Volunteer in Camp Thailand. Holiday and Learning Camps Abroad
OpenmindProjects has for many years arranged very popular holiday and learning camps for young students in Southeast Asia.
Volunteers are very popular, love our camps and help us create young learners. That is why we call the camps Learning Camps, designed to help village, migrant, and ethnic minority students learn English and use IT, internet to learn about the world.
Covid disrupted Now we plan for new camps.
Our learning and holiday camps provide special opportunities for students to learn English and IT while learning about important subjects on internet and together with volunteers.
Camper Linlee from Laos, ”In our school we follow the teacher and the books. In the OMP camps we learn how to use internet and we learn to be learners.”
Volunteer Mike from California “I have been in awe at how much children can learn in one week at our camps. They arrive as caterpillars, after a week in the camp cocoon, they depart as butterflies!”
OpenmindProjects Holiday and Learning Camps Abroad
Contact us to discuss how you can join our holiday and learning camps. Help us create young learners in Thailand.
Volunteer in our camps.
Fundraise for our camps.
Donate to help a camper.
Help us promote our camps!
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to learn how you can help us help young students.
Why join Volunteer Camp Thailand, OpenmindProjects Holiday Learning Camps in Thailand?
Your contribution will help underprivileged camper students to learn English, and use IT and internet to learn about the world, and they gain confidence to go on learning at home!
You will learn about new cultures and local traditions and you will learn new skills and gain practical and fun camp experience, teamwork, and leader skills.
You will join our teams, passionate volunteers and local colleagues helping young campers.
Read about our Learning Camps.
About our Mobile Mountain Learning Camps.
Learn more at Creating Learners https://openmindprojects.org/dare2dream/
Everyone, volunteers, parents, teachers, have been amazed at what the campers learn!
After Covid, we need funding and volunteers to restart our popular Learning Camps! So, contact us to discuss how and when you can help campers!
Why join our our Holiday and Learning Camps in Thailand
Break the mold of traditional education, go beyond rote learning. We encourage creative and critical thinking, teamwork. Campers learn together with friends and volunteers.
Spark a passion for learning when campers learn together with you. Help promote cultural understanding and create friendships with campers and volunteers.
Contribute to a meaningful cause. Help us empower underprivileged children to a brighter future.
Contact us for information about our Holiday and Learning Camps and how you can support.
Volunteer Camp in Thailand. Tips and Advice about our Holiday and Learning Camps in Thailand
Help us plan and implement fun and engaging camp activities, games, workshops, debates, presentations and free time too.
Help our holiday camp students and you build strong relationships.
Facilitate discussions, guide online research and provide individual support. Help create fun activities, games, discussions to keep learning fun.
Receive training and guidance from our local staff and camp leaders.
Watch Openmind Projects Amazing Work and Learning Camp.
Read about Camps for underprivileged students
Our campers created this Facebook group “We love Openmind Projects“
Pedagogic approach
Combine learning about important topics while using English, Internet, making presentations and videos.
Learning by doing in teams, problem solving and learning to use online resources.
Campers’ Outcomes
Shared presentations, videos posted on social media. Team debates in English. What camper teams learned about camp themes such as Tech, Education and Jobs, Climate Change, Food and Health.
Motivated, more confident campers who are used to learn in teams and improved their English and IT skills.
Typical Camp Agenda
Day 1
- Welcome and Breaking the ice. Getting to know each other, campers, camp leaders, volunteers.
- Information about camp activities, teamwork, and camp themes.
- Camper tests: English, IT , teamwork skills.
- Making camper teams.
Camper days
Camp teams learn about the camp themes during morning, afternoon and evening sessions which include games.
- Teams search online, discuss, summarize, make conclusions and suggestions assisted by the volunteers and camp leaders.
- Camper teams prepare presentations and videos in English and publish on social media and compete for likes and shares.
Final Camp Days
- Final presentations, debates and shows.
- Teams debate and vote on each other’s content based on facts, arguments, English.
- Winners are announced and awards given.
- Campers give feedback via questionnaires and interviews
- Showtime and bye bye time, see you again!
Campers are Thai, Lao and Burmese also Karen village refugee and migrant youth. Number of campers are normally 35 per camp. Camper teams consist of 5-8 campers.
Volunteers come from all over the world. Openmind Projects locals and volunteers lead the camps and act as facilitators to the camp teams.
OpenmindProjects camps are arranged in NongKhai, North Thailand, in Krabi, South Thailand, and in West Thailand, the Thai-Burma Mountains. Camps are held during the Thai school holiday months, April and October, but also other dates. Camps are 6 – 8 days long.
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