Community Development Internship in Thailand

This is an excellent course that opened my eyes to several aspects and challenges of community development, as well as reinforced what I have previously learned during my public health education. It allowed me to think critically and reflect on, and even change, some of the views I had in regard to the use of donated funds and inequities in the current grant awarding processes. As a result of this course, I plan to spend more time listening to and involving members of the communities I am desiri...

I think the programme is great. But I think GVI is charging far too much money for their projects. As I joined the project before at a cheaper price I don’t think it’s fair to charge people a much higher amount for the same programme. Especially when they have to fund their own visa runs. I have many friends who chose not to return with me purely due to the price increase. I would not have returned if not for the ambassador scheme which has since been changed to only allow a smaller amount to us...