International Voluntary service program in Charity Oriented Myanmar
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International Voluntary service program in Charity Oriented Myanmar
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COM
What is COM?
Charity Oriented Myanmar is registered (Registration
No. 2058) as a Local Non Government Organization
working for civil society, humanitarian aid and
community development programs in accordance with
Myanmar policies, laws, rules and regulations. COM is
also a full member of NVD since 2012. COM is
established by local youths since 2005 and it is working
for gender equality, non-religious and non-politics
based organization. There are currently 29 staffs in
COM with their specific program. COM started
international voluntary service since 2012 and finished
15workcamps with over 100 volunteers from Myanmar
and international.
COM has capacity building and development programs working together with Norwegian
People Aid (INGO in Myanmar), European Union, Trocaire (Ireland based NGO in
Myanmar), Diakonia (Sweden based NGO in Myanmar), US Embassy and workcamps
program runs independently from other program but all programs work together under COM
umbrella.COM current projects are as follow:
- International Voluntary service in Myanmar Program
- Young leadership and political awareness Program
- Women leadership and political awareness Program
- Mobile Training for Political Parties program
- Charity computer training centre program
- Mobile library Program
There are three COM sub-offices in Myanmar and located in Shan State, Mon State and
Thanintharyi Region.
Head Office: Charity Oriented Myanmar,No (40), AungMyayYadanar Road, Thumingalar
Housing, Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar ( COM Office will be moved to a
new office on the end of January and will update later!)
www.commyanmar.org.mm,
Phone Number: 09 73131717, 09 73001220, 0943118897
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Short-term International Voluntary service Workcamp program
Code
COM/01-15
COM-bi/01-15
Name
of Location
Date
Workcamp
Lone Kaung
Kyauk Ta Lone village, February 14 – 27
Taunggyi
Township,
Shan State
Payartaung
Payataung
Village, March 5 – 18
NaungShwe Township,
Shan State
COM/02-15
BaungYaycho
COM/03-15
Naung Taung
COM/04-15
Payartaung
COM/05-15
Sahtamathara
COM/06-15
Payataung
COM/07-15
NaungTdaung
COM/08-15
BaungYaycho
COM/09-15
Payartaung
BaungYaycho
Village, April 26 - May 9
NaungTaya Township,
Shan State
Hopone Township, Shan May 16- May 29
State
Payataung
Village,
NaungShwe Township,
Shan State
TheinLar
Village,
MyaungMya Township,
Ayawaddy
Payataung
Village,
NaungShwe Township,
Shan State
Hopone Township, Shan
State
BaungYaycho
Village,
NaungTaya Township,
Shan State
Payataung
Village,
NaungShwe Township,
Shan State
June 12- 25
September 6- 19
October 15 - 28
Type
Remark
Social Sharing, NEW*
Teaching, Cons
Social Sharing, 9th
Teaching, Agri, exchange
Cons
program
with
Bukyo
University
Social Sharing, NEW*
Teaching, Agri
Social Sharing, 2nd
Teaching,
Cooking,
Cleaning
Social Sharing, 10th
Teaching, Agri,
Cons
Social Sharing, NEW*
Agri, Env.
Social Sharing,
Teaching, Agri,
Cons
November 12 - 25 Social Sharing,
Teaching,
Cooking,
Cleaning
December 4 - 17
Social Sharing,
Teaching, Agri,
Cons
December 24 – Social Sharing,
January 6
Teaching, Agri,
Cons
10th
3rd
2nd
11th
COM/1-15 Lone Kaung Workcamp 14/2/2015 – 27/2/2015 Social Sharing/Teaching/Cons
The Project; The local partner PNO hosted the first bilateral volunteering with COM and
Better World (Korea) in June 2014 in Lone Kaung. No International Volunteer workcamp has
been organized yet. Lone Kaung Charity Monastery was built since 2012 for the local
development in children education and it is also charity monastic education school. There are
over 400 students studying in the monastery and almost all of them are coming from different
villages and stay in dormitory in the monastery.
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Work; The volunteer will participate in the
monastery school event and helping to the
local community especially in constructing
building for students. They will also work in
cleaning and cooking for the students
together with local volunteers from
monastery. Teaching English and sharing
social knowledge also including in the work.
Other Activities; In the workcamp
meetings, leader will propose many
activities for culture exchange, work and
sharing and your creative ideas are
Figure 1: Bathing Place for girls
welcomed and everything can be discussed. The
workcamp is for having fun, team work and
planned with group and we don’t expect to work
volunteer individually.
Location; It is located in Taunggyi township.
Taunggyi is the capital town in Southern Shan
state. The landscape is surrounded with mountain
and sea level is above 4500 feet. The area is
peaceful and clam area.
