Volunteers - please follow link.
Anyone wishing to help financially will be much appreciated. There is much to do;
We need to search out and speak with like minded people, who dwell in or use Yonok for various reason and see how we can archive a coming together for the savior of this wetland for all in the future, the Key to this venture is through the Buddhist Temples.
Buddhism is the main religion in Thailand: sadly it seems to me that many miss the point. The paintings in the Temples show Harmony and indeed love between peoples and animals. We hope to help the Abbots and Monks to bring more people and family into the Temple and listen to the teachings.
There is just one reason why religions have survived the centuries. Those disciples spoke the words of truth and common sense. Sadly for us, all these great religions have been distorted, manipulated by evil power seeking people for the ultimate slavery of mankind, an extreme point of view! I don't think so, just take a look around.
We have no wish to interfere with teachings by Buddhist Monks. We wish only to enlist support of Temples that are in harmony with a love of nature. In that way we hope to achieve a level of success in protecting Yonok for the future.
Obviously we do need to earn some money from working, we intend to do our best regardless, but it would be nice to have some help. We sincerely believe in this project, we will never stop all the problems in this Wetland but I feel we can and have achieved a great deal. It will ultimately be good for Thailand; tourism seems to be big business now here. So maybe their are opportunities for local people.
We need your Donations for a number of items; signs, books, petrol etc:
Signs; We have provided a number of signs through donations by Dr Mong and Ian Smith. We do need may more as Yonok is a huge area. We also need some good slogans "No Hunting" "Do Not Damage Trees" make the point but are a bit harsh: any ideas would be welcome. The Monks and children have given much of their time in the making of some of the signs.
Books: A large number of books have been donated by Dr Mong and Mr May, mostly about Birds and nature. We also need some good english / thai language teaching books for an age group 5 -18.
Petrol is our largest personal expense: we have had to limit our visits to more distant parts of Yonok. For Teaching, counting birds like Harriers and survey work as we have to use a car as most counting is in the evening and the number of insects make it impossible to use our motorbike, also the rainfall this year has been heavy and mostly late afternoon.
Teaching is the Key to Conservation Yonok - We teach The way of Buddha and English - We only teach; truth, understanding and respect for ones self.
Volunteers: We need English Teachers, if you can speak some Thai will be a great help as you could work alone at times, Many of the Older kids are quite well advanced in English and so we would like to progress with them, to help them realize they're full potential in life.
A stay of at least a month is the minimum for teaching. We cannot pay you, it is possible to stay in Wat Yonok (free), however as a Temple one has to respect Temple rules.
Ideally if you have your own transport and accommodation in Chiang Saen you could have a pleasant working holiday. We would do our best to look after you, often you can join us. If you rent a small motor bike or if your fit a bicycle is ideal as the area is flat and very quiet.
We are keen to extend the teaching days but it is only possible with Volunteer help.
Also it would be most helpful if you can help out with, for example:
Bird counting, identifying of flora and fauna, pollution levels, project or report righting, If you have your own personal interest in that you feel will be helpful to Yonok "you will be welcome.
The life of this project depends on how well it goes and we will have to put a lot of time in.
We have already achieved an amazing improvement. Hopefully in a couple of more years Yonok will be "A Major World Wetland"
We will make it clear that this project is funded by people who love this world of ours, we will not supply help to people who destroy wildlife and they're habitats. We live in a Buddhist Country it is a religion to be proud off and a good set of rules for happiness, Birds, Animals and People.
This Project is based on "Truth" I have been most impressed with people who Dowroong and I have been privileged to meet during the course of our project.
Best of luck Mick & Dowroong
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