BOOKLET

OVERIEW

AIESEC in Thailand will hold a huge national project, Sawasdee Thailand Project, which will be executed in 10 of our entities:

AIESEC in Assumption UniversityAIESEC in Bangkok UniversityAIESEC in Chulalongkorn UniversityAIESEC in Thammasart UniversityAIESEC in Kasetsart UniversityAIESEC in ChiangMai University AIESEC in Ramkhamheang University

Winter 2015Wave 1: Start: 25th December 2015End: 5th February 2016

AIESEC in University of the Thai Chamber of CommerceAIESEC in Mahidol University International College AIESEC in Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology

Wave 2: Start: 15th January 2016End: 26st February 2016

*Dates are fixed for 6 weeks*

Participants Sawasdee Thailand Project Summer 2013

“Last year, I had a great chance to work with many international students in a project of AIESEC in Danang, Vietnam. Their stories about their experience in exchange motivated me a lot. Thus, I decided to have a lifetime experience , big change by doing an educational project in Thailand. 6 weeks with many happiness, caring, dumb things, culture shock , homesick; i have learnt and grown up a lot. You only live once but if you do right, once is enough. “

- Đặng Hiếu,Vietnam

“So today stands to be my last day in Ban Nakae... it was an amazing experience, I made a lot of friends and got a huge amount of love! I pushed myself to limits and unlocked many levels in the game of life! I cannot put my feelings in words that suit them the most, but all I want to say is that I am feeling as if I am leaving my family forever, as if I have been living with these people since long! and now I know why Thailand is called "The land of smiles!" “- Farrukh Naeem, Pakistan

Develop yourself while you change the world for the better!

“If I can use one word to describe my internship, that would be: Love. I feel love everywhere .I feel love when I joined session camp with the enthusiastic Thailand OC members.I feel love when I was with my host family traveling around beautiful Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.I feel love when I, Vietnamese and international interns were together, talked and shared...”

- Nguyen Phuong Anh, Vietnam

“To be a teacher at “Wat Bangsang School” was amazing experience for me. Every morning they start a day with a national song and Buddhism pray. I was not just standing and watching

everything from the side but I tried to be a part of the ceremony. In addition to this, they accepted me as a teacher, a colleague and as a friend. During my classes I tried not to teach them grammar or a lot of new words but to inspire students to learn English and understand that the world is much bigger then their province. As my whole job evaluation there was “English camp”, students were very active to play the games using an English language.I left a school with a big smile because I know I tried to do my best and I learned from students a lot as well. They showed me the beauty of every day life and how you have to be thankful for everything you have.During all of my weekends I was travelling through all the Thailand with other interns. Therefore, I saw the beautiful nature of this country, I’ve successfully adapted to the cultural difference and I’ve spent an unforgettable summer with my new friends. People I’ve met there became my friends very quickly and no matter our different cultures, languages or history we had an amazing time together.To sum up this wonderful experience I’ve had in Thailand I can strongly say that it has changed my values and forced me to set some new goals to pursue my dreams. As George Bernard Shaw said - “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” I am uplifted because the environment that surrounded me in Thailand changed me to a better person.”

- Venta Jackaite, Lithuania

How we plan to change the world?

Sawasdee Thailand Project was created to provide cross-cultural education and English education for the youth in rural area of Thailand. We are preparing them for ASEAN Community especially for ASEAN Economic Forum which will open on 2015. In the same time we provide the opportunity for AIESEC Exchange participants

About Sawasdee Thailand

who want to improve their personal and professional skills to join the project and be part of the education of the students in the rural area. Living with the locals is one of the added values of the project because is providing an exclusive experience to our interns to experience Thailand in the various atmospheres that challenges them to become better leaders. Also by developing soft skills of the youth in the rural areas of Thailand and preparing them for ASEAN by organizing many English activities, we make sure both, the volunteers and the students, benefit from this project.

