The Tsunami Volunteer Centre was set up in Khao Lak immediately following the disaster of Boxing Day 2004. Teams went to the community leaders in the affected areas to ask what they needed to aid their sustainable recovery. They asked for English speakers for their schools. The English Outreach Project was launched… When the construction projects were finished TVC asked Ken to continue the successful English Teaching project. It was rebadged as Volunteer Teacher Thailand. Volunteer Teacher Thailand is now a Thai Registered Charitable Foundation. Its board members include the Mayor of the district, the Chief Advisor for English Education for the Province and a school principal.
Volunteer Teacher Thailand is a non profit organisation located in Thailand. Its aim is to give a better future to Thai children.
our vision
Don’t just do good. Do your best.
- A future where we place volunteers in every school that requests them, all year round.
- A future where all of our schools meet the National Benchmark for English.
- A future where every one of our schools report improved positions in the league table of English exam results.
our mission
Better than Better. Happier than happier.
Our mission is to place English speakers into schools that cannot afford to hire Native English teachers:
- To respond to schools that request volunteers
- To support volunteers with the curriculum and ready made lesson packs to enable them to teach with confidence
- To provide professionally designed worksheets to help the children’s learning.
- To continue to develop the lessons so the children and the volunteers have the best materials available.
Green Excellence Award for the best Volunteer Organisation
Don’t just do good. Do your best.
Winner of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Green Excellence Award for the best Volunteer Organisation, presented by HRH Princess Ubolratana. Non profit project which came out of the magnificent effort of the Tsunami Volunteer Centre. We offer free English teaching where it is requested, in schools and the communities of the Andaman Coast.
Registered Thai Charitable Foundation
An independent non profit.
Volunteer Teacher is a Registered Thai Charitable Foundation,
number 62010200_8205_255900000001_1_0
We are an independent non profit with no affiliations to religious or political bodies.
We are a dedicated team
Our team
Ken Hyde
Director (volunteer)
Career teacher with 40 years of experience. Came to Thailand soon after the tsunami of 2004 and began working under the Tsunami Volunteer Centre, later leading its English teaching operation and then creating VTT when TVC’s mission had been successfully concluded.
Sunny Khumala
Thai Liaison Manager
Joined the project in 2012 as our our full time Thai liaison officer. She is a vital link to the schools, and keeps the records that ensure we know what has been taught to each class and make sure we are always teaching lessons matching the schools’ English lessons.