Volunteers will join a group of local people and local volunteers to make “Chung” cakes and give them as happy gifts for the Lunar New Year. “Chung” cakes need to be cooked for 12 hours. Volunteers will also organise special parties, give gifts to the street children and children with HIV/AIDS and wish them a Happy New Year.
Schedule:
Volunteers will work from 9am to 11am. In the afternoon from 2pm until 4pm. Free time after 4pm.
Accommodation and Food:
Volunteers will stay in one of our Youth Houses with very simple and basic facilities. Volunteers should be ready to sleep on the floor. All volunteers have to prepare and cook meals for themselves.
Location:
Near the centre of Ha Noi.
NB:
Please bring sleeping bag, mat, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country...and do not forget to bring smiles!
Hosting Fee:
We are a non-profit organisation with no external income so we charge volunteers coming from developed countries a participation fee of 150 Euro per workcamp (you can pay in US$ or Vietnam Dong in the approximate amount). This fee includes accommodation, it covers the costs of all projects (eg. food, scholarship, donation, festivals for disadvantaged children, materials, training for locals), local transport, local food and 30% of these fees will be used to SJ Vietnam administration (staff salary and overhead costs, etc).
Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care center 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/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 vegetables. It is expected that it will eventually cover 100%, and there are products left for sale to raise funds for the village.
Work:
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. [In VPV03-10, volunteers will focus on preparing Tet New Year Festival for the children in the Village. The work then includes redecorating the houses and making of Chung Cake – a traditional cake for this holiday in Vietnam].
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Disadvantaged children in Vietnam.
Accommodation:
VPV’s Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
Location:
Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
TET Festival is a 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 drink. 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 a need to prepare something for those children so they still have a good time and enjoy such big holidays. In Hanoi area, an international workcamp will be set up to prepare Tet holidays in Ha Cau Orphanage and Hanoi Welfare Center in Tu Liem district.
Work:
Volunteers will help renovating the houses, cleaning the site and making Chung Cake (traditional cake for children in Tet).
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Disadvantaged children in Vietnam.
Accommodation:
Shared rooms in project site. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
Location:
Tay Mo, Tu Liem District, Hanoi.
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive to the west.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
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 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 drink. However, in the orphanages children do not have anyone to prepare for this holiday. Most of them stay in the orphanage or centers over the Tet, and only some of them go back to their home villages. Thus there is a need to prepare something for those children so they still have a good time and enjoy this important holiday. In Ho Chi Minh City area, an international workcamp will be set up to prepare Tet holidays in Ky Quang Orphanage and Chua La Orphanage.
Work:
Volunteers will help renovating the houses, cleaning the site and making Chung Cake (traditional cake for children in Tet).
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Disadvantaged children in Vietnam
Accommodation:
Shared rooms in project site. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by volunteers with support from local people.
Location:
Phu Nhuan District, HCMC.
Travel:
Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN).
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situations.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
Hanoi has been the capital of Vietnam for a 1,000 years. On this occasion the local government has planned for the biggest festival in its history to celebrate this event. The main festival will be on 10 October 2010, but many activities will be organized during the year 2010, especially in the first week of October. Along with those events, VPV plans to organize an international workcamp, to help the local government in preparing for the festival before and even after the event.
Work:
Volunteers will help clean the site, setting up stages for performances, setting up an exchange session with discussions with local young people about Hanoi, and different capital cities around the world.
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
History, Culture.
Accommodation:
VPV’s Peace House with modest conditions. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by volunteers with support from local people.
Location:
Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with social issues.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
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 (1st December), the International Volunteer Day (3rd December), and the Day for People with Disabilities (5th December). The event will take place in the wide public in Ho Chi Minh City 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.
Work:
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 themes above.
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Voluntary Service, HIV/AIDS, Disability.
Accommodation:
VPV’s Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by volunteers with support from local people.
Location:
Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with social issues.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
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 (1st December), the International Volunteer Day (3rd December), and the Day for People with Disabilities (5th December). The event will take place in the wide public in Ho Chi Minh City 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.
Work:
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 themes above.
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Voluntary Service, HIV/AIDS, Disability.
Accommodation:
VPV’s Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by volunteers with support from local people.
Location:
Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with social issues.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
Thuy An Orphanage was founded in 1979, with the aim to provide good shelter and care for orphans and children with disabilities. 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 they can stand on their own feet, and obtain a job in the future. VPV is working with 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.
Work:
Volunteers will help with taking care of the children and organising social activities for them. There will also be 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 or staff. [In VPV37-10, volunteers will also help to organise Christmas and New Year festival for the children in the orphanage].
Age:
18+
Study Theme:
Disadvantaged children in Vietnam.
Accommodation:
Shared rooms in project site. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by volunteers with support from local people.
Location:
Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Noi.
Travel:
Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the west.
Qualifications:
Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation.
Leisure Activities:
Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
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