhon Ratchasima approximately 11 – 14 hours. You can book the ticket following this link https://www.thairailwayticket.com/eTSRT/default.aspx?language=1, or buy the ticket at Hua Lam Pong Train Station, Bangkok.
On the website, please click: Northern Eastern
Origin: Bangkok
Destination: Nakhon Ratchasima
Then, you can find the itinerary information.

The volunteer will stay at a local host family.
 Nature environment, basic and simple
 Mattresses, pillows, and fans are being provided by your host, so a sleeping bag is very important? (thin one) because you will sleep on the floor.
 Thai rural style toilet and bath.
 Hand washing for clothes.
 No food and drinks accept drinking water in the accommodation area under your care because some uninvited guests such as a mouse, ants, will come to share your food.
 Please keep clean and tidy.
The volunteer expects to eat Thai food and take turn cooking with local volunteers.

English

* 현장납부비용 : 9,500 Baht
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The extra fee is 9,500 Baht a volunteer.
Including
 Food and accommodation (Stay together in one room, separate male, and female).
 Transportation to/from meeting point to campsite
 There is Thai volunteer who will be the coordinator whole program period.
Excluding
 Volunteer own expenses such as souvenirs, personal stuff, free time travel expenses also the expense before the program start and after the program ends.
 Travel cost from your country to Thailand

Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share.

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1) 지역 주민과의 교류에 관심이 많은 분
2) 오픈 마인드로 봉사활동에 적극적으로 참가가 가능한 분

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개인 위생을 위해 개인용 침낭을 반드시 지참하시기 바랍니다.

Respect culture, open mind, and love to learn and share

LEISURE ACTIVITY
There are many beautiful tourist attractions in Nakhon Ratchasima province. We would like to recommend Khao Yai National Park and Phimai Historical Park
Khao Yai National Park – It is the first national park in Thailand, comprising mixed forest, rainforest, and meadows. Sightseeing on Khao Yai is one of the interesting things to do in Nakhon Ratchasima. There are more than 3,000 kinds of flowers, 250 kinds of birds, and 67 kinds of mammals like elephants, tigers, gibbons, deer, and boars up there.
Phimai Historical Park – The beautiful historical castle is located in Pimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima
Photo source:https://th.wikipedia.org
You can find more information at:
http://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/NakhonRatchasima