PKK 2004
Project Khon Kaen (PKK, as it’s affectionately known) is SMSL’s annual trip to Khon Kaen in Thailand for our members to carry out volunteer work in its surrounding villages. A group of 15 to 20 students spend a fortnight in a village chosen by the project leaders, and o n the agenda are basic health check-ups for the villagers (e.g. blood glucose tests and measurement of height and weight) educational talks and skits (all in Thai!) geared at the major health or social risks facing the village. Further activities include teaching English to the children and organizing fun-filled and educational activities for them while the students are there.
This year PKK will take place in the first two weeks of August, and prior to the actual trip there will be a period of preparation in the last two or three weeks of July in Singapore – this will encompass things like Thai lessons and skit rehearsals and other training for activities on the trip. The trip really is a great opportunity to help a community in need, and to learn more about a different way of life; participants in previous years have found it incredibly fulfilling and worthwhile – not to mention great fun!
Update:
We’ve filled up the spaces for this year’s trip already, but if you’re interested, feel free to get in touch, and do check back next year in April/May when we open up applications again!
