August 23 - September 7, 2008
September 13 - September 28, 2008
October 4 - October 19, 2008
Due to the lack of activities and tourist infrastructure, the young generations often leave the countryside to go to the big cities or the capital. Most of the District offices try to stimulate the development of eco-tourism in their region when potentially interesting spots can be found, to give the youth the chance to stay in their region of origin. It’s the case of the Phattalung district and the head of the Klon La village, in cooperation with the local eco-tourism club.
Among the beauties surrounding the village, we can find a network of wonderful natural caves lying in a beautiful but fragile nature. It is known and visited by few locals only. The partners involved want to develop information about it, build infrastructures to sensitize the population and visitors about environmental protection and structure a trekking circuit. They count on the volunteers to support the initiative.
In the first project, the volunteers will trace the path connecting the major caves together and work on the infrastructures of the starting point. The second group will create information panels and signs, build garbage bins in natural material to keep the site clean, and will also give few English language lessons to the stakeholders of the eco-club. The third project will continue to work on the information related to the path and caves, create descriptive brochures in several languages and draw maps of each of the caves.
Study theme: The volunteers will learn about the environmental specificity of the region and how the site was used by the local population through the ages.
Special requirements: Nature lovers will enjoy this project especially. The volunteers will sometimes need to work physically hard.
For more details visit: www.cadip.org/volunteer-in-thailand.htm
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