My Volunteer Trip to Thailand
Fundraising campaign by
Audrey Blair
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US$240.00raised of $5,500.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
I am looking to volunteer overseas with Edventure International. I specifically want to travel to Thailand. Edventure provides an amazing opportunity to spend 3 weeks in another country volunteering, experiencing the culture and helping to grow the local community. This experience is designed to help me grow as a person by challenging me to lead, to teach and to help the community I'm immersed in.
The program in Thailand is focused on several tasks; one is helping to teach the local village children, some of whom have to walk a very long distance to get to school. This program also spends time on building sustainable projects that the village needs, such as greenhouses or hydroponic planting systems. The exact projects they do vary depending on what village they are in and what that village needs, I won't know exactly what I'll be doing until closer to the time of the project. They also have amazing conservation efforts where I will work with an elephant sanctuary. I will have the opportunity to interact with these amazing creatures, learn about them and become an advocate for them. Anyone that knows me knows I love animals. My family has a joke about how all the sick and orphaned animals just fall into my lap when I'm walking by. I have already spent time rescuing many baby birds, a duck, a stray rabbit and even baby squirrels. I would love to have the opportunity to help out elephants in Thailand but I need your help raising the money so I can get there. I am really looking forward to this trip where I hope to really grow as a person and make a real impact on the world around me.
Any help you provide will be greatly appreciated. I am raising $3,800 for program cost, $1,100 toward the flight and some extra spending money for anything else needed and to support the local economy.
Rewards
You will receive a handmade souvenir made by people in the area I'll be visiting.
You will receive a handmade souvenir made locally and another extra special gift that will be a surprise.
GoGetFunding Partner
- EDventure
- EDventure and GoGetFunding have partnered to offer an online fundraising solution for its volunteers around the world. EDventure International is an international volunteer organisation aimed at helping local communities in Thailand, Costa Rica, Cambodia and South Africa, while also helping the participants in the programs to develop leadership skills and discover their inner strengths necessary to continue benefiting their local communities. If you are a EDventure volunteer needing to fundraise, start your campaign now and select 'EDventure' from the project category drop-down.
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Organizer
- Audrey Blair
- Dallas, US
Donors
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 27, 2014
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 17, 2014
- Darlene Blair
- Donated on Oct 12, 2014
Excited about my first set of donations!
Update posted by Audrey Blair at 05:11 pmFirst of all, thank you to all of those who have donated so far, it means a lot to me. I have had $220 raised so far and I am hoping to reach $300 by the end of this month. Any donation helps, even $5 and I hope it makes
Donors & Comments
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 27, 2014
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 17, 2014
- Darlene Blair
- Donated on Oct 12, 2014
- Travis Blair
- Donated on Oct 08, 2014
Happy Birthday. Here's a donation to help fund your trip.
- Jessica
- Donated on Oct 07, 2014
Happy Birthday!! I love you and I'm so proud of you!