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Organic
gardening project in support of Agent Orange victims Volunteer project: Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care centre for Agent Orange victims located in Ha Tay Province, which was opened in 1993 to treat children and veterans suffering from the effects of Agent Orange. 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 needs and there will be 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: 160 Euro
Support
for orphaned and disabled youths in the Welfare center “For the future” Volunteer project: “For the future” is a welfare center for orphaned or disabled teenagers with more than 60 youths from around Hanoi at the age from 14 to 25 years old. Established in March 2002, the center aims at providing vocational training and employment opportunities for disabled teenagers in Hanoi. Every day they make handmade products like textile flowers, lacquer-paintings, etc. The international volunteers will be mainly working in the big garden of the center: cleaning and planting vegetables and trees, which is really interesting and meaningful for the people at the center. The volunteers will also organize leisure/social activities for them during their free time or during break time. The volunteers are expected to create a friendly English-speaking environment to help the people learn and communicate in English, as well as feel confident. The project’s goal is quite simple: to make friends with the handicraft workers and share some smiles. This is an easy project to get involved with, and it’s quite easy to build relationships with the teens. 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. You will live and work in Hanoi, so you'll have opportunity to visit places of interest around the city in your free time. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Educational and leisure activities for disadvantaged children
in a poor fishing village
These activities are combined with projects to help disadvantaged people at the Fisher Village, who are very poor and live in slum-boats on the Red river. This is done by giving them food, medicines, water filters (for clean drinking water), toothpaste, second-hand warm clothes and free showers in winter, etc. 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. 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
Providing
care, social and educational activities for orphans in
SOS Children's Village Viet Tri Volunteer project: The first children moved into SOS Children's Village Viet Tri in 1999. The SOS Children's Village is situated in the centre of Viet Tri City, the capital of Phu Tho Province. There are now about 168 orphans living in 15 families under the care of the village mothers and staff. The orphans come from 5 different provinces in the north of Vietnam, and are at the ages between 1 and 18. 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: 160 Euro
Creating
an organic garden for an Orphanage in
Ha Tay Province
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 who 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. 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 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 project site. Location: Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Tay. Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the west Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Play program for
orphaned, disabled and refugee children in
Doan Hung Welfare Center Volunteer project: Doan Hung Social Welfare Center is located in the mountainous area of Phu Tho Province in northern part of Vietnam. The center is providing care and basic education for about 120 disadvantaged children who are orphan/abandon/disabled and refugees. Some of them are victims of Agent Orange (a chemical used by US Army during the Vietnam War). Volunteers will spend time playing with the children, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also teach some English for the children refugees. 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 the project site. Modest conditions. Shared rooms. Location: Doan Hung distrist, Phu Tho province, about 150 km North- West from Hanoi Capital. Terminal: Hanoi Airport, 3 hour drive to the north. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 160 Euro
Taking
care of handicapped
children and improving
the living conditions
in
Hai Duong
welfare center Volunteer project: Hai Duong welfare center was established in March 1982 and has about 1000 disabled and disadvantaged children coming from many parts of 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. 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
Renovation
project at Hanoi's only School for blind children Volunteer project: Nguyen Dinh Chieu is a school for blind children and a center for blind adults. Established in 1985, the center aims to provide vocational training, cultural education, exchange of ideas and organized cultural performance for blind people. There are 120 blind children who come mainly from Hanoi, but the school also receives children from other provinces of Vietnam. Some of the children are really good at playing some kind of musical instrument. Right before the beginning of the new school year, a group of volunteers will prepare the classrooms for the children. The volunteers will repair windows, doors, tables and will paint the walls. In the free time, the volunteers can play with the children to share their experiences and culture. 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 center is near the accommodation (15 minutes by bus). Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Organizing
the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations for underprivileged children Volunteer project: The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian calendar), a date that parallels the Autumn Equinox of the solar calendar. This is the ideal time, when the moon is at its fullest and brightest, to celebrate the abundance of the summer's harvest. The traditional food of this festival is the moon cake, of which there are many different varieties. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as eating moon cakes outside under the moon, putting pomelo rinds on one's head, carrying brightly lit lanterns, burning incense in reverence to deities, planting Mid-Autumn trees, collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members, lighting lanterns on towers, fire dragon dances. The festival is very much like a combination of Halloween and Thanksgiving. Children parade on the streets, while singing and carrying colorful lanterns of different sizes. Some of the popular shapes include fishes, stars, butterflies and a lantern that spins when a candle is inserted, representing the earth circling the sun. Today, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival promotes education, poetry, dance and arts and crafts, as well as encourages affection for children. The international volunteers will help organize the Mid-Autumn Festival for children in the National Pediatric Hospital in Hanoi, street children, poor children who live in the Fisher Village at the Red River and for about 1000 orphans and disadvantaged children in the Welfare Center in Hai Duong. The volunteers will make stars, toys, and mid-autumn cakes to give to the children. The group will also prepare a performance for the disadvantaged kids including songs in English, Vietnamese or other languages. Language: English Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a house near the Red River. Kitchen and sanitary facilities available. Please bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
International
Volunteer Day Volunteer project: International Volunteer Day (December 5th) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. The declared aim of this activity is to thank the volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society. The day is celebrated in most countries in the world. The volunteer team will organize and participate in many creative activities related to the International Volunteer Day, such as an eco-tour (parade in Hanoi city), decorating, taking photos for an exhibition, cultural exchanges with many foreign and local volunteers, etc. Language: English Accommodation: The group will live in a house near the Red River. Kitchen and sanitary facilities available. Please bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a thousand year old city, situated at the banks of the Red River, with an estimated population of about 4 million inhabitants. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for sick and poor Vietnamese kids
Volunteer project: International and local volunteers will organize Christmas and New
Year festival for extremely poor children living in the Fisher village at
the Red River and for the patients of the National Pediatric Hospital in
Hanoi. The volunteers will make nice gifts for the children such as
light stars. The volunteers need to bring Santa Claus clothes. They will also collect second hand clothes to give to the very poor children who don’t have enough warm clothes for the winter. Language: English Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a house near the Red River. Kitchen and sanitary facilities available. Please bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, a thousand year old city, situated at the banks of the Red River, with an estimated population of about 4 million inhabitants. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
Happiness
for the poor in the Lunar New Year's
days Volunteer project: Tet (Feast of the First Morning) is the Lunar New Year of Vietnamese people. It is the most important traditional celebration each year in Vietnam. Vietnamese usually spend one or two weeks to visit their families, friends, and relatives, and beautiful places. They also go to pagodas and temples to pray for happiness, luck, success, good health, etc. with holy meanings for the New Year. They also make and enjoy very delicious food and cakes, especially “Chung” cake which is square sticky rice cake that all Vietnamese make only for Tet. However, there are still poor people and street children who do not have money for buying or making “Chung” cake. The international volunteers will join a group of local people and volunteers to make "Chung" cake for the poor people and then give them out as happy gifts for the Lunar New Year. "Chung" cakes need to be cooked for 12 hours. The volunteers are expected to help about 300 people on this special occasion. They will also take part in preparing and decorating houses of the poor people. The volunteers will organize special parties and give gifts to street children and children with HIV/AIDS to wish them a Happy New Year. Language: English Accommodation: In the International Youth House, near the center of Hanoi. The accommodation is simple, dormitory style. Volunteers should bring a sleeping bag. Location: Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 Euro
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