The Karen Hilltribes Trust

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01904 411 891
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Penelope's Journey

Watch this fascinating 2 minute short film about the Trust.

Improving Education

Would you like to learn and teach at the same time? For an amazing gap year opportunity click for more details... Read more

Donate

We can only carry out our work thanks to you. Your donations make the work of The Karen Hill Tribes trust possible. Click to find out how you can donate. Read more

Improving Health

You could spend 3 weeks in July, or August installing a clean water system in a Karen village, dramatically improving the health of the Karen people. An experience never to forget. Read more

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Welcome

We are a charity dedicated to working with the Karen people of Northern Thailand to help themselves to build a better future. We have three key aims: Improve health by installing clean water systems and latrines. Improve education by providing school buses, dormitories and teaching. Improving opportunities for generating income by building irrigation systems and regenerating land. As part of our work we provide ...

January 20th to February 2nd. Taking 2 days to get to Chiang Mai, you will then be transported into another world. Two nights in a 4 star hotel in Chiang Mai will give you an introduction to the temples and bazaars of Thailand. Then a day's drive to the mountains near the Burma border. Here you will walk 10-12km a ...

Make a real difference in your gap year! Improve Education Spend from 8 weeks to 5 months of your gap year teaching English in a Karen School, helping the children have a chance of a brighter future. You'll not only teach... but learn. You'll be submersed in a new culture, a new people and a totally new way of life... There'll be opportunities outside ...