About us

What is our motivation?

We started our organisation because we really want to  support projects, especially for the people (and children) living

in the countryside of Thailand, as for example the villages some of us come from and similar places. We want volunteers from Thailand and from all over the world to work together with the local people.

This way we hope to create more friendships and understanding between people. Also by doing voluntary work (young) people get a good experience in working out of their heart, sharing and learning other ways of doing things, speaking

English and having fun together. We hope more people become aware of the need of voluntary work and the joy

voluntary work can give you. We want to work together with existing NGO’s and projects to share experiences and

hopefully together we have more strength to accomplish projects.

What is our background?

We are a group of enthusiastic and motivated people, both Thai and foreigners. We all have a background of doing

voluntary work for

one up to seven years before we started DaLaa. Most of us were workcamp-leaders working with short term volunteer

groups in a lot of

different places in Thailand. Some of us were staying at voluntary projects in Thailand, where they worked together

with international

volunteers. Some of us have the experience of joining workcamps abroad, whereas others did more coordinating work

with volunteers

and Thai students.

We are local people and we know what is going on in the villages and what the needs are.

Together we make a good team with a lot of different knowledge and experience that we can use for our organisation.

Aims

Our main aim is to make a tribute to long lasting social development in Thailand. With all our projects and activities

DaLaa creates opportunities where volunteers and local people work, live and enjoy together. The aims are realising

the projects and to experience different cultures. An unforgettable experience and enrichment for all participants.

Therefore we focus on three main aims

• Support
• Friendship
• Preservation

Support

With our projects and activities we want to support local people, work together with already existing (local) projects and

activities.

For example:
– helping with construction work: building a classroom, clean water supply
– helping with taking care of people: extra attention for orphans, sick or handicapped people
– support economical/ecological activities: OTOP (One Tambon, One Product), starting recycling bank, use second

hand things

Friendship

We will work with Thai volunteers, international volunteers and local people. While working together on the projects we

want to develop relationships all over the world and between people from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

We want to create more mutual understanding and reduce prejudices. Also by sharing information, ideas and different

ways of working and doing things, we can learn from each other.

For example:
– besides working together, we also organise educational activities: workshops, discussions and seminars (sharing

information, awareness and prevention, explanation)
– teaching activities: English, sports, arts, environment

Preservation

In our projects and activities we also want to take care of the nature of Thailand and the world, work in an

environmental friendly way and preserve Thai culture.

For example:
– agricultural projects: not using chemicals
– environmental projects: awareness of garbage-problem, recycling bank
– creative activities: learning local handicraft and art, like batik and pottery