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Personal pages help our volunteers to raise the money required to carry out their vital work, they also help you to understand what it is our volunteers do on a more personal, individual level. Just click "READ MORE" to be see any volunteer's story and donate to their cause. To see pages that belong to volunteers who have completed their projects, check out the archive.
 Will StevenI worked as a volunteer in 2007/2008 , living in an isolated Karen community in northwest Thailand teaching the children in school and helping to install a clean water system. It was an amazing experience but now I want to help the Trust do more!
I will be cycling approximately 4000km from York to Istanbul. I aim to complete the journey in under 2 months... READ MORE |  Simon TaghioffI’ve seen the work that KHT does and the tremendous difference they make to the lives of the Karen people first hand.
Around 400,000 Karen live in Northwest Thailand. Tiny villages nestle in dense, rolling forests and the people live by cultivating the land. It’s a precarious balance, subject to the constant threat of drought, famine and... READ MORE |  Max DrinkwaterLast July I volunteered with a team from Cambridge University to work with the Karen Hilltribes Trust installing a water system in Mae Li, a village in the rural highlands of Northern Thailand, where they did not have a clean water supply. Our work not only helped in reducing the levels of disease, but also gave the village a social and economic boost so that it can... READ MORE |  Harley BrooksIn October 2010 I travelled to Thailand on behalf of the Karen hill tribes trust; where I took part as a volunteer to teach in a Karen school and help to install a clean water system for a remote village.
I was in Northern Thailand with the Karen people for about 5-6 months- during which I lived with a local family and integrated with the community in the small... READ MORE |  Meriel Hodgson-TeallFrom 29th June to early August 2010 I travelled to the mountainous forests of Northwest Thailand with The Karen Hill Tribes Trust as part of a project to install a complete clean water system for a village in the area. I feel this is a worthy cause as most of the water in these forests is polluted, either by chemicals used on the land or by other human or general waste... READ MORE |  Will StevenOn Saturday the 19th of September I will be canoeing the length of Ullswater (9 miles) before running another 8 miles up and down Hellvellyn (at 3117 ft, the third highest mountain in England.) This fundraising event will be to help raise money towards a new school bus so that more Karen children can get to school from their isolated villages and enjoy the benefits of... READ MORE |
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