{"id":435,"date":"2017-09-09T02:17:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2025-09-04T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:30:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Hand2Trunk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Hand-2-Trunk<\/strong> is about giving people the opportunity to experience life living with elephants while at the same time helping to support those communities who are dependent on elephants for their livelihoods. We believe that we offer a unique cultural experience to educate those who are interested in learning what it is like to live in a rural community where elephants are regarded as part of the family. More than this, participants on a <a href=\"http:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/elephant-program\/\">Hand-2-Trunk program<\/a> will enjoy many elephant-related learning experiences including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A visit to the largest elephant hospital in Thailand<\/li>\n<li>Learning how to make Thai herbal medicine for elephants<\/li>\n<li>Visiting an elephant nursery (yes &#8211; you will get to see to baby elephants!).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"lightbox[435]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/about-us\/img-20190902-wa0015\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?fit=1200%2C796&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20190902-WA0015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?fit=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-803 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20190902-WA0015.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By participating on a <a href=\"http:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/contact-us\/\">Hand-2-Trunk project <\/a>you are not just guaranteed the experience of a lifetime, but you will gain lifelong learning experiences while enjoying a unique insight into Thai culture.\u00a0 More than this, you are helping to support those who have cared for elephants for generations and, in doing so, are helping to ensure the future survival of these wonderful creatures. Interested?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/contact-us\/\">Please get in touch with us here<\/a>. 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We believe that we offer a unique cultural experience to educate those who are interested in learning what it is like to live in &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"What is Hand2Trunk?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/#more-435\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is Hand2Trunk?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-435","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9aTui-71","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":433,"url":"https:\/\/hand2trunk.org\/home\/background\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":0},"title":"background","author":"admin","date":"September 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Think Thailand - Think Elephants When many people think of Thailand, they think of elephants.\u00a0 It's easy to see why.\u00a0 The national animal of the Kingdom of Thailand is, of course, the elephant.\u00a0 Indeed, the national flag of Thailand used to be\u00a0simply an elephant on a plain red background. 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