Who you’ll help
Your trip has the power to change lives and make positive impacts in communities throughout Asia and the Pacific.
By adding a service-learning program (or several!) to your tour, you’ll connect with our extensive network of NGOs and community providers.
Here are just some of the organisations and communities you can partner with on your educational tour.
Cambodia
- People Improvement Association, Phnom Penh – supports and educates children and their families, by providing schooling, textbooks, uniforms, medical care, uniforms and meals to students.
- Free to Shine, Siem Reap – prevents girls’ exploitation and sex trafficking through education, training and employment.
- Partnering Against Poverty Association (PAPA), Siem Reap – improves the lives of vulnerable children, families and communities in Cambodia through educational programs, infrastructure projects and environmental initiatives.
- Cambodia Rural Students Trust, Siem Reap – empowers youth from rural areas through education programs and school-focused community projects, like life-skills and business skills training, mentorship, construction projects, water storage projects, health and hygiene programs, and school materials.
China
- Guiyang rural construction projects, Guiyang – builds agricultural and farming infrastructure, such as rice field embankments, water reservoirs, animal pens and fishponds, in partnership with Guiyang’s Miao ethnic minority communities.
- Huiling Services, several provinces in China – supports adults with a disability to participate in their communities and improve their quality of life, by facilitating placements in social enterprises, workshops, training centres, and delivering language classes and social outings
India
- Sasha Association for Craft Producers, Kolkata – connects local women and skilled artisans producing handicrafts to social and economic support, including workshops, in-home training and access to Fair Trade markets.
- Jesu Ashram, Siliguri, Darjeeling – delivers professional pro bono healthcare for people with physical and mental health issues, who can’t afford medical care.
- Loreto School Panighatta, Panighatta, Siligiri – provides a junior and middle school for students who are marginalised and excluded from education.
Laos
- Luang Prabang Public Library, Luang Prabang – supports reading for people and students in local villages and rural schools, and facilitates education programs.
- Elephant Conservation Centre, Sayabouri – preserves Laos’ elephant population by transitioning captive elephants back into their natural habitat and delivers an elephant hospital and education centre.
Thailand
- Sri Lanna National Park, Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai – conserves wildlife, forest and water resources through reforestation and habitat rejuvenation projects, wildlife protection campaigns, rubbish management programs and education initiatives, for the benefit of Lisu and Karen ethnic minority groups.
- Rain Tree Foundation, Chiang Mai – educates and resources people living in rural communities to become self-sufficient and transition into employment, through skills training in English language, grass roots marketing, handicraft making, mechanics, social enterprise management and basic healthcare.
Vietnam
- Danang Association of Victims of Agent Orange (DAVA), Danang – provides medical treatment and vocational training to victims of Agent Orange sprays and dioxins, through treatment programs and handicraft production training.
- Endangered Primate Rescue Centre (EPRC), Cuc Phuong National Park, Cuc Phuong, Ninh Binh – rescues, breeds and rehabilitates endangered langurs and other primates.
- Vietnam Friendship Village, Hanoi – provides medical care, vocational training, physical care and accommodation for children, young adults and war veterans.
- House building partnerships, nation-wide – partners with local construction teams to fund and build homes for disadvantaged Vietnamese families, widows and ethnic minority groups in the country’s far north and Mekong Delta regions.
- Know One Teach One (KOTO), Hanoi – trains disadvantaged youth in hospitality, English language, computer skills and budgeting, then puts their new skills into practice at the KOTO restaurant, to break the cycle of poverty.
- Construction projects, Moc Chau, Mai Chau, Sapa, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang – builds traditional wooden and brick homes, agricultural infrastructure, water reservoirs, school renovations, animal pens and fishponds, in partnership with local communities and the local authorities.
New Zealand
- Waikawa Marae, Picton, Marlborough – fulfils the traditional role of a marae (a Māori cultural and knowledge centre, with a meeting house and accommodation), but also doubles as a regional emergency response and social services centre for both Māori and non-Māori populations in times of crisis.
- Kaitaikitanga, Rotorua – delivers a blend of adventure tourism (as Kaitaiki Adventures) and environmental programs (native tree planting, invasive species eradication, pest control and trapping, and water catchment construction), to protect, preserve and conserve the natural environment.
Get in touch
Get in touch today to find out more information, request an itinerary or tailor your next trip.
Australia
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Melbourne, Australia
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Vietnam
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Nguyen Luong Bang Street
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: 84-24-3851 0792
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Cambodia
No 62, Street 134
Sangkat Vealvong, Khan 7 Makara
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: 855-23-885391
mia@edventuretravel.com.au