 Sarah DanielI have read about the Karen Peoples since I was a teenager and in January 2010 I am taking part in the tenth anniversary trek to see the countryside, learn more about them, visit the projects and raise money for them.
Dad and daughter will be holding the fort in my absence. I am aiming to raise £2,000 – This goes directly towards projects such as providing... READ MORE |
 Jenny GoodwinAt very short notice I plan to spend from November to March teaching English to poor hilltribe children using my creative skills in community arts and music. Then in March I hope to go to an even more remote area and help to install a clean water system. This experience will take me right out of my comfort zone but I hope that I will really make a difference. ... READ MORE |
 Matt JeanesHello everyone! Thanks for checking out this page!
This November I will be travelling to a remote part of Northern Thailand to live and work with people of the Karen Hilltribes for around 5-6 months. This is a voluntary position in which I will be teaching English to the local Karen children and helping to install a new clean-water system in one of the... READ MORE |
 Rachel PrestIn January 2010 I am taking part in the 10th Anniversary Jungle trek to raise funds for the on going work of the Karen Hilltribes trust. I am looking forward to learning more about the Karen people and visiting some of the projects the trust funds. As a teacher I am particularly interested in the education projects.
An astonishing 75% of Karen children never... READ MORE |
 Tom ParnabyI have just finished school and am currently working in Halifax on IS Telephony.
I am very excited that I have been accepted to go to Thailand for 5 months in November, but I need your help. I will live in a primitive village with a family and teach the primary school children at the local school.
Many of these children have to walk several miles to... READ MORE |
 Heidi DobsonDuring the summer of 2009 I am planning to go to Thailand to spend a few weeks teaching Karen hill tribe children to speak English. I will be living with the family in the remote mountains of North West Thailand and will go to the school daily. 75% of children never finish their secondary education because they don’t have the money to pay for books, transport or... READ MORE |
 Sneha Harish HariaThe project provides clean water for a community which at the moment have to either travel to get it or risk illness by drinking the unclean water currently available in the village. I am one of a team of 8 volunteers, all of us cooking, sleeping and living in the village for the duration of the project.
All of the money raised is going towards the cost of... READ MORE |
 Ben ChiversI am spending a month helping to install a water filtration and storage system for a small village in the Karen region of Northern Thailand. The project provides clean water for a community which at the moment have to either travel to get it or risk the spread of disease by drinking the unclean water currently available in the village. I am hoping to raise at least... READ MORE |
 Chris WilliamsThis August, I will be spending 1 month on a project to install a water filtration and storage system for a Karen village in northern Thailand. This will provide an entire village with water which is safe for drinking and washing, something which we take for granted. I am hoping to raise at least £500 to contribute towards materials and other costs for the project, so... READ MORE |
 Clara ThompsonThis summer I will be spending a month in a remote village of Northern Thailand to install a clean water system.
The month-long project will provide clean water in a village where the community currently have to risk illness by drinking unclean water or travel long distances to find it, often preventing them from doing other activities, such as attending... READ MORE |
 Katie and BenIn summer 2006 we lived for three weeks in a hilltribe village in northern Thailand called Ban Mae To Tai. As part of a team we helped to install a clean water system for this very poor, remote village high in the mountains. Many Karen villagers suffer from ill health and once the clean system is installed, typhoid is virtually eradicated and general health... READ MORE |
 Matt Rigby DamesThis July, I will be spending 1 month on a project to install a water filtration and storage system for a Karen village in northern Thailand.
The Karen Hill tribes are a minority group in Thailand who are very poor and live in very primitive conditions. The project will provide clean drinking water for a community who currently have to collect water from the... READ MORE |