Tết ([tet˧˥] or [tɜːt˧˥]), or Vietnamese New Year, is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture. The word is a shortened form of Tết Nguyên Đán (Nôm: 節元旦), which is Sino-Vietnamese for "Feast of the First Morning of the First Day". Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese variation of the Chinese lunisolar calendar, which usually has the date falling between the months of January or February.
It takes place from the first day of the first month of the Vietnamese calendar (around late January or early February) until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese prepare for Tết by cooking special holiday foods and cleaning the house. These food includes Chung cake (bánh chưng), bánh dày, dried young bamboo soup (canh măng), giò and sticky rice. There are a lot of customs practiced during Tết, such as visiting a person's house on the first day of the new year (xông nhà), ancestral worshipping, wishing New Year's greetings, giving lucky money to children and elderly people, and opening a shop.
Tết is also an occasion for pilgrims and family reunions. During Tết, Vietnamese visit their relatives and temples, forgetting about the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year. They consider Tết to be the first day of spring and the festival is often called Hội xuân (spring festival).
Work:
Volunteers will make traditional Chung cakes and prepare special performances and gifts for the disadvantaged people.
Accommodation and food:
Volunteers will stay at the dormitory with basic conditions. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at accommodation, only lunch at local restaurant near project site.
Location:
Hanoi
Terminal:
Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)
Transportation:
Public bus
Remark:
Sleeping bag, prove-water clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, toys and activities materials for the children if you have.
Organize special event to celebrate children s day for the disadvantaged children (disabled, orphans).
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay at the guesthouse with basic conditions. Wifi and western style bathroom are available. Meals are at local restaurant.
Location & leisure:
You will have free time during the evenings and the weekends to spend as you please. During those free moments you can visit local markets nearby and come to center of HCM to discover the busiest cities in Vietnam.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, toys and learning materials for the children if you have.Prepare yourself to deal with kids- some of them are annoyed, closed.
Volunteers will prepare performances and gifts for the disadvantaged children with different backgrounds from different projects of SJ Vietnam: street children living in the Fisher Village or the children patients in National hospital of Acupuncture, etc.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay at the guesthouse with basic conditions. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at accommodation, only lunch at local restaurant near project site
Location & leisure:
You will have free time during the evenings and the weekends to spend as you please. During those free moments you can visit local markets nearby and come to center of HCM to discover the busiest cities in Vietnam.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, toys and learning materials for the children if you have. Prepare yourself to deal with kids- some of them are annoyed, closed.
Volunteers will prepare performances and gifts for the disadvantaged children with different backgrounds from different projects of SJ Vietnam: street children living in the Fisher Village or the children patients in National hospital of Acupuncture, etc.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay at the guesthouse with basic conditions. Breakfast and dinner will be provided at accommodation, only lunch at local restaurant near project site
Location & leisure:
You will have free time during the evenings and the weekends to spend as you please. During those free moments you can travel to discover further wonders of Vietnam Located in northern Vietnam, Hanoi is the capital of the country with a population of seven million. The city is a thousand years old and follows the banks of the Red River. Hanoi counts many colorful districts including the French styled Old Quarter near Hoan Kiem lake, the modern New Quarter, and the more touristy Tay Ho area...
Requirements:
Sleeping bag, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, toys and learning materials for the children if you have. Prepare yourself to deal with kids- some of them are annoyed, closed.
Volunteers will carry out performances, decoration, games, drawing, gifts and fundraising, etc...
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay at the guest house with basic living conditions. Meals are at local restaurant near project site.
Location & leisure:
You will have free time during the evenings and the weekends to spend as you please. During those free moments you can visit local markets nearby and come to center of HCM to discover the busiest cities in Vietnam.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag, prove-water clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, presents, toys and activities materials for the children if you have. Prepare yourself to deal with kids- some of them are annoyed, closed.
Volunteers will carry out performances, decoration, games, drawing, gifts and fundraising, etc...
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay at the volunteer s house with basic living conditions. Meals are at local restaurant near project site.
Location & leisure:
You will have free time during the evenings and the weekends to spend as you please. During those free moments you can travel to discover further wonders of Vietnam Located in northern Vietnam, Hanoi is the capital of the country with a population of seven million. The city is a thousand years old and follows the banks of the Red River. Hanoi counts many colorful districts including the French styled Old Quarter near Hoan Kiem lake, the modern New Quarter, and the more touristy Tay Ho area...
Requirements:
