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Volunteer work is important for the Thai Child Development Foundation. It is a way to help realize a dream. Without volunteers, without people who invest their time, knowledge and enthusiasm we could never realize the projects in Phato. Of course we would like everybody just to come over and join us, it would be great that people only need to be enthusiastic and motivated. But unfortunately: to do projects we need money. And the money we spend on volunteers, can not be used for the projects and the children. So that is why we ask a participation fee of 1.000 Baht per week for food, board, transport and support of the projects. Anybody can be a volunteer with the foundation. That is: after we agree on the work, the period you will stay and the project you will be involved in. Anybody can come: on individual base, or via an organization. The Thai Child Development Foundation is proud to work together with the following organizations.
Working together with these organizations helps
the foundation. And next to that the work that these organizations
do, also means that much more people can learn about: thousands of projects and initiatives all over the world the possibilities to work as a volunteer all those people out there who are following a dream and who are trying to make a difference. 
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NICE
The connection with the staff of the Thai Child Development Foundation goes way back to the year 2000 when the founder of the Thai Child Development Foundation helped to start projects in Thailand together with people from NICE. Several Japanese volunteers came to help us realize our dream via NICE. You can visit the web site of NICE, just click here. SIW It started in the year 2000: a Dutch girl - Roos
Tieges - went to Thailand as an intern for SIW to help
set up projects there. She worked closely together with the people
from NICE (Japan). Many projects are done over the years
by Roos and many other SIW and NICE volunteers. SIW was set up to help people realize projects
with the assistance of volunteers. Initially only projects in Holland,
where many projects were realized with the help of SIW volunteers.
Later the projects went beyond the borders of Holland. Europe, America,
Asia, Australia and Africa are on the list of SIW. SIW
informs people, organizes information weekends and prepares their
volunteers for the job they are going to do and the places they
will visit and live in. JoHo
JoHo informs people on projects and possibilities to work abroad. As a volunteer, on regular work, on internships. JoHo is an international organization, based in Holland, and their aim is to create many centers all over the world. JoHo has several centers in Holland and abroad. In these centers there will be information on international cooperation, work and traveling. Sharing knowledge, creating international contacts, awareness and inform people is the aim of these centers. JoHo helps people who choose to be a volunteer
with information on projects, but also with information on traveling,
preparation, health, security, medical information, insurance and
even tickets. JoHo also works with a subsidized program of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs. That means that young people who want to work abroad as a volunteer can get financial support for their trip, their stay and their project. People who apply for this program, should also do an additional program in Holland and - for example - inform people about their work as a volunteer. The Thai Child Development Foundation is very happy with initiatives like this, because it gives more people the possibility to be a volunteer, anywhere in the world. For more information you can contact JoHo or read this flyer (in Dutch). You can visit the web site of JoHo, just click here. Join!forKids
Join!forKids has a web site that informs the world on these projects and the needs of these projects, like volunteers, donations, material and/or knowledge. Fundraising for the projects is done by Join!forKids in different ways. One of the first projects mentioned on the web site of Join!forKids is the project of the Thai Child Development Foundation. Many people found out this way about the foundation and its aims. Join!forKids can use some extra help: you can, while you are traveling find out more about projects and report them to Join!forKids. Or you can be volunteer with them too! Help them help! You can visit the web site of Join!forKids, just click here. DaLaa
The connection with DaLaa and the Thai Child Development Foundation started in 2003 when both organizations worked together on a seminar on volunteering. You can visit the web site of DaLaa, just click here. Commundo
Since 2006 the Thai Child Development Foundation works together with Commundo. Not only on holiday and work projects, but also in projects with students from vocational schools in Holland. You can visit the web site of Commundo, just click here. |
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Since
November 2005 the Thai Child Development
Foundation works together with NICE. NICE
is a Japanese organization which is very active in organizing projects
on social, cultural, ecological and educational work. In Japan as
well as abroad. 
Since
May 2006 the Thai Child Development Foundation
works together with the JoHo company. Many volunteers find
out about many different projects in many different countries via
JoHo. Thailand and the Thai Child
Development Foundation are just one of many countries/projects.
An
initiative of a Dutch lady: Jose Brouwer. She started
a foundation with one goal only: to help children, all over the
world. Or more specifically: to help projects that are set up to
help children all over the world. Join!forKids tells the
story of those people who decided to go and help kids. People who
started initiatives like schools, orphanages, food programs and
so on. Join!forKids makes these projects more visible. 
Since
2003 DaLaa-Thailand was founded in the southern part of Thailand.
DaLaa is organizing social and educational projects for social
development. They have a big network with students of several universities.
DaLaa organizes short term and long term project for -international-
volunteers.
Commundo
is a Dutch foundation that is interested in volunteer work and holidays.
Because of their work the people who want to combine holiday with
work get a change to do both. 
