The programme pages have specific information about what to bring, but the list below is relevant to everyone.
Required
- Clean national police check - a copy to be uploaded or emailed before you arrive
- Photocopy of your insurance details
- Photocopy of your passport
- Photocopy of your visa page: either the one obtained before you left, or the one stamped on arrival
- Photocopy of the TM6: this is the arrival/departure card stapled into your passport on arrival into the country
- Sleeping bag or sleeping bag liner
- A limited supply of sleeping bags are available to rent - you will need one for homestay (and winter, which gets cold)
- Clothing which is appropriate to Thai culture and our dress code
- Wet weather clothes: for rainy season - approx May-October
- Warm clothes: November-February is pretty cold at night, and can drop down to 5°C
- Sturdy shoes and flip flops
- Towel
- Toiletry items
- Underwear
- Flashlight/Torch
- Small padlock for locker
Optional
- Laptops are also good to bring if they do not weigh you down too much - we have wifi internet access. It also takes some of the strain off the existing volunteer computers.
- Hat: to prevent sunstroke or sunburn
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellent
- Personal medicines
- First Aid kit
Most of these items are readily available to buy in Chiang Rai, so if you have enough time before starting, you can spend sometime shopping in town - it will save on the weight you have to carry here...
For those arriving on pickup day in the morning, we take you out to a local supermarket after lunch. But if we pick you up from the airport after 13.00, you may not be able to join this excursion.
Laptops are also good to bring if they don't weigh you down too much - we have secure wifi internet access. It also takes some of the strain off the existing volunteer computers
We would be very appreciative if you can donate any goods such as non-used stationery, toys, instruments, digital cameras and laptops (if you have any of them). Either new, or in good condition and clean, which are used in projects or passed on to villagers. No clothes please.