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How to volunteer overseas
How I did it: I saved up for a couple of months and sent an application form to an organization called the Thai Child Development Foundation via a website called worldwidehelpers.org.
I was accepted, then booked a couple of weeks around my month of volunteering at other locales in S. Thailand, which allowed me to do the whole thing on a tight budget.
Lessons & tips: If you're going somewhere a bit isolated, make sure you plan enough time there to feel like you made a worthy contribution, but not so long that you start to burn out. Plenty of people came only for one week then really regretted how short a time they had.
Also, get educated about the various physical conditions and pack an appropriate first aid kit. Frequently I was the only one with enough antibacterial, mosquito spray or whatnot. Oh, and pack light. :)
Resources: www.worldwidehelpers.org
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