Chiang Mai, Thailand
Volunteer in Chiang Mai
Join community development projects in the heart of Northern Thailand.
With breathtaking views of lush green fields and forests, Chiang Mai provides an extraordinary setting to contribute to community development initiatives. Here, you can gain hands-on experience teaching English and work with the local elephant-keeping community to support eco-friendly tourism.
Positive
impact
Build a better world by contributing to vital, locally-led project work that strives for a more just and equitable future.
Ethical
work
In line with the UN’s SDGs, we are committed to ethical and sustainable engagement with our local partners and communities.
Beautiful
community
Learn from the world’s most unique and significant cultures, in breathtaking remote locations.
Everyone’s invited. Get up to 80% of your program fees covered.
GVI Foundation Grants are now available for community development programs abroad. Up to GBPÂ 5,000 based on your motivation and circumstances. Apply by 30 Nov.
Included in your program, at no extra cost
Make the most of our unique programs with these exclusively curated local adventure and wellness experiences.
Offered once a month, expand your adventure with GVI Experiences. These are just some of the activities offered on your program!
Learn traditional Karen cooking
Connect with the Karen people's culture
Forage for forest medicine with a village elder
Visit Thailand's highest peak
Explore Thailand's elegant and mysterious waterfalls
See amazing biodiversity on a night trek
Take a sunrise hike up Two Tree Hill
Sleep under the stars alongside Asian elephants