Accommodation;
Volunteers
will
be
accommodated by Buddhist monastery. The
monastery
provides pillows, blankets, mosquito
Figure 2: Toilets
nets and maps for volunteers. They also provided
locally cooked fresh food to volunteers.
Transportation; Volunteers will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon and its take about 11 hour by
air-corn bus to get Taunggyi city and 45 minutes by bus to get Lone Kaung Monastery.
Special Requirement; Teaching supply is
based on your teaching plan. Toys or game
for the students. Depend of you would like to
teach to students.
Meeting Time; 2:00 pm, the bus will leave
at 6:00 pm from Yangon.
COM-bi-/01-15 Payataung Workcamp
5/3/2015
–
18/3/2015
Social
Sharing/Teaching/Agri/Cons
COM/04-15
Payataung
Workcamp
Sharing/Teaching/Agri/Cons
COM/06-15
Payataung
Workcamp
Sharing/Teaching/Agri/Cons
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12/6/2015
–
25/6/2015
Social
15/10/2015
–
28/10/2015
Social
International Voluntary service program in Charity Oriented Myanmar
COM/09-15
Payataung
Sharing/Teaching/Agri/Cons
Workcamp
24/12/2015
–
6/1/2016
Social
The Project; The local partner PNO
hosted many workcamp with COM and
NICE (Japan) in 2013 and continues to
2014 with PNO and COM. Payataung
youth development centre monastery is
also a young charity development centre
and founded since 1982. There are over
800 students with diverse races Paoh,
Lesu, Kayan, Kayah, InnThar, Danu,
Shan and stays the whole year as dormitory in the
monastery to attend government high school from
the village.
Work; The volunteer will participate in the
monastery school and helping to the local
community. They will also work in cleaning and
cooking for the students together with local
volunteers from monastery. Teaching English,
sharing social knowledge, working in the firm and
construction are also including in the work. Based
on the weather, volunteers can also work in
the firm or construction. Playing with the
kids from kindergarten is also included.
Other Activities; In the workcamp
meetings, leader will propose many
activities for culture exchange, work and
sharing and your creative ideas are
welcomed and everything can be discussed.
The workcamp is for having fun with the
local community, team work and planned
with group and we don’t expect to work
volunteer individually.
Location; It is located
in
Naung
Shwe
township in Shan State
but near to Kayah State.
That area is Pa Oh self
administration
region
and sea level is above
2000 feet. The landscape is surrounded with mountain and water
from lake. The area is peaceful and clam area and the main
agriculture area. The mode of
transportation one village to another
village is mainly by boat.
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Accommodation; Volunteers will be accommodated by Buddhist monastery. The monastery
provides pillows, blankets, mosquito nets and maps for volunteers. They also provided locally
cooked fresh food to volunteers.
Transportation; Volunteers will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon and its take about 10 hour by
air-corn bus to get Naung Shwe town and 4 hours by boat to get Payataung Monastery.
Special Requirement; Teaching supply is based on your teaching plan. Toys, game and
sharing global experience for the students.
Depend on you if would like to teach to Figure 3: Sleepingbed provided by monastery
students.
Meeting Time; 2:00 pm. The bus will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon.
COM/02-15
Baung
Yaycho
Sharing/Teaching/Agri
COM/08-15 Baung Yaycho
Sharing/Teaching/Agri
Workcamp
Workcamp
–
26/4/2015
4/12/2015
–
9/5/2015
Social
17/12/2015
Social
The Project; The local partner PNO hosted first local workcamp with COM and VIP in
Baung Yaycho monastery for a week but no
international volunteer workcamp is started
yet. Baung Yaycho Charity Monastery was
build for Pa Oh national development. There
are over 80 students, all of students are boys
and stays the whole year as dormitory in the
monastery to attend government high school
from the village.
Work; The volunteer will participate in the
monastery school even and helping to the
local community. They will also work in
cleaning and cooking for the students
together with local volunteers from
monastery. Teaching English, sharing social
knowledge and working in the firm also including in the work. Based on the weather,
volunteers can also work in the firm.
Other Activities; In the workcamp meetings, leader will propose many activities for culture
exchange, work and sharing and your creative ideas are welcomed and everything can be
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discussed. The workcamp is for having fun, team work and planned with group and we don’t
expect to work volunteer individually.
Location; It is located in Naung Thaya township in Shan State and also Pa Oh self
administration region. The landscape is surrounded with mountain and many tropical plants.
The area is peaceful and clam area and the main agriculture area.
Accommodation; Volunteers will
be accommodated by Buddhist
monastery. The monastery provides
pillows, blankets, mosquito nets and
maps for volunteers. They also
provided locally cooked fresh food
to volunteers.
Transportation; Volunteers will
leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon and
its take about 10 hour by air-corn
bus to get Naung Shwe town, 3
Figure 4: Sleeping area in Baung Monastery
hours by bus to get Baung Yay Cho
Monastery.
