My Humanitarian Trip to Thailand

Judy Zhong Start Date: Jul 8, 2018 - End Date: Nov 7, 2018
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • TEFL/Teach Abroad
  • Volunteer Trip
  • Chiang Rai, Thailand

My Travel Story

by: Judy Zhong Start Date: Jul 8, 2018 - End Date: Nov 7, 2018
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • TEFL/Teach Abroad
  • Volunteer Trip
I'm a first year student at the University of Waterloo. I have a passion for writing about world events, designing through principles of the user experience, studying the inner workings of the human mind, and travelling to every corner of the world.

Even as a child, I've always believed in a life full of travel and spectacular adventures, always having stories to tell, learning about cultures completely different than my own, and always saying yes to a new experience. That's why I've planned an upcoming trip to Thailand with International Volunteers HQ to teach English to students in Chiang Rai, a northern province in Thailand.

Will it be scary? Yes, I've never travelled on my own before. Much less to a completely different country on the other side of the world with a culture I know nothing about.

Will it be helpful? Absolutely. The absence of English education in an individual's life continues to be one of the core causes of low-income households, poor economic growth, political instability, illiteracy well into adulthood and overall, a declining advancement of technology and healthcare.

If there is one cause I will speak volumes to, it is providing education to those in rural communities who have little to no access to it. I hope to change even one student's life in my two weeks there by using my passion for teaching and childcare to give these students an opportunity to learn a universal language in our society, and make their own waves as they grow.
  • Chiang Rai, Thailand

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