Project Opportunities

There are several Mission Building opportunities in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, the gateway to the hill tribes and the Golden Triangle.

Youth With A Mission has established the National Training Center in Chiang Rai.

Ministry focus includes:

• Church Planting
• Discipleship Training
• Mercy Ministries and Youth.
• International Christian School.dedicated to providing quality Christian education through services and resources.
  

  
  

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NEW OPPORTUNITY AT EDEN HOUSE!

See below

The primary need at the school is for volunteer teachers to come for a school year (Aug-June)

We also need short-term workers to help with special projects:  substituting, library work, administrative help, etc.

• The House of Refuge which has two homes providing healing and hope for young girls under the age of 18 who've been sexually abused, usually within their families and communities.
• Project L.I.F.E: a ministry responding to the estimated 14,000 HIV deaths each year in Thailand.

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Location
Chiang Rai, Thailand is located in a beautiful rural setting, approximately 30 miles south of the Burmese border in the northeast part of the country.

Climate
The climate is mostly hot with relative high humidity, and the best time to work is January-April.

Currency

Currency is the Thai Bhat. The last few years the Thai Bhat to the U.S. dollar has been ranging about 41 to 44/ $1.00.

Dress:

Casual, hot weather clothes. Short shorts are not recommended but walking shorts are acceptable. Social functions, visiting and entering the Buddhist or Royal family buildings would require long pants for men and preferably long dresses by women. Suit and ties are not required.

Documents Required

Passport is required. A 30-day tourist visa is available upon arrival at Bangkok Airport.

Volunteer Skills Needed

General Labor
Carpenter
Painter
Tile Setter
Plumber
Electrician
Welder
Teachers
Maintenance
Groundskeeper/Landscaper
Webpage and/or Graphic designer and/or IT person

Religions
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict.

Chiang Rai province covers some 11,678 square kilometers with a population of 1.23 million. The average elevation is 580 meters above sea level, Myanmar borders on the north, and Laos on the north and northeast. The provincial capital is 829 kilometers north of Bangkok.

Chiang Rai was founded in 1262 by King Meng Rai and was the first capital of Lanna Thai (kingdom of a million rice fields). The province contains Thailand's northernmost point at Mae Sai which is well known for its crisp mountain scenery, and hill tribes. North Chiang Rai falls within the region known as the Golden Triangle, the area where the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos converge.

Contact
Contact MBI for more information on how you can help at this location!

Eden House is dedicated to extracting young girls from extreme "at risk" situations. Most of the girls are Ahka, which is a hill tribe group in the north of Thailand. This group is considered to be of the lowest "caste" by many of the people in Thailand. The Garden of Eden was a sanctuary for God's children. Eden House - Chiang Rai, is also based on the same idea.

Construction of the first house and second house are now complete. The plan is to build several homes that will each house about 15 girls and a staff member. After each home is finished, a trained Thai or hill tribe family will become the "parents" of the girls in that house. Each household will strive to become a family living in a community of similar "families".

The next construction project is to build on-site staff housing which consists of four-two bedroom apartments using a new type of colored cement block which never needs to be painted. It has been used in this area for about nine months and the masons that have volunteered with us could be taught in a couple of days how to build with it.

Masons are what we would need first and then a couple of plumbers, electricians and welders.

The goal - to raise a team to go help! If you are interested in going to Chiang Rai to help, or would like to help lead/organize the team, please contact the MBI Office immediately.

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Eden House plans to build 6 or 7 buildings on their plot of land, providing housing for over 100 girls, plus staff and families. Mission Builders are welcome to come help build a safe haven for these girls.