This home-stay program is developed for dual
purposes.It gives you the opportunity to experience the Thai culture in an authentic and inexpensive way.

You can learn about the traditional life of the Karen
people, you can experience English teaching and you can learn about farming and about the nature and its inhabitants in Um-Phang. The local people benefit as their children are being taught English, which gives them good opportunities for future jobs. Besides that, they can use your help with farming and general house mactivities.

About the area

Ban Lom is a small Karen village about 35 family
locate in the district of Pao . It is located on the
edge of the Chiang Mai, 27 kilometers away from Pao District and 57 the city Chiang Mai. For a cost of living, the local people farmer; they do hand weaving and grow rice and chili on the farmlands.

The Karen villages have been built from natural materials only. Country life in Ban Lom is somehow blessed with a wonderful balance of nature. The mountainous area is rich of streams, rivers, rice fields, fruit orchards and vegetable gardens. Ban Lom village basically
consists of a number of small groups of houses
(villages) with farmlands in between. There is always a stream or river nearby and at the center of each village you will find a monastery (Wat). Buddhism still plays a big roll in the every day life of the Karen people.

Pao is located near the North of Chiang Mai . It is
one of the richest forests of the country. The forest
is a home for many wild animals like wild elephants, leopards, languor's, bison's, bears, tigers, apes and many others. It is also habitats many species of butterflies and birds including the rare hornbill. The area has many different and gorgeous waterfalls, from which the Tee Low Soo waterfall, Thailand's most beautiful one, is the highlight.
 

The objects for this project :

The people and children in Karen hilltribe village
could be learn English language from the volunteers The volunteers can be learn about the ways of life of karen hilltribe and traditional of village  For preserve the environment and nature where are clean and pure.

Promotion about eco-tourism (home stay)
This project can be support the education for
the children in the remote area.
The result :

The volunteers pr visitors will know about ecology system between human and nature.

The volunteers will become a special teacher
for children in the Karen hilltribe village and can be
exchange culture and traditional between local
teachers and the volunteers .

For help people in the village about income,
there will have income from eco-tourism.
Program At Pao Chiang Mai , you will learn about the ethnic minority groups that inhabit the area as well
as the social and political situation in Burma.

You'll learn about the history of the Karen people,
about their customs and religion and about the role
that tourism plays in their current lives.

On a day-to-day base, you are expected to teach the local children English and to help out with farming and home activities. As most children do not speak any English yet, you have to be a little creative with teaching methods (or you must already speak the Thai language!). Evening time and weekends can be spent freely.

You can stay at the village, visit the city Pao Chiang Mai or explore the beautiful area around the district Pao Some of the highlights here are caves, gorgeous tempels and the beautiful Bam Tok jet sri (rain bow waterfall). We can arrange local guides to join you on these nature trips. At the village, you can experience
the warmth and hospitality of the local people, as you become part of the extended family with whom you live. The local people will also help you to master the basics of the Thai language.