Volunteer abroad
Volunteer in Laos, No Experience Required
Volunteer in Laos with LLL, Laos' most trusted organization to volunteer, LLL is approved as INGO by the local authorities. Volunteers are based in the breathtaking surroundings of Vang Vieng between Vientiane and Luang Prabang. You can choose from different volunteer projects. All projects are initiated and funded by LLL without any intermediate organization or provider being involved. Prepare yourself for a genuine non-profit experience with an amazing positive impact.
Why volunteer with LLL?
✔ Direct volunteering - We are not an intermediate organization, you volunteer directly at our own initiated and supported projects.
✔ Affordable - Thanks to volunteering directly at our projects and renting our own volunteer house we are able to keep costs low.
✔ Great support - Our volunteer coordinator has over 10 years of volunteering experience in Laos and even speaks Lao.
✔ Experience - We hosted over 350 volunteers.
✔ Impact - We provided school infrastructure in which over 1200 children already attented classes, come and see them with your own eyes.
✔ Make new friends - Our volunteers come from all over the world, this is your change to expand your network and make friends for life.
✔ Experience a new culture - With LLL we find it very important to teach our volunteers about the Lao culture, our team takes you to weddings, village festivities, ...
✔ INGO - We are recognized by the local authorities, this proves our commitment towards the local people and gives us the opportunity to provide long term visas.
✔ Affordable - Thanks to volunteering directly at our projects and renting our own volunteer house we are able to keep costs low.
✔ Great support - Our volunteer coordinator has over 10 years of volunteering experience in Laos and even speaks Lao.
✔ Experience - We hosted over 350 volunteers.
✔ Impact - We provided school infrastructure in which over 1200 children already attented classes, come and see them with your own eyes.
✔ Make new friends - Our volunteers come from all over the world, this is your change to expand your network and make friends for life.
✔ Experience a new culture - With LLL we find it very important to teach our volunteers about the Lao culture, our team takes you to weddings, village festivities, ...
✔ INGO - We are recognized by the local authorities, this proves our commitment towards the local people and gives us the opportunity to provide long term visas.
Projects
When you apply, you can choose which project you prefer. All tasks are within the same location, it is a "team" in which you as a volunteer are part to accomplish something great. Therefore, we hope that you will be flexible in order to achieve this goal. We try to take your wishes into account, but in Laos everything can suddenly change (e.g.: spontaneous local celebrations, holiday, ...). Our local team and ourselves usually don’t have the power to control this, so we might ask you to change your focus.
Please note that the descriptions below are only meant to be a broad overview of the work. Remember, volunteers work where circumstances can change suddenly. Flexible, open minded and fast switching are crucial features of a good volunteer abroad. It is the role of each volunteer to adapt to their project and not the other way around. We expect volunteers to contribute where necessary, even if that means being involved in activities that they did not expect. Being able to adapt is challenging, but it also makes volunteering abroad so special.
We expect our volunteers to be able to work independently. Remember that you cannot always rely on the local people every second of the day. You go to Laos to help them, it's not the other way around.
Please note that the descriptions below are only meant to be a broad overview of the work. Remember, volunteers work where circumstances can change suddenly. Flexible, open minded and fast switching are crucial features of a good volunteer abroad. It is the role of each volunteer to adapt to their project and not the other way around. We expect volunteers to contribute where necessary, even if that means being involved in activities that they did not expect. Being able to adapt is challenging, but it also makes volunteering abroad so special.
We expect our volunteers to be able to work independently. Remember that you cannot always rely on the local people every second of the day. You go to Laos to help them, it's not the other way around.
Housing
You live in a cozy and comfortable house in Vang Vieng. You stay in a single or shared room with maximum 1 other volunteer. Each room has their own private bathroom with showers and flush toilets downstairs. Bed sheets and towels are provided. All rooms have fans, windows and electricity plugs. There is a phone for emergencies and free WIFI. The living room, which is on the first floor, is a popular spot where volunteers eat, relax and socialize. Purified water, is available at no charge in the kitchen. The house is a 3-minute walk from the town center, and there you can find many conveniences like banks, bars, coffee shops and restaurants.
Meals
Lao cuisine is unique and very tasty, and you can expect to eat very well during their stay. Every day, you will be served breakfast, lunch and dinner. The cook at the Volunteer House prepares a wide range of dishes for the volunteers.
- Breakfast: Breakfast is mostly Western-orientated, with a Lao dish from time to time Depending on your work schedule, you eat breakfast alone or with other volunteers.
- Lunch: Lunch typically includes a main dish featuring noodles, fish sauce, spring rolls or sticky rice with chicken, beef or fish. Depending on your work schedule, you eat with other volunteers or at your project. Please note: If you are eating at your project, you will either take a packaged lunch or supplies, for example bread, tuna and vegetables to make a sandwich, to your project.
- Dinner: Dinner is similar to lunch and is an important time when you come together with other volunteers to relax, socialize and share stories.
Free time
You live in a stunning semi-rural location. Distinctive karst hills impressively rise from lush green forests crisscrossed by rivers and streams. There are caves and rice paddies to explore. Nearby lagoons and a waterfall offer great opportunities for refreshing dips. You can partake in many outdoor activities, including cave exploring, hiking, kayaking and rock climbing. You can also experience a typical tourist activity in Vang Vieng: lazily inner-tubing down the river and making stops at the small villages along the shore. In town you can enjoy a fun and laid-back scene. There are bars and restaurants serving Lao and international foods, and you can stroll past Buddhist temples, colorful textile shops and open-air markets to mingle with locals. Besides all of this our team will take you to local weddings, festivities, .....
Possible costs
Sometimes we are asked why you have to pay for voluntary work. It's not for the work you pay, but for the expenses related to your housing. Do not underestimate the costs of hosting someone who does not know local culture and daily customs. Should there be enough budgets to bear these costs, we would spend this on a local employee(s). We are very proud on our transparent system. You can read more on our transparency page
Location
Vang Vieng embodies the enormous potential of Laos. Endowed with a breathtaking natural landscape and fertile soil, Vang Vieng is holding onto its agricultural roots while opening itself up as an international tourist destination. Vang Vieng is a small rural town with less than 25,000 inhabitants strategically located half way between the two most important cities in the country: Vientiane, the capital of Laos and its main center of political and economic activity, and Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the heart of the Lao tourism industry. The number of tourists visiting Vang Vieng has multiplied in the past five years, and the local government has taken important steps to manage the growth in a way that benefits the poor and contributes to the conservation of the environment.
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Duration
The volunteer program begins every Monday. Volunteers can choose to volunteer for periods ranging from 1 week to 1 year.
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At a glance ....
✔ Projects run all year around
✔ You choose, when and how long you will cooperate in our programs
✔ Stay in our own comfortable volunteer house
✔ Spend your weekends in a stunning environment with other volunteers
✔ Small scale organization (max 8 volunteers)
✔ Genuine non-profit recognized by local authorities
✔ Different projects within the same organization
✔ All projects sponsored and facilitated by LLL
The local team does a lovely job, I've never met such friendly and caring people.
Their 'chilled out' motivation is inspiring, they do anything in their ability for the volunteers. It was great meeting them.
Everything was wonderful, the rooms clean, the food too good!
We are doing a good job in these schools.
Their 'chilled out' motivation is inspiring, they do anything in their ability for the volunteers. It was great meeting them.
Everything was wonderful, the rooms clean, the food too good!
We are doing a good job in these schools.