Make learning tangible
Connect outdoor learning, conservation and local livelihoods with questions from your curriculum.
SCHOOL TRIPS · NORTHERN THAILAND
Bring the learning
into the world.
Community-based educational journeys for international schools.
Connect your students’ questions with local knowledge, conservation, culture and everyday life in Mae Chaem and surrounding communities.
3–7 nightsTypical journey length
12–20 participantsTypical school group
Shaped with your schoolYour learners. Your questions.
01 PURPOSE BEFORE PROGRAMME
A journey with
something to ask.
Start with your learning aims. Build the experiences around them.
For Week Without Walls, experiential learning or a curriculum inquiry, Hand2Trunk brings together people and places that give students something real to notice, question and reflect on.
Local partners share their own knowledge. Students participate, listen and consider perspectives beyond the classroom.
Learn across cultures
Explore intercultural understanding and global citizenship through conversations and shared experiences.
Take the questions home
Make space to reflect on assumptions, relationships and what responsible participation means.
02 EXPERIENCES WITH PURPOSE
Many ways
to make a connection.
The programme is tailored. These are possible starting points, agreed with your school and local partners.
Elephants & local knowledge
Learn with mahouts and local partners about elephants, conservation and the lives connected to them.
Explore: Relationships between people, animals and place.
Gibbon conservation
Explore conservation questions and the natural world through a journey shaped with local partners.
Explore: Habitats, wildlife and environmental responsibility.
Coffee & livelihoods
Follow the story of coffee with the people who grow and produce it.
Explore: Work, local knowledge and everyday consumption.
Weaving & crafts
Listen to craftspeople and discover skills rooted in community life.
Explore: Culture, creativity and the value of knowledge.
School & community connection
Meet, listen and participate through school or community exchanges agreed for your group.
Explore: Communication, perspective and mutual learning.
Cooking & culture
Local cooking, shared food and cultural experiences can connect learning with everyday life.
Explore: Food, traditions and cultural understanding.
Community action
Take part in practical projects developed with local partners, such as murals or school improvements, where appropriate to the programme.
Explore: listening, collaboration, responsible participation.
Real photographs from previous Hand2Trunk experiences. Each new itinerary is agreed separately.
LEARNING THAT GOES WITH YOU
What you bring matters.
What you take away can last a lifetime.
Students arrive ready to participate, contribute and ask questions. They leave with experiences, relationships and new perspectives that can continue shaping their learning long after the journey ends.
“This hands-on experience is one that I will never forget.”— Victoria Salvesen
03 CONNECT THE EXPERIENCE TO YOUR CURRICULUM
Experience.
Question. Reflect.
Service and community learning begin by listening to local partners. The aim is thoughtful participation, with projects developed together where appropriate.
Service learning & CAS-style reflection
Schools can connect appropriate experiences to their own service-learning aims or CAS reflection. Students might consider whose knowledge they learned from, what challenged their assumptions and how their thinking changed.
Your school determines how an experience fits its programme and requirements.
Global citizenship & sustainability
Teachers may use the journey to explore wellbeing (SDG 3), gender and opportunity (5), livelihoods (8), communities and culture (11), consumption (12), or forests and wildlife (15).
These are possible inquiry connections, chosen for the actual itinerary and learning context — not a claim that a trip delivers or fulfils the goals.
Other school programmes
If your school is considering links to the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, discuss the intended activity and your school’s requirements first. No Award accreditation or approved-provider status is claimed here.
04 SAFETY & PLANNING
Good journeys begin
with good conversations.
Practical details belong in the planning from the start.
Tell us about your school
Share your students’ ages, group size, preferred dates and learning priorities. Journeys typically run for 3–7 nights, with school groups commonly around 12–20 participants. Smaller groups of around 6–11 are also welcome.
Hand2Trunk coordinates the journey through local relationships. We discuss the possibilities with you and agree the itinerary and practical arrangements for your group.
Shape your itineraryExplore safety & planningInformation for school approval
Discuss safeguarding, risk assessments, insurance, emergency arrangements and supervision. Request the information and documentation your school needs before committing.
Transport, accommodation & daily arrangements
Confirm transport, accommodation, staff responsibilities, dietary needs and any accessibility or support requirements as part of planning. Specific arrangements need to be confirmed for your group.
Communication & learning priorities
Agree points of contact, the information your school and families need, and how the programme will support your students’ learning aims.
EDUCATIONAL GROUP EXPERIENCE
Different groups.
Meaningful connections.
Hand2Trunk has hosted international school groups from Japan.
Since 2018, we have welcomed more than 400 participants through our partnership with GIVE, primarily university students from the United States, alongside participants from other countries and backgrounds.
Meet the people behind the programmeLET’S START WITH A CONVERSATION
Where could curiosity
take your students?
Tell us about your group, your hopes and the learning you’d like to bring to life.
Start planning your journeyCOMMUNITYCULTURECONSERVATIONCONNECTION