Accessible from any hotel in the region, including Phuket, Khao Lak, Khao Sok, and Ranong

• Are you looking for an opportunity to give something back while you travel?
• Do you want to immerse yourself in local culture, customs and way of life?
• Are you in search of a rewarding and challenging experience that enables you to use your skills to really benefit the people of Southern Thailand?

If so, a volunteer program with Andaman Discoveries could be for you. Andaman Discoveries is an award-winning social enterprise enabling visitors and volunteers to directly support village-led education, conservation, and cultural empowerment.

Daily life at an Orphanage

Teaching, baking, art work, gardening, cooking

This small locally run orphanage cares for 25 children who, for one reason or another, are unable to live with their natural families.

Thanks to the warm hearts and hard work of staff and volunteers, these children now have a safe, happy and supportive environment in which to live and grow.

Whether you are talented at teaching, baking, art, computers, writing, sewing, or gardening, there is a way for you to contribute.

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Burmese Learning Center

A better future for migrant children

This small locally run orphanage cares for 25 children who, for one reason or another, are unable to live with their natural families.

Thanks to the warm hearts and hard work of staff and volunteers, these children now have a safe, happy and supportive environment in which to live and grow.

Whether you are talented at teaching, baking, art, computers, writing, sewing, or gardening, there is a way for you to contribute.

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Special Education Center

Helping disabled children

Volunteering with disabled children is a valuable way to spend some of your time overseas. This Special Education Center in Phuket provides education for disabled, autistic, and deaf children aged 4-16.

The school provides the children with a caring and stimulating environment to help them realize their potential in life. The school cares for around 35 children who come to the school each day from the surrounding area.

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How you make a difference

Donating your time provides the children with a level of support and commitment that is otherwise absent in their lives. Your presence and energy enrich their lives while you are there by the following ways:

• Interacting with the children at the orphanage makes a vast difference in the lives of these children, by being a friend, mentor and role model.
• By teaching English at the Burmese Learning Centre, you will directly help to improve the lives and opportunities for Burmese youth living in Thailand.
• Communicating with the children at the disabled school through song and dance brings joy and happiness into their lives, which facilitates growth as caring and happy individuals.

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