Immerse yourself in the fresh winter environment of a Northern Hill tribe at Kong Por Neua, a remote Karen community from Chiang Mai province. Staying at the local temple, volunteers will help to organize an important Buddhist ceremony there, a full day of activities with students at the local School and a 3 days-Universal Moral & Ethics Camp at the temple (our living place) with Karen children, youth and adults. Even with the presence of a few translators, volunteers should be ready to practice communication in a multi languages environment (Karen, Thai and English). We’ll create together activities to support values of morals, ethics, international peace, culture exchange, solidarity, team building, leadership... The workcamp is co-organized by the local monk Too Neuk, the foundation Watcharaparamita and Dalaa association. Volunteers may help with vegan cooking, organization of activities, such as games for adults and children, take parts in the discussions and share their own culture. The last day will be dedicated to local culture and forest discovery/preservation awareness together with our hosts.
İş Tanımı
1- Preparation and organize the service of the ‘Watering Chedi ceremony’ event at the temple
2- Organize 1 full day students’ activities at the local School
3- Organize and join 3 full days of the Ethics and Moral camp
4- Discovery of the area and culture exchange
Konaklama ve Yemek
We will have a cooking team (that you can join). They will provide volunteers with 3 meals a day. The food will be vegan for the whole stay - No meat is allowed in the temple.
We will all stay in the compound of Kong Por Neua monastery. There is a communal building and you will be provided with simple sleeping equipment like thin mats, pillows and blankets. We will sleep in communal rooms (1 for females and 1 for males). These rooms will be used in the day time for the camp so we will need to pack up our sleeping stuff every morning. If you need more privacy, we advise you to bring your own tent that you can pitch in the yard.
In December, it will be winter: the temperature can be as low as 10 degrees in the morning so volunteers are encouraged to prepare additional winter equipment such as warm clothes, hats, socks, gloves, and scarves. The day time should be warmer.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
The place is very isolated in the hills of Chiang Mai country side. The Karen communities have a very specific rich culture. We will spend some time to visit the village and the forest around the place.