Objectives:

The project’s objectives are mainly creating the positive impact to the society and provide with ones in a lifetime experience to both international volunteers and students in the rural area: To create the cross-cultural understanding among the youth in rural area of Thailand. To develop English skills to the students in the rural area To experience in Thai culture and Thai education system. To promote culture diversity to the society. To contribute the global learning environment to the students. To promote Thailand and Thai culture to worldwide. To make an impact on world issues To develop young international volunteers to become the leaders of tomorrow with good values

Most of the students are aged between 7-18 years. One or two interns will work in each school. Each class has about 20-30 students. This project phase will run for a total of 6-7 weeks. The Interns will mainly focus on sharing their culture and teaching basic English i.e

conversations to students in these remote schools. Most of the Thai students cannot communicate in English. Let’s motivate and dare them to speak English!

Target of the Project Audience:

300 Exchange participants from around the world

+100 schools in the rural area

+30,000 Students in rural area engaged in our activities and events

+60 AIESECers engaged in management part

+200 university students involved in our Buddy System

Project Implementation

Sawasdee Thailand Project will be carried out in schools and communities/rural areas of over 10 provinces of Thailand including some of the following:

Sisaket Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisaket_ProvinceChaiyaphum Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaiyaphum_ProvinceAng Thong Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Thong_ProvinceAyutthaya Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayutthaya_(city)Samut Prakan Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samut_Prakan_ProvincePrachinburi Province - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prachinburi_Province

*Note that, the schools can take around 5 hours+ by car from Bangkok and each schools is not far from each other if they are in the same province.

Intern’s Job Description

Work closely with the schools, take part in the general school activities and AIESEC activities when required. [We will have Evaluation camp or activities from AIESEC Thailand]

Teaching basic English conversation to the poor English level's students and also sharing your culture. Please note that the students and the teachers do not or have basic knowledge of English. And work as full time English teacher in one school only.

Prepare, plan and present lessons to the students. [Books, VDOs, English Materials] and Please Note that most of these schools have basic conditions and some may not have items such as projectors.

The interns shall prepare and present sessions on their country/culture to the students.

Interns will have chance to show their culture in Global Village activities organized by their host LC so they must prepare traditional objects, clothes and performance for this event.

At the end of project we will have evaluation day to show the performance of students and interns to show how much the development of student have.

Take part in the writing of the National Project Report at the end of the internship. Interns are required to join every activities in the project.

All interns will teach English base on Thai education standard in scope of Learning by doing and think outside the box

Exchange Program Flow:

Interns are expected to arrive in Thailand on time same as agenda – Otherwise they will not be able to attend the MANDATORY Preparation Camp

There will be organized airport pick-up for the interns and the interns must provide with the details of their flights minimum with 2 weeks before the arrival.

There will be organized preparation trainings in the first week and also an EP buddy orientation All interns will teach English base on Thai education standard in scope of Learning by doing and

think outside the box.

In the middle of the project, we will have Evaluation Day for all interns and schools – to improve the performance and experience of the interns

During Project interns will have many chances to learn Thai culture with Local Thai people in rural area.

At the end of the project, Interns have to create English day for students for measurement of the outcome of the project.

The interns will have access to the groups specially created for them to communicate and organize trips for their free time during weekend.

Timeline:

Day before project starts: Interns arrive+ Airport Pick-up Day 1 Opening + Cultural Preparation (Preparation Camp) Day 2 HOW TO teach English in Thailand! (Preparation Camp) Day 3 LEAD your journey (Preparation Camp) Day 3 Send interns to schools & Welcome Ceremony at the school Day 4 Interns start working in school

3rd week Evaluation Day Day before project ends English Day & Closing Ceremony in school Last day Pick-up and Farewell party in

Bangkok After project ends Earliest departure date

What does Project provide to the Interns?

Accommodation will be provided by school to the interns. Note that this will be home stays or in dormitories in some of the schools. Therefore Interns need to be aware and prepare for this sort of cultural experience and also be flexible enough to live in basic conditions that may be available at the time.

Food will be provided for 3 meals per day in the school and accommodation place. If you are go out so you have to pay by yourself.

Transportation from the accommodation to school is provided. Airport pickup if you arrive in the same time that we mention in the agenda that AIESEC

Thailand provided you Some living condition such as WiFi, hot water, transport SHALL NOT be provided by AIESEC or

Host so interns should be aware and be flexible during the internship. Cultural Training and Teaching Preparation before the project start Trainee Buddy for every Interns Educational guideline for structuring your lessons, English Day and virtual materials for

teaching . Make sure you come prepared for teaching English and you have done research and prepared fun activities and materials for your internship.

