US Peace Corps Volunteers Thailand Group 114 10 wk Training

[TDP788]

the guys and the fish was hilarious

[frednedo]

brings back the memories RPCV kenya

[stopabusinganimals1]

I served in the Peace Corps. Good charity or volunteer work like unicef. I went Vegetarian 10 years ago when serving, my fellow workers informed me that our meat addictions contribute to World Hunger (animals are well fed, people are not. Takes 10lbs of grain or corn for 1lb of flesh), is bad for our environment, health and of course animals. Factory Farms are unsanitary and cruel (look up some videos), each veg saves 1000s of mammals lives. So the best way to help, is simply go vegan outreach!

[foobazzler]

@wasted6 only on weekends

[TubFwjKwm]

Hey, she's wearing a Hmong dress at 8:09 at Thai Night 

[buckljm1]

Kap kun, farang! Kit teung Thailand mak. thanks for the memories, especially sak pa around 25 mins. Peace, RPCV Thailand, Group 110 (Mae Chai, Phayao)

[hmcguirk]

Hey I'm joining PC in May 2010 adn I love your video. Sometimes photos and blogs don't do justice to the people you meet and the things you do. Thanks for sharing the video, it's gotten me so excited for the next two years of my life!

[Brickmaster202]

im 12 years old, and this is what i want to do with my life, it looks like a fun and exciting job, you get camo right?

[rosered17]

@Brickmaster202 no camo, since it is not the army or any military faction. It's the Peace Corps, a volunteer service of 27 months.

[vbabe11111]

I WANNA JOIN!

[megadeath45]

do you have to pay for travel in the corp?

[zukirider202]

Haha @ 12:45 I could of sworn I seen Adolf Hitler

[thunyakijmax]

amazing. you guys are all great people. what a wonderful experience, i wish to do something like this as well.

"be the change you wish to see in the world"

[MizzMuffety]

im agnostic.. i would love to join after college, i have a deep love for people and the world and i love caring and helping. im very selfless and i am very openminded to all people and there beliefs. hope to join someday

[Zeskents]

great video. :)

[kakashi341girl]

I cant wait 'till i'm old enough to join the peace corp :)

[TheDorkVariety]

I would go if my husband wasn't in the army and I didn't have two kids. Maybe in twenty years.

[SeastarMaster]

You'll get there

[darmokandgalad]

I'm not a Christian but I'm going into the peace corps as soon as I get the chance. How do you know that they are all trained to convert people? Do you have any evidence of that?

[darmokandgalad]

That makes sense, because if the person who introduces you when you give a speech is religious, then whatever you talk about in your speech has to force religion on others. You done proved it!

Dumbass.

Also, the first half of your response about the general aptitude test has nothing to do with what he just said. That's a red herring, you fucking moron.

[Tasbah]

What a load of BS!! First the troops go and bombard countries, then the so called peace corps go and give the poor people food and material things to convert them into chrisitanity. Systematicly taking over the world. Bastards!

[manbigus]

Peace Corps does not push religion. We have volunteers of all faiths.

[iainw64]

Many ditry old and young men do the same sex tours in Thailand. It is beautiful here without all that Thanks... Yes it does feel very developed. Thats why they are only taking english teachers and rural community educators.

[Bris26]

OMG... I am in group 120 and your group's experience looks exactly the same as ours. That's wild.

[iainw64]

Funny Were still here in Chanthaburi, Are you still here?

[FobSquat07]

what kind of experience would you get out of the peace corps? What would your future be like after you finish serving as a volunteerism?

[mutichiro]

the songs are so nice can you be invited to sing here in Kenya

[gavina2003]

Who sings that 'She moves me, 9-1-6, 2-7-4...' song, I love it!

[Killnem301]

Did you choose where you went or did they just send you?

[iainw64]

Yes you get to choose preferences in the regions and then you have final say IE yes or no to the location. If you dont like the offers you can choose to wait for the next appointments. They send volunteers every couple months to different regions of the world. Thanks

[Killnem301]

That's great, So what exactly your job? ANd do you have some kind of contract like you gotta be there for 2 years or 4 like school or the Army?

[iainw64]

2 years and yes sorta army like training of 3 months intensive language and culture with a 2 month homestay! I loved it both times i served. Extended the 2nd time a 3rd year and still have not moved home since... Now six years in our PC assigned town. Toughest job you will ever love!

[iainw64]

You can choose prefered regions when you apply and you get the final decision if you want to accept it or not! If not you will get a different offer in the near future... or it may take 3-6 more months for the next placement!

[Killnem301]

Do you have any degree's?? WHat was your highest education when you got involved with the PC?

[iainw64]

I had just graduated College a few weeks before first signing up. My second tour was tens years latter, while i had just finihsed my masters and been married 5 years, Joined with my wife..

[tliatl90]

The Peace Corps is great. I've lived in Thailand for 5 years and have seen a few. In fact, I have friend who's in the Peace Corps in Thailand. Some parts of Thailand do need it, but when they get a Corp volunteer, they treat them like dirt.

[Milkman3177]

is this organization Christian oriented

[JMMFilm]

No, it's government oriented.

[iainw64]

Vols Completely forbidden from teaching Christianity to natives. its a non religious organization. But what you do in your free time is up to you, you have weekends.

