Winter 19/20

Sawasdee Thailand Project

By AIESEC in Kasetsart University, Thailand

 Project Timeline

Sawasdee Thailand 36 Sawasdee Thailand 37

Arrival day: 20 Dec 2019 Arrival day: 10 Jan 2020
Timeline: 21 Dec 2019 - 2 Timeline: 11 Jan - 23 Feb
Feb 2020 2020
Departure day: 2 Feb 2020 Departure day: 23 Feb 2019
onward onward
 Qualifications
1. Intermediate English
skill
2. Open-minded and
adaptable to live in rural area
3. Good interaction with
kids
4. Interpersonal and
leadership skill
5. Understand the
importance of education
6. Good health condition -
no serious allergy nor
transmitted diseases
 Application Process
- Apply for our opportunity on
AIESEC website
- Matching Team will send an - If you pass an interview, you
interview appointment within 48 will be accepted. Then, ask
hours on your email.
- After interview, the interviewer
1 your manager to sign the
contract, do LDA on AIESEC
will send an interview result within website and do payment.
24 hours. - After payment, you will be
approved.
- You need to submit all 2
required documents to do
an invitation letter, after
that we will send it to you
- Please send introduction video to
for applying
Non-Immigrant O visa
3 us. Then, we will send contact of your
buddy and school information before
- We will send Reception
project starts 2 weeks or later.
Booklet and logistic form
- Arrive Thailand on arrival date and
afterward.
4 attend the seminar.
- Start teaching for 6 weeks!!
Apply and interview steps
1. Apply for our opportunity on
aiesec.org
● Sawasdee Thailand 36
https://www.aiesec.org/opportunity/1184827
● Sawasdee Thailand 37
https://www.aiesec.org/opportunity/1184828
2. Matching team will send you an
interview appointment within 48 hours via
your e-mail.
3. When we receive your contact
through e-mail, matching team will send you
a message on WhatsApp or whether
application that you use to arrange interview
time.
4. Fill in our application form before
having interview.
http://bit.ly/SWDKUWINTER1920
5. Interview result will be announced
within 24 hours via your e-mail.
 How to be our official
exchange participant

1. Sign acceptance note on AIESEC

website when you are informed that you
passed the interview.
2. You will have 1 week to sign the
contract, Do Leadership Development
Assessment on AIESEC website. and pay
the program fee with your EP manager.
3. Your EP manager will send us
approval and we will be able to approve
you on our opportunity.
4. Then, you will be our official
exchange participant.
Deadline for the submission of the project
Our opportunities will be closed 3 weeks before
each project starts. These are the following steps that
you should complete before the deadline.

1. You have to be approved on AIESEC website by

signing contract and pay the program fee with your EP
manager.
2. You have to submitted all of your required
documents.
3. You have to acquire Non-Immigrant type O visa,
book your flight and fill in our logistics form.
 Rules
About school rules
- You must attend all school and
AIESEC activities.
- You cannot choose your partner,
school and project area.
- You are not allowed to travel on
work days (Monday-Friday) unless it’s
national holiday.
- You are not allowed to travel out
of Thailand during the project.
- In case of illness, you have to get
doctor certificate and send to a
director and AIESEC as an evidence.
About project rules
- Exchange participants must
arrive in Thailand on arrival day.
- Late arrival or early departure
are not allowed, otherwise you will be
fined.
- You must complete 6 weeks of
the project.
- Exchange participants must get
Non-Immigrant type O visa.
- Renting a car or motorcycle for
driving is not allowed.
- Do not allow to meet family or
friends during IPS period.
 Job Description
Teaching English
- Teach standard Cultural Exchange AIESEC activities
English to students
who are living in rural - Be an ambassador - Attend all AIESEC
area by creating of your country by activities within the
attractive and fun giving your students project which are
activities and local people Incoming Preparation
- Encourage Thai opportunities to Seminar, Evaluation
people to speak learn more about Day and Farewell
English more your culture Party
- Attend all school
activities
 Project Objectives
The project objectives are mainly creating positive impact on the
society, and providing with one a lifetime experience in both exchange
participants and Thai students in rural area

- To build cross-cultural understanding for exchange participants, Thai

students and local Thais.

- To teach English to Thais in the rural area.

