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海外建築ボランティア体験談
Overseas Building Volunteer Report

Thailand : Seisen International School

Team NameSeisen International School (Seisen International School)
CountryThailand : Chiang Mai
Work site
2 Families
A one-story house built with reinforced concrete and concrete interlocking bricks
Itinerary11 Day(s) : 10-Jun 2007(SUN) ～ 20-Jun 2007(WED)
MemberTotal: 23 : Adult(M): 3 , Adult(F): 1, High School(F): 19
ExpenseTraveling:81380 JPY（taxes included）/person
In-country:25000 JPY（taxes included）/person/day
RouteTokyo-->Bangkok (Thai Airways)
Bangkok-->Thailand (Thai Airways)
ReportOn June 10th, 2007, 19 students and 4 chaperones departed for Chiang Mai from Seisen International School to build 2 houses over the course of 10 days. Upon arriving, we were greeted by the Northern Thailand affiliates and a few of the family members who we would be working alongside with to build their homes. We were driven to our guesthouse (The Bamboo Den) of which we were the only occupants during the course of our stay. The manager of the guesthouse was an incredible friend to all of us and we were able to have most of our meals there for incredibly reasonable prices. We were able to request various Thai dishes for our breakfasts and dinners. We were a 20 minute walk from the night market and a 10 minute from Walking Street (which had everything the night market had for local prices!) All of the transport in Chiang Mai was by Seong Thaw (converted pick-up trucks) which was exciting for everyone despite all the exhaust that we were inhaling.The worksite was clean and the team members were eager to start working each day. We split up into two teams and worked on two houses simultaneously filling in the floors with sand, mixing cement, laying bricks and pouring the final cement floor.The skilled workers were very helpful and everyone felt safe at all times – even when on the scaffolding. There was plenty of water and snacks during the day and we were all forced to take plenty of breaks to ensure our safety. Our lunch meals were superbly prepared Thai dishes and despite the intense heat and spicy food, no one became sick during our stay.For our R and R activities our team visited a local elementary school where the students organized six different games for the entire elementary school. We also visited the Agape orphanage for HIV positive children and there, our team was able to interact with the children ranging from infants to 12 year-olds. We were able to visit several temples along the way and the Thai Elephant Conservation Center where the students were able to feed elephants, ride them and have a “hands-on” experience with making elephant dung paper! We were also able to visit a local Hot Springs center. On the second to the last day, the local government invited us to their offices for a meal and ceremony where we all received official thank you letters and souvenirs from the local factories.For our final dinner and departure ceremony, the children of the families that we were building with treated us to some of their karaoke talents and gave us a few departing gifts. The reflections that we shared with each other every night showed the incredible impact that the experience was having on everyone. Malinie, the local Thai affiliate took some 800 pictures of us over the 10 days along with many video clips that we will be watching in our final reflection meeting in several weeks.Chiang Mai is definitely a site that we will considering returning to for future Habitat for Humanity trips.
PhotoUpper left: with homeowners　Upper right: building
Lower left: finished building　Lower right: hotel
　
　
* Click the image to zoom-in.

投稿者: Habitat for Humanity Japan 日時: 2007年06月10日 18:46 |



 

 
 
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