Volunteer as Co-Director at IHF's Chiang Rai Children Home

Location: The city of Chiang Rai is located inside the Golden Triangle, the meeting point of the borders of Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand, an ancient center of trade and rich cultural history. In a mountainous region filled with lush dense jungles, and breathtaking waterfalls you will have the exclusive opportunity to work and live in this diverse and captivating region. Chiang Rai is unique as its population is made up of people from various ethnic backgrounds and is heavily influenced by the culture of the remote hill tribes who populate the province. Overview: IHF has been operating it’s Center in Chiang Rai, Thailand since 2004 and has been working in some capacity with the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand since 1984, providing providing a safe home for children of these marginalised stateless communities and enabling them to access free high quality education and medical care. Volunteers who sign up to donate their time at our IHF Thailand Center make a very real impact durMore...ing their stay participating in any or all of the following local tasks: - Provide hands on help with the Center's day-to-day operations - Participate in a cultural exchange, organizing special games and activities with our children - Help supplement our children’s education by leading our evening English studies - Experience a unique opportunity to visit with and learn about the hill tribe communities our children are from - Volunteers will lend a hand helping out with repair and maintenance tasks around the center, ensuring that it remains a home for our family of volunteers, staff and children who live there - Train in the core components of an international organization (including management skills, policy and procedures, finance, fundraising, media & PR, donor relations, and recruitment) - Be responsible for the management, design and implementation of community led projects linked to your academic and or professional skills and experience Manage local volunteers and shape their experience at our IHF Thailand Center The program requires requires a minimum time commitment of 4 months, though we encourage volunteers to stay for up to 1 year or more. Benefits: In addition to making a notable difference in the lives of the children we serve, you will also have access to the following benefits: - Certificate of program completion - Letter of recommendation upon request - Acquire leadership and management capacities that will enable you to lead in the ever-changing global environment - Gain practical experience in an NGO environment - Interact with locals, experience a different culture, and build cultural awareness - Join a global network of IHF volunteers and alumni Hide

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