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“Thank you for the wonderful three months!”
Simon (Swedish volunteer Dec 09-Feb 10)
Below is an extract from an article that was published in the Swedish newspaper (Ljnsdals-Posten) on 19th December 2009:
‘… Simon Hedin is 20 years old and comes from the small town of Jarvso. He, like any other young man wishes to see the world before he enters working life. Right now he is doing volunteer work somewhere west of Trang in Thailand…’
‘… The volunteers are working and living on the organizations different properties during the three months with shifting tasks. The first thing they will do the following morning is to clear up and burn behind the half finished bungalows. Simon’s project leader Kahlil and some local workers are sweating in the heat from the sun and the fires. For Simon, to be a part of the working group is something positive…’
“ … I want to live the life as they do it here, not just stand and watch but to be a part of it”, Simon says. The organization they are volunteering with is called the Lifelong Learning Foundation whose work is focused on education, the environment and ecological sustainable tourism. The resorts are eco-based and have a target to let the locals become more involved in tourism development in a nature friendly way. The organization is nonprofit and everyone who is involved and working here are more or less idealistic.
‘… Simon continues to sweep the land for grass, branches and coconuts. He has also hunted down a runaway goat and even worked out a proposition for the color scheme of the bungalows before the night fall…”
“… They said that I should come with an open mind when I applied for this position, the plans are changing by the day” says Simon. However it seems that the unstructured way of working is fitting Simon. He takes all the news with ease, he likes the people and their culture, and thinks that Ko Mook is a fitting island to start on. “ It’s a little bit like home in Jarvso, it seems like everyone knows everyone” he says as a finishing touch before we all go to bed in our individual tents under the stars in the Asian night sky.
Simon (Swedish volunteer Dec 09-Feb 10)
Below is an extract from an article that was published in the Swedish newspaper (Ljnsdals-Posten) on 19th December 2009:
‘… Simon Hedin is 20 years old and comes from the small town of Jarvso. He, like any other young man wishes to see the world before he enters working life. Right now he is doing volunteer work somewhere west of Trang in Thailand…’
‘… The volunteers are working and living on the organizations different properties during the three months with shifting tasks. The first thing they will do the following morning is to clear up and burn behind the half finished bungalows. Simon’s project leader Kahlil and some local workers are sweating in the heat from the sun and the fires. For Simon, to be a part of the working group is something positive…’
“ … I want to live the life as they do it here, not just stand and watch but to be a part of it”, Simon says. The organization they are volunteering with is called the Lifelong Learning Foundation whose work is focused on education, the environment and ecological sustainable tourism. The resorts are eco-based and have a target to let the locals become more involved in tourism development in a nature friendly way. The organization is nonprofit and everyone who is involved and working here are more or less idealistic.
‘… Simon continues to sweep the land for grass, branches and coconuts. He has also hunted down a runaway goat and even worked out a proposition for the color scheme of the bungalows before the night fall…”
“… They said that I should come with an open mind when I applied for this position, the plans are changing by the day” says Simon. However it seems that the unstructured way of working is fitting Simon. He takes all the news with ease, he likes the people and their culture, and thinks that Ko Mook is a fitting island to start on. “ It’s a little bit like home in Jarvso, it seems like everyone knows everyone” he says as a finishing touch before we all go to bed in our individual tents under the stars in the Asian night sky.