Volunteering
We are fortunate enough to have had wonderful volunteers over the years, whose skillsets and hearts have blended perfectly with our mission. This is because we carefully select applicants, ensuring that what they have to offer is of the most benefit to our teams, teachers and students.
If you would like to volunteer with PLF, please read on. However, if you have a shorter time commitment and would like to Pitch In At A Project for a day, or support our work from home, please check out Ways to Get Involved.
Volunteering Philosophy
Our Volunteer program is guided by the following core understandings and objectives:
Fostering opportunities for impactful and sustainable volunteer practices that are mutually beneficial to volunteers and to our team, students, and teachers
Striving to educate others on the detriments of voluntourism, and encouraging critical thought about the value of volunteering.
Putting our students’ interests first by upholding child safe volunteering practices at all times
Adaptability. Cambodia carries with it a degree of unpredictability but also tremendous possibility – flexibility and a readiness to “jump right in” are a must!
Volunteering Opportunities
Our Volunteer program is currently open to:
Teaching professionals in TESOL & science, who can train and co-teach with our relevant teams (in country)
Help build out lesson plans, exams, experiments, pop quizzes for new curriculum (remote work possible)
Early education/primary school teacher to bring new activities that progressively build skills to our Arts & Crafts program and assist our teachers with organizing the curriculum (in country)
Social workers / counselors who can work with our workshop teams to enhance material around mental health topics (remote work possible)
Avid chess players who can help hone teacher training on chess strategies and assist with tournaments (in country)
Bicycle enthusiasts who don’t mind getting hot and greasy to participate in fixing student bikes for our annual bike clinics which normally take place between February and April
For all the above placements, prior experience of the Cambodian context is a big plus!
Program Requirements:
a 2 week minimum commitment
to prepare for and send us your daily classroom activities prior to arriving
to be at least 18 years old (or accompanied by an adult)
to provide evidence of a comprehensive medical insurance policy that includes repatriation (for the very worst-case scenarios that may be beyond Cambodia’s health services!)
to agree to cover all the costs arising from your visit. An indication of these can be found in the Volunteer Orientation Guide.
For a full overview of our program details, please read our Volunteer Orientation Guide.
Some great tips and glimpses of what to expect during your stay in Cambodia in this video.