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TYPICAL 7 DAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMME Note* With most projects, the itemised 'equipment or construction' cost, would have been agreed between ourselves and the school well in advance. As a pre-programme exercise, the students invariably write out a project proposal / funding request, and set about raising donor funding for the project. Day 1. Sunday Meal Code: (D) Arrive at the airport (Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai) or the railway station in Chiang Mai, and transfer to the Maekok River Village Resort – Student Field Studies Centre in Ban Thaton. Check into the accommodation of your choice. Take a Thai / Western buffet dinner in the 'Spice Garden' restaurant overlooking the river. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club' before retiring to bed. Day 2. Monday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Attend a lecture on local topography, hydrology and geography of the area. Tea break. Attend a project briefing on: An overview of the CDP (Community Development Project) location, the water sources, the surrounding geography, and the purpose and benefits of the project. Attend a meeting on the organisation, team composition, and logistics of the project, work groups and schedules, tools and equipment to be used, safety on site. Break for a buffet lunch. Depart the resort for a survey of the project site, the water sources, the surrounding area and to determine the level of agricultural development. Collect water samples from wells/sources currently used by the village, and the dam/source selected for this project. Return to the resort for a Thai / Western buffet style dinner. Members of each team to be split to attend either: Testing of water samples collected earlier – conducted in the student centre laboratory. A Project Skills 'hands on' workshop: Use of tools & pipe laying procedures. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 3. Tuesday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Attend an organisational briefing and recap, allocation of tools to each group, issue of water and packed lunches. Depart for the project site and commence tasks as allocated, breaking for lunch at mid-day. Return to the resort for a buffet style Thai / Western dinner. Post dinner debrief on the day's activities / problems. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 4. Wednesday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Attend an organisational briefing and recap. Allocation of tools to each group. Issue of water and packed lunches. Depart for the project site and commence tasks as allocated, breaking for lunch at mid-day. Return to the resort for a buffet style Thai / Western dinner. Post dinner debrief on the day's activities / problems. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 5. Thursday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Attend an organisational briefing and recap. Allocation of tools to each group. Issue of water and packed lunches. Depart for the project site and commence tasks as allocated, breaking for a picnic lunch at mid-day. Return to the resort for a buffet style Thai / Western dinner. Post dinner debrief on the day's activities / problems. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 6. Friday Meal Code: (B, L, D) Breakfast. Attend an organisational briefing and recap, allocation of tools to each group, issue of water and packed lunches. Depart for the project site and commence tasks as allocated, breaking for a picnic lunch at mid-day. Opening of water pipe / storage tanks ceremony & group photography. Return to the resort for an initial debrief on the project. Attend an end of project BBQ dinner. Relax around the campfire, and enjoy the facilities of 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. Retire to bed. Day 7. Saturday Meal Code: (B) Breakfast. Check out of the resort. Note* Depending on your flight/train departure time there may be an opportunity to personally donate unwanted clothing / toys to the children of the area's HIV/AIDS orphanage.
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