Summer camp: elephant conservation in Thailand

A packing list is usually provided before departure by the local organisations, with everything required and recommended for your suitcase, according to the destination and the project.

If you take prescription medicines, bring enough for the whole of your stay, along with a first aid kit (paracetamol, plasters and so on).

You may also want to get a local SIM card when you arrive in Thailand. Instructions are provided when you register for the project.

All the humanitarian projects in Thailand are open all year round: the needs are constant and the projects run whatever the weather.

The one thing to watch: school holidays. Teaching and education projects close during New Year week and the school holidays.

Our supervised solidarity summer camps are open to young people aged 14 to 18. They combine cultural and sporting activities with community volunteering in the Hua Hin region.

From 18, every humanitarian project in Thailand, community and environmental alike, is open to you.

Check with your doctor before you leave, and with a travel health service such as the Institut Pasteur: pasteur.fr/fr/centre-medical/preparer-son-voyage/

A work placement abroad brings a great deal, personally and professionally. It gives you international experience, builds your language skills, immerses you in a new culture and lets you make a real contribution to projects with a social impact. These experiences are also worth highlighting in your studies, your career and your personal life.

Of course. Whatever course you are on, you can take part.

Our placements abroad cover a wide range of fields with a positive impact on local communities. You can choose to join:

• Education: supporting teaching in schools, running educational workshops for children or taking part in awareness campaigns on crucial subjects such as the environment.

These programmes bring a great deal:

• Solidarity in action: teenagers take part in real, useful projects with a positive impact on local people and the environment.
• Field experience: young people gain new practical skills and build their independence.

A youth work camp is a stay where teenagers take part in solidarity projects, often centred on building, renovation or protecting the environment. Run in several countries, these camps let young people help improve local living conditions while gaining valuable practical and personal skills.

Signing up for a summer camp abroad usually takes several steps:

• Choose a programme that suits the teenager's interests and language level.
• Check the conditions for joining: age, language level, paperwork required.

Most youth camps follow a similar pattern:

• Day one: on arrival, participants are welcomed by the staff, introduced to the others and shown around, so they feel at ease.
• Monday to Friday:

Summer camps are open to all levels, from beginner to advanced. Teenagers are usually grouped by level, so the teaching matches their skills and their goals.

A summer camp is an immersive experience that lets teenagers and young adults take part in educational, sporting and cultural activities over the summer holidays.

These programmes offer a safe setting in which to discover new cultures and activities, improve language skills (English or Spanish) and meet people from all kinds of backgrounds. They carry a strong educational purpose: teenagers learn a great deal about the culture and the language of the country they visit.