[iainw64]

NO (not allowed)) Never, if you are caught proselytizing you get fired and sent home!

[arkamina]

Thank you for posting. I'm very seriously considering applying for the Peace Corps, and this was a nice inside peek.

[carpeaqua]

azintp--most volunteers are education or business. And the very vast majority live on their own in very rural areas, not in the cities. They work with the community in the line of work they are assigned to and help the community build sustainable ways of keeping the things they do up. Someone may work in the very rural north in a small village of 500 people as an english or math teacher. Someone else may work in another small town with a couple thousand people in it, and work w/ small businesses

[alexgreiner0008]

HEY! I am 18 Years old, graduating highschool and I want to go directly into the peace corps... is that even possible? Someone please tell me!

[azintp]

no, you have to be a college grad.

[clov56]

Unless you have a valuable skill/trade which you know very well, it is recommended that you get a college degree. 95% of recruits are college grads.

[iainw64]

not with PC two young and nit enough creditentials. You could go and try it on your self

[tioBin7]

I served in the Peace Corps in Thailand Group 18! Yes, late 60's and taught English in a small rural high school. Was able to listen to AFVN(Armed Forces Vietnam Network)live shortwave radio broadcasts of the Tet Offensive in Saigon which was closer to my southern Thai town than was Bangkok as the crow flies. Thais are wonderful people, I can still speak the language, and loved the experience there in spite of the oppressive PC bureaucracy which existed at that time.

[seenofruit]

I served in Peace Corps Thailand Group 97 (English teacher, Udornthani). If you haven't been in the Peace Corps, this vid is misleading because it looks like a big group of Americans all serving in the same place. In reality, all these people were off by themselves in villages or small towns for two years (and probably going a little bit nuts from the experience.) This footage is of the initial and follow-up trainings when they were all in the same place and damn glad to see each other.

[iainw64]

Many different countries are available to chose from. I have served twice. Peace Corps has goods and bads. It is burracratic sometimes but if you flow with the system and try. it can be a succesful time. Not easy, Not always fun. But cool and interesting, and something you will never get anywhere else. you can recreate the feeling of being a P.C. just by going on your own. Your are free as a volunteer to seek out people to help as a secondary project besdie the one you are assigned.

Try it!

[backslash2k3]

Hey I really want to join the peace corps.

Can I be a volunteer with only a High school diploma?

[iainw64]

No Sorry, That want 4 year college degree or a higly skilled trade(Master level)

[Rinzai25]

It takes months and months (sometimes a year) to apply for the Peace Corps...to think you would take all the time and effort to apply and then say no is quite sad.

[ilovenoy]

That's great what you did because it is not free for these kids to go to school and its hard for the poor to provide for school and most of the kids have to work rather than go to school because they can't afford it.

[hambletondude1]

I kinda confusded, what do you acctually do to help. I saw you teaching some kids and thats about it. I have been wanting to join peace corps for ages, i was going to go once I finish university but this has just put me off.

I have been to thailand befor and it has a lot of problems but i never for a second thought i know what needs to be done....sing some stupid songs and do stupid dances with them.

[Rinzai25]

I don't think you should waste your time and apply to the Peace Corps as they probably wouldn't accept you, hambletondude1. If you can type properly or speak English you wouldn't be very valuable as a volunteer, sorry.

[iainw64]

I taught at 2 local elementary school 4 days a week and worked with the community in my village to do environmental project the rest of my time. I attended many meeting and taught at many english trainings.

[iainw64]

We've been here 7 years thats 3 in PC and 4 out. Awesome country best PC assignment available if i can say so! We were working with the english teachers in thailand to improve education (4days) and 1 day a week we would do community work with our community locally. Tree Planting,Trash Pic up, Recycling, Composting And Environmental Programs like that. Thanks

[jejuneraccoon]

Wow, great video! Thank you for posting. I am applying for the Peace Corps and Thailand is among my preferred choices to get assigned to.

[rkg77]

This is wonderful-- I've been thinking about joining, but I was a little concerned about getting sent to a place that might be dangerous. Do you get to choose where you go? I would love to go to Thailand.

[iainw64]

You Can always say no and they will put you back in the pool with the others waiting for a site assignment, when one is available they will call you back.

iain

[cliffadd24]

one love

[NingBkk]

Best country ever

[KhunDavid]

This was really great. I was in group 102. Ah, memories...

[disneydiva21]

im getting my degree in nursing and im also thinking of joining your vid was wonderful

[iainw64]

It's for Everyone to enjoy as i have and so many others. Hope it helps!! :)

[cunovanvoorst]

Hey you got this world-wide? I've been living in Bangok, Thailand for a year and wanna go back there to help people out.

Can you update me?

[cunovanvoorst]

I actually mean that I am from the Netherlands, Europe and I want to do some similar thing. Do you know whether this organisation takes Europeans or something? Thanks Greets Cuno

[ap4more]

Thanks for sharing this. It was so similar to my experiences as a PCV half a world away and years ago, wow!

[hiddendeatheater]

This is amazing, i've always wanted to join,

i can't wait! ^-^

[tracyeliza]

Awesome!!

[klebdman]

thanks for sharing this with others...a great overview of what to expect....i am thinking about joining the peace corps...doing research, youtube videos have been great to see and hear...