- To give exchange participants opportunities to learn and experience

more about Thai culture

- To promote diversity culture to the society

- To highlight the impact on world issues.

- To improve leadership for youth and to make them dare to step up to

be a good leader of tomorrow with good values.
 Project Information
Level of students Kindergarten to Grade 9 (depends on school)
The number of students 20-45 students per class
The number of classes 3-5 classes per day
Work time 7.30-16.00 on Monday to Friday
Accommodation Mostly school dorm and at school or host
family’s house
Project fee 4000 THB (must be paid in THB)
Living condition Accommodation is located in rural area, so
facilities are not convenient and not
comfortable. WiFi may not be provided in
your accommodation. There are no hot
shower and air conditioner provided.
Food 2-3 meals per day
Pocket money At least 15000 THB
 VISA
VISA type:
Non-immigrant
type-O

VISA duration:
90 days

VISA link:
http://bit.ly/thailand
-non-o-visa
*You have to apply even though your country no need to use visa for entering Thailand
 Conditions
- Exchange participants must arrive in Thailand on arrival day.
*We only provide airport pick-up on arrival day at 9am-8pm
GMT+7*
- Picking up earlier or later than 9am-8pm respectively will be
charged 800 THB
- Requesting for original documents to apply visa will be
charged depends on the distance between Thailand to your
country and must pay with project fee
 Food and accommodation Transportation to your
during Incoming assigned province on the
Preparation Seminar first day of work

Incoming
Preparation Project fee Bus ticket or van
ticket back to
Seminar (IPS) for 2 Bangkok on the last
days
4000 THB day of the project

Airport pick-up on
arrival day of the Farewell Party
project at 9am-8pm

*Exchange participants need to pay project fee on the first day of the project.
*There is no refund after breaking realization or quitting the project.
*We don’t provide the accommodation on the last day of the project.
*We don’t provide the transportation to the airport on the last day of the project.
 Chonburi Trat

Project
Area

*You will be allocated by AIESEC in Kasetsart University

Chonburi
Location: East of Thailand
Duration: 1.30 - 2 hours
away from Bangkok
Temperature: 26-37 C
Information: Chonburi is
home to Thailand's
largest tourist-oriented
city. It is home to
Thailand's largest and
primary seaport.
 Trat
Location: East of Thailand
Duration: 4 - 4.30 hours
away from Bangkok
Temperature: 26-37 C
Information: The
inhabitants of Trat are
largely farmers and
fisherman, and the
province’s biggest tourism
attraction is the Koh Chang
Marine National Park.
Example of Thai classroom
- A local teacher will provide an exchange
participant teaching schedule.
- Mostly, you will have to teach your
students alone.
- You will have to teach your students 45-60
minutes per class. (depends on the schedule)
- Thai students cannot speak English at all.
- Local teachers can speak English a little bit.
 Example of living condition
- Bedroom: Thin mattress & mosquito net are provided in each
accommodation.

- Bathroom: Squat toilets, take a bath by using the water in a big jar.

- There is electricity and water system in every accommodation.

- WiFi may not be provided.

- There are no air conditioner, no hot shower and no refrigerator.

- Traditional wooden house

- There will be a local teacher or host family taking care of you.

- Public transportations are inaccessible.

*Some house may have better conditions. It depends on school’s decision. Please note that this is standard of living in the rural area.
 Type of animals and dust
- These animals are not dangerous for your
life but try not to touch them.
- Lizard and gecko will be on the wall
sometime.
- You can use repellant spray to prevent
mosquitoes in your room.
- There’s the dust in every house, so
please keep clean the room/house by
helping your host family or local
teacher to clean it.
- It may not be good for who is serious
allergy of dust.
 Join us with
AIESEC in Kasetsart University

We are waiting for your application!

 Contact Thananya (Sai/Sandy)
LCVP iGV of AIESEC in KU
+66873427469

us www.facebook.com/saisaaiitb
thananya.buranaparinyakul@aiesec.net

Chanikarn (Zara)
Team Leader of iGV Operation
+66806825241

AIESEC in
www.facebook.com/chanikan.sarapasentkul

onebekkiz@gmail.com

Kasetsart
University
igv.kasetsart@aiesec.net
AIESEC in Kasetsart University, Thailand
3rd floor, Thep Sat Sathit building, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Rd. , Ladyaow, Chatuchak,
Bangkok 10900