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Organic
gardening project in support of Agent Orange victims Volunteer project: Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care centre located in the western outskirts of Hanoi Capital, which was opened in 1993 to treat children and veterans who suffer from the effects of Agent Orange (a chemical used by the American army during Vietnam-US War). The children, whose fathers or grandfathers were exposed (causing chromosomal damage) or who were contaminated from their mother’s milk, suffer from a range of difficult conditions. While staying in Vietnam Friendship Village, children and veterans are nourished and are provided with free medical care. The children, who may stay there for several years, receive not only basic education, but also some forms of job training.
The Organic Gardening Project was launched in 2004 with the goal of creating islands of a harmonious approach to agriculture within areas of environmental and human devastation - increasing awareness of the consequences of war and, at the same time, demonstrating positive strategies for healing and living. At this moment, the farm is providing about 60% of the village’s consumption of vegetable. It is expected that it will cover all the need and there are products left for sale to raise funds for the village.
Volunteers will help with clearing the site, preparing soil, weeding,
planting vegetables and fruit trees, cleaning a fish pond and
redecorating the flowers in the garden. Additional activities may
include planting trees, moving bricks for construction, collecting
garbage and playing with the children or exchanging with local
volunteers or farmers.
Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a house with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city) Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Lunar
New Year festival for orphans in Hanoi
Volunteer project: TET Festival is
Vietnamese traditional New Year Holiday (following Lunar Calendar) which
usually falls into mid January – mid February. This is the time for
family reunion and visits to friends and relatives. Like the Christmas
and New Year in western countries, people here prepare a lot for this
holiday, from renovating their houses, making cakes and a lot of food
and drinks. However, in the orphanages, children do not have enough to
prepare for their holiday. Most of them stay in the orphanage or centers
over the Tet, only some of them go back to their home villages. Thus,
there is need to prepare something for those children, so they still
have good time and enjoy such big holidays. Volunteers will help renovating the houses, cleaning the site and making Chung Cake (traditional cake for children in Tet). Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Shared rooms in the project site. Location: Tay Mo, Tu Liem District, Hanoi Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive to the west Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Lunar
New Year festival for orphans in Saigon
Volunteer project: TET Festival is
Vietnamese traditional New Year Holiday (following Lunar Calendar) which
usually falls into mid January – mid February. This is the time for
family reunion and visits to friends and relatives. Like the Christmas
and New Year in western countries, people here prepare a lot for this
holiday, from renovating their houses, making cakes and a lot of food
and drinks. However, in the orphanages, children do not have enough to
prepare for their holiday. Most of them stay in the orphanage or centers
over the Tet, only some of them go back to their home villages. Thus,
there is need to prepare something for those children, so they still
have good time and enjoy such big holidays. Volunteers will help renovating the houses, cleaning the site and making Chung Cake (traditional cake for children in Tet). Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Shared rooms in the project site. Location: Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City Terminal: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN) Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
The Red River is the biggest river in Vietnam. The delta is located in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The city continues to expand with many people coming from the countryside into the urban area. This however, is an expensive endeavor with the government imposing a tax on people coming from the rural area to prevent a massive influx of people. Some people decide however to come despite this financial situation and thus must live in house boats at the river to escape from having to pay. Since they do not technically live in Hanoi they must pay for school which is usually free until the age of 12. The entire family must work hours that most people would consider inhumane. The children wander the streets begging and collecting rubbish. An entire family barely makes $2 a day. Some of the children are forced by their parents to work and earn money since 4-5 years old. Language: English Accommodation: The volunteers will live in the Youth House. The accommodation is dormitory style, beds provided. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The Youth House is close to the city center. The volunteers will have the chance to visit and explore many historical places. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Organizing
games and educational activities for disabled children
in
Hai Duong Orphanage
Volunteers will help organizing games and educational activities for children in the orphanage and exchanging with local volunteers or staff. Sometimes volunteers can help with some renovation work. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Shared rooms in the orphanage. Location: Hai Duong City, about 60 km from Hanoi Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the east Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Organizing
social activities for children and creating
an organic garden
in Thuy An Orphanage Volunteer project: Thuy An Orphanage was founded in 1979 with the aim to provide good shelter and care for children with disabilities and orphans. At this moment, there are about 150 children who are abandoned or who are from very poor families that cannot afford caring for the treatment of disabilities. The orphanage is providing housing, education and basic care for the children, as well as providing vocational training with the hope that children can stand on their own feet with a job in the future. International volunteer groups will be working in the orphanage to start up an organic garden with the aim to provide extra food for the children, and at the same time provide opportunities for labor rehabilitation for them.
Volunteers will help with taking care of
the children and organizing social activities for them. There will be
also some manual work such as clearing the site, preparing soil,
weeding, planting vegetables and fruit trees, moving bricks for
construction, collecting garbage and playing with the children or
exchanging with local volunteers and staff. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Shared rooms in the project site. Location: Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Noi Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the west Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Volunteer project: Hai Duong welfare center was established in March 1982. The center is an orphanage and vocational school for 1000 orphans and disabled children and teenagers in Hai Duong province. In the welfare center, the children are handicapped in many different ways. Some are deaf mute, some are mentally disabled, physically disabled, or both. The center aims to provide compulsory education and vocational training, to create employment opportunities for the children. The center has a wide variety of courses for children of different age groups, ranging from infants to 18 years old. For example, children between the ages of 6 to 12 are provided with educational courses, and the older children are able to attend vocational training courses at the center. Furthermore, the center is helping to look for job opportunities for the children when they finish their courses. Volunteer help is needed in different areas. The project activities will be flexible and can involve: preparing food for the children, taking care of parentless babies, renovating the bedrooms of the children, painting walls and beds in the dormitories, cleaning the center. In the free time, the group can have leisure activities with the kids or cultural exchange activities with locals. Language: English Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in Hai Duong welfare center. Beds are available. The group will have meals with the children at the canteen of the center. Please bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hai Duong is about 50 km away from Ha Noi. It is quite calm in the city but there is also some “town and club”-life around. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Teaching
English and organizing games for orhans in Saigon
Volunteer project: Chua La Orphanage is part of Chua La Pagoda located in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). It was built in 1996 when Head Monk, Thich Truyen Tu, returned to the countryside and sold his parent’s land, in order to purchase 2 hectares of muddy land to build a pagoda in Nha Be town. At first the pagoda was named Huyen Trang, but due to the roofs linking together with coconut leaves it got its name Chua La, meaning Leaf Pagoda. Today, in this peaceful and quiet space in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, the Leaf pagoda is bringing up orphan children and helping old people in need. At the moment, there are about 40 children of ages from 4 to 17 years old. In addition, there are 20 old people in Leaf Pagoda, most of them coming from the surrounding countryside in the South and have had a difficult life. Children have opportunities to learn and speak foreign languages with English being the most studied. They can also speak some Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. The standard of living here is low, almost all of their food is donated, and they only buy tofu. Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will get closer to the children’s life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Location: District 12, Ho Chi Minh City (or Sai Gon), in the southern part of Vietnam. Terminal: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN) Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Providing
care, social and educational activities for orphans in
SOS Children's Village Viet Tri Volunteer project: Phu Tho SOS Children's Village was built in Viet Tri City in 1999 following the model of the famous SOS International. There are now about 168 orphans living in 15 families with the care from the village mothers and staff. The orphans come from 5 different provinces in the north of Vietnam at the ages between 1-18 years old. They are provided with housing, full care and education. Being orphan or abandoned, children are quite shy and they need more confidence to be involved with regular life in the community as normal children. Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will also join the families to get closer to the children’s life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Dormitory with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Duu Lau, Viet Tri, Phu Tho Province. Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the north. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Volunteer project: Children’s Day (June 1st) is a special day for children all over the world. On this day, children receive gifts from parents, relatives and friends. However, the disadvantaged kids in Hanoi are not so lucky to enjoy the day. They are orphans, poor patients in pediatric hospital or street children at Youth House School, etc. International and local volunteers will join together to make beautiful gifts for the children in the National Pediatric Hospital, welfare centers, street children and poor children who live in the Fisher Village. All of these children really need our help. They live in low life conditions and have to help their parents earn money since the age of 5 or 6. They do not have chance to go to school. The volunteers will plan and organize the Children’s Day festival for these less fortune kids in and around Hanoi, and give them presents. Language: English Accommodation: The volunteers will live in the Youth House. The accommodation is dormitory style, beds provided. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, close to the city center Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Fun
and educational activities for orphaned and disabled children in
northern Vietnam Volunteer project: Vinh Phuc Welfare Center was established in 2000. With about 300 disabled and orphan children coming from many parts of the Northern provinces, the orphanage aims to provide basic education and vocational training to create employment opportunities for the children of different age groups. The orphanage has a wide variety of courses for children ranging from infants to 18 years old. For example, children between the ages of 6 to 12 will be provided with educational courses, and the older children are able to attend vocational training courses at the centre. While special education helps to lessen the burden of children’s families by teaching the disabled to help themselves with personal activities, the vocational training programs enable handicapped children to earn their living and be able to live independently in the future. The international volunteers will help organizing games and educational activities for children in the orphanage and exchanging with local volunteers and staff. Sometimes volunteers can help with some renovation work. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: Shared rooms in the project site. Location: Vinh Yen City, Vinh Phuc Province Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive to the north Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Teaching
English and improving the learning environment for orphaned and disabled