Remark: During Project, there are Preparation Training - 3 days, Evaluation Day- 1 day, Farewell Party, and Airport Pick up. All of these activities Organizing Committee will provide to interns but interns have to pay 100 USD to cover all those activities, because all interns are required to attend. KEEP in mind that these 100USD is a medium sum calculated to cover these expenses and you might have to pay more for your transportation from Bangkok to the region you will teach, depending on the distance. (Currently we are working on partnership raising, so the interns might have to pay less than this base on the partnership that we will get.)

What do we expect from the intern?

Carry something that shows your culture to present to the students Interns can NOT choose the province or change host family

You may carry your Laptop Health Insurance is MANDATORY or Medicines should you have any health related issues Mosquito Repellent Spray Adaptor, Thailand, electricity is 220 volt. DRESSING PROPERLY for teaching

students in school.

For men Trousers Collar polo shirts or collar shirts T-shirts are not suitable.

For women Collar polo shirt or collar shirts Skirts ( length around your knees or above your knees a little bit) Miniskirts and slippers are prohibited. Slippers are prohibited.

Most importantly

We expect you to have the experience of your life by impacting as many local people as possible in Thailand, providing with opportunities that the students in the rural area schools didn’t even consider before… and create unbreakable connections.

To Leave a Story in the Hearts of Children in

Thailand!

If you aren’t convinced yet,

check the testimonials of previous participants of Sawasdee Thailand Project Summer 2013:

Amit Agarwal, India - http://youtu.be/bMOb4zg2aT8

Liyen Chua, Malaysia - http://youtu.be/4FK9JJJo3bE

Fahlevi Dzulfikar, Indonesia - http://youtu.be/r7mZRDhwxxU

Salman Khan, Pakistan - http://youtu.be/DyMuV3geAB0

Hoàng Lộc Phan, Vietnam - http://youtu.be/2t-99_cQWrk

Ngoc Ha , Vietnam - http://youtu.be/p8KoUdS2YVY

Venta Jackaite, Lithuania - http://youtu.be/LS1Ul9gQvFY

Rafid Buana Putra, Indonesia - http://youtu.be/T9XM_F8SxWQ

And the Promo Video Winter 2013 - 2014 : http://youtu.be/pYOfnOnZBMI

JOIN OUR PROJECT!

AIESEC Thailand office address of National Committee39/1 La Salle Road (Sukhumvit 105) | Bangna | Bangkok | Thailand 10260

ChrisChouIncoming Global Community Development Programme Director 2014-2015 | AIESEC in ThailandE- mail: khonjinchrischou@gmail.comTel: +66 (0) 86 819 3003

More information about Local Contacts:Ms.Manit Wanathip (Eve)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Assumption University

E-mail: evennaiw@gmail.comTel: +66 (0) 82-339-4160

Ms. Suwimon Thonglor (Ploy)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Bangkok UniversityE-mail: suwimon.thon@aiesec.netTel: +66 (0) 85-261-6968

Mr. Bos Chakrapoj (Bos )Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Chulalongkorn UniversityE-mail: chakrapoj.pattanabhorn@aiesec.netTel: +66 (0)81-733-7310

Ms. Thiranart Saengkong (Keem)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Thammasat UniversityE-mail: saengkong.th@gmail.comTel: +66 (0)89-468-2004

Ms. Thipakorn Sornjun (Jenny)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee University of the Thai Chamber of CommerceE-mail: thipakorns412@gmail.comTel: +66 (0)84-322-5465

Ms. Natthaayaa Withitsakul (Poompleng)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee ChiangMai UniversityE-mail: natthaya.petchot@gmail.comTel: +66 (0)850522-4397Mr. Tanakorn Limpasurat (Model)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Thai-Nichi Institute of TechnologyE-mail: li.tanakorn_st@tni.ac.thTel: (+66)83-252-9404Ms. Beau Butler (Beau)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Ramkhamheang UniversityE-mail: longbackcat@gmail.comMs. Amo Zillin (Mo)Vice President of Incoming Global Community Development Programme | Local Committee Kasetsart University

E-mail: mamori.q@gmail.comTel: (+66)(0)88-108-8757

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