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VTT is 100% volunteer. No one gets paid or draws personal expenses.
Ken Hyde
Director &
Head of English
Our 'full-
"I came here after the tsunami expecting to be digging trenches and putting up buildings but they saw that I was a teacher and said there was a pressing need for English teachers in local schools.
"When I realised just how much of a need, I went home, took early retirement and came back here permanently."
That was in 2005. Now, in 2011, he known along nearly 200km of Andaman coastline and invariably called, as a sign of respect, Loong Ken – Uncle Ken.
Ken worked as the Head of English Teaching for the Tsunami Volunteer Centre ... organising
and teaching across the spectrum of requests for help. As TVC's main work, rebuilding
after the tsunami, came to an end and its founders, The Mirror Foundation of Bangkok,
decided to close it, the English teaching was handed over to Ken -
‘However
good the organisation and the methods,
it all comes down to the volunteers
in the classroom. If they are keen, bright and ready to give to the students, then
everything works’
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PROGRAMMES we can offer you
THE NEED for English lessons
THE WORK you will do
THE AREA where VTT operates
THE HISTORY of communities hit by the tsunami
LIVING COST how much you could spend
BOOKING your place with us
THE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE with VTT
GROUPS and how they work
RECYCLED TEACHERS and others looking for a new start
STUDENTS & TEACHERS looking for experience
THE STAFF
who we are, what we do
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