Openmind Projects

We offer amazing and challenging opportunities for overseas volunteers to contribute in a meaningful way to a better future for local underprivileged people and for threatened nature and animal species. We arrange for committed volunteers to work in aid and development projects with local colleagues, helping the people and environment of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Nepal.

OpenmindProjects is not affiliated with any government, political party, or religion. It is a privately operated organization incorporated in Thailand with local partners and projects in Laos, Cambodia, and Nepal.

Sven Mauleon, the director and co-founder of OpenmindProjects, is a Swedish management consultant with an extensive work history with international organizations, including the United Nations. Thaweesilph Lunchaipah, our other co-founder, is our local Thai manager and IT manager. Born in a poor rice farming village in northeast Thailand (Isan), he was the first local volunteer and a pioneer in our pilot projects (see www.ITinIsan.org).

OpenmindProjects currently supports over 60 different aid and development projects in which overseas volunteers are welcome to contribute their time, ability, and generosity.