Special Requirement; Teaching supply is based on your teaching plan. Toys,game and
sharing global experience for the students. Depend of you would like to teach to students.
Meeting Time; 2:00 pm, the bus will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon.
COM/05-15 Thein Lar Kat Su Workcamp 6/9/2015 – 19/9/2015 Social Sharing/Agri
The Project; The township Myaung Mya was affected from Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and local
people in that area try to settle up their livelihood and still suffer after post cyclone. One COM
alumni from Women leadership Training Alumni Network has community development
activities in their native.
That is first international volunteer workcamp in 2015. There are Bumar and Kayin Ethnic
group in the village. 80% of villagers are Buddish religion and 20% of villagers are Christan.
Work;
The
volunteer
will
participate in the agriculture sector
and helping to the local farmers.
They will also work in the
pineapple farm and local crop
activities in the farm together with
local volunteers involved in the
activities. And volunteers have to
by themselves. Sharing social
knowledge and working in the
firm are also including in the
work. Playing with the kids from
kindergarten is also included.
Other Activities; In the workcamp
meetings, leader will propose many
activities for culture exchange, work and sharing and your creative ideas are welcomed and
everything can be discussed. The workcamp is for having fun, team work and planned with
group and we don’t expect to work volunteer individually.
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Location; It is located in Thein Lar Kat Su village, Myaung Mya township in Ayawaddy
Division. That area is many trees and agriculture surrounded in the village. The area is
peaceful and clam area.
Accommodation; Volunteers will be accommodated in a local leader house in the village.
The local leader provides pillows, blankets, mosquito nets and maps for volunteers.
Transportation; Volunteers will leave from Yangon at 6:30 pm and arrive to LaPuttTha town
between at 1:30 am to 2:30 in the morning. And local leader will pick up to volunteers by
Motor Bick to go to TheinLarKaSu village.
Special Requirement; Playing with the kids activities, Please bring some toys for the kids.
Preparing knowledge and global experience for share to the villager.
Meeting Time; 2:00 pm, the bus will leave at 6:30 pm from Yangon.
COM/07-15 Naung Taung Workcamp 12/11/2015 – 25/11/2015 Social Sharing/Teaching/
Cons
COM/03-15 Naung Taung Workcamp 16/05/2015 – 29/05/2015 Social Sharing/Teaching/
Cons
The Project; The local partner PNO hosted many workcamp with COM and NICE (Japan) in
2013 and that is second workcamps
implementing in 2015. Naung Taung youth
development centre monastery is also
young charity developments centre. There
are over 1000 students with diverse races
Paoh, Lesu, Kayan, Kayah, InnThar, Danu,
Shan and stays the whole year as dormitory
in the monastery to attend government high
school from the village.
Work; The volunteer will participate in the
monastery school even and helping to the
local community. They will also work in
cleaning and cooking for the students together with young monk from monastery. Teaching
English, sharing social knowledge, working in the firm and construction are also including in
the work. Based on the weather, volunteers can also work in the firm or construction.
Other Activities; In the workcamp meetings, leader will propose many activities for culture
exchange, work and sharing and your creative
ideas are welcomed and everything can be
discussed. The workcamp is for having fun
with the local community, team work and
planned with group and we don’t expect to
work volunteer individually.
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Location; It is located in Hopone township in Shan State. That area is Pa Oh self
administration region and sea level
is 4500 feet. The landscape is on the
top of mountain and surrounded
with mountain. It is also near to the
city of Southern Shan State,
Taunggyi. It is only 12 miles away
from Taunggyi city and it takes 45
minutes by bus. The area is peaceful
and clam area.
Accommodation; Volunteers will
be accommodated by Buddhist
monastery. The monastery provides
pillows, blankets, mosquito nets and
maps for volunteers. They also provided locally cooked fresh food to volunteers.
Transportation; Volunteers will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon and its take about 11:30
hours by air-corn bus to get Hopone town and 20 minutes by bus to get Naung Taung
Monastery.
Special Requirement; Teaching
Figure 5: Accomendation provided by monastery
supply is based on your teaching
plan. Toys, game and sharing global experience for the students. Depend of you would like to
teach to students. Create your idea for activities.
Meeting Time; 2:00 pm, the bus will leave at 6:00 pm from Yangon.
Medium Term Volunteering program
Project name: English without Boundary
Project areas: Payartaung Monastery Nyaung Shwe Township
Naung Taung Monastic Education School Hopone Township
Lone Kong Monastic Education School Taunggyi Township
Duration: 2 to 3 months
Target groups: 40-80 students from age 12 to 18
Main Activity: Teaching English comprehensive skills to the student and help in community
work
Preferable period: March to July, October to January (Summer Holidays start from March to
May for three months and Schooling year starts on 1st June)
Participation Fees: 200US$ per month (only for token of love to the monastery, meals,
administration and program running cost from office)
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