children Volunteer project: Ha Cau Orphanage was founded in 1997 as an NGO to support children in difficult situation. At this moment, there are about 70 children who are orphaned, abandoned or disabled. The orphanage is providing housing, education and basic care for the children, as well as providing vocational training with the hope that children can stand on their own feet with a job in the future. Children are living in a house built with funding from an international charity. However, they have quite limited activities and connection with local community beside their official school time. Volunteers will spend time teaching English to the children, organizing games and other activities for them, making handicraft for fundraising with the children. Volunteers will also help redecorating the classrooms where necessary, and improve their library by collecting/buying books from their home country or in Vietnam. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a house with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Ha Cau Orphanage is located in Ha Dong district, Hanoi. Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Care
and support
for abandoned
children in
South Vietnam Volunteer project: Ky Quang Orphanage is run by Ky Quang Pagoda, which was built in the early part of the 20th Century in 1924 and is quite famous in Ho Chi Minh City. The pagoda is now a place of charity for unlucky children and also helps treat diseases. Now, the pagoda is taking care and bringing up more than 200 children in the South of Vietnam. The children here have unfortunate backgrounds as many have been abandoned by their parents and relatives. Every few months, the monks find a new baby left in front of the pagoda gate. The head monk sometimes receives phone calls from hospitals requesting him to take in abandoned babies. At the moment, about 200 children are living in the Pagoda, their ages ranging from 5 days old to 40 years old. 90 of these are orphans that are suffering from cerebral-palsy, blindness or Down's syndrome. At present, about 30-40 local children have a chance to study at Ky Quang as some local teachers teach Vietnamese for them in the morning. Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will get closer to the children’s life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future. Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Location: District 12, Ho Chi Minh City (or Sai Gon), in the southern part of Vietnam. Terminal: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN) Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Celebrate
the 1000th anniversary of
Hanoi Volunteer project: Hanoi has been the capital of Vietnam for 1,000 years. On this occasion the local government has planned for the biggest festival in the history to celebrate this event. The main festival will be on October 10, 2010 but many activities will be organized during the year 2010, especially in the first week of October. International volunteers are invited to help the local government in preparing for the festival before and even after the event. The volunteers will help cleaning the site, setting up stages for performances, setting up exchange sessions with discussion with local young people about Hanoi and different capital cities around the world. Study part: History and culture Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with social issues Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a house with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city). Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Beauty
in Diversity Day in Saigon Volunteer project: The “Beauty in Diversity Day” is an annual event organized by UNDP in cooperation with many local and international organizations in Vietnam to celebrate 3 special days together: the World AIDS Day (December 1st), the Day for People with Disabilities (December 3rd) and the International Volunteer Day (December 5th). The event will take place in the wide public in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). It is dedicated to recognizing the diversity of individuals living with or affected by disability, those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, together with wide range of individuals that volunteer their time and energy to contribute to the community's needs. The volunteers will prepare for the information corner with materials collected from different sources on the themes of HIV/AIDS prevention, disability and volunteering. The work will include designing, erecting, decorating and preparing games and activities for the event. Prepare a lot of ideas for this. Bring related materials from your country. Volunteers will also organize discussions with university students on the above themes. Study part: Voluntary service, HIV/AIDS, disabilities Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with social issues Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a house with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City Terminal: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN) Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
Beauty
in Diversity Day in
Hanoi Volunteer project: The “Beauty in Diversity Day” is an annual event organized by UNDP in cooperation with many local and international organizations in Vietnam to celebrate 3 special days together: the World AIDS Day (December 1st), the Day for People with Disabilities (December 3rd) and the International Volunteer Day (December 5th). The event will take place in the wide public in Hanoi City. It is dedicated to recognizing the diversity of individuals living with or affected by disability, those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, together with wide range of individuals that volunteer their time and energy to contribute to the community's needs. The volunteers will prepare for the information corner with materials collected from different sources on the themes of HIV/AIDS prevention, disability and volunteering. The work will include designing, erecting, decorating and preparing games and activities for the event. Prepare a lot of ideas for this. Bring related materials from your country. Volunteers will also organize discussions with university students on the above themes. Study part: Voluntary service, HIV/AIDS, disabilities Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with social issues Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Language: English Accommodation: In a house with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city) Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 170 Euro
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Educational and leisure activities for disadvantaged children
in a poor fishing village
Volunteer
project: Hai Duong Orphanage was established in 2002. With about 1,000 disabled
and orphan children coming from many parts of Hai Duong province, the
orphanage aims to provide basic education and vocational training to
create employment opportunities for the children of different
age groups. The orphanage has a wide variety of courses for children
ranging from infants to 18 years old. For example, children between the
ages of 6 to 12 will be provided with educational courses, and the older
children are able to attend vocational training courses at the centre.
While special education helps to lessen the burden of children’s
families by teaching the disabled to help themselves with personal
activities, the vocational training programs enable handicapped children
to earn their living and be able to live independently in the future.
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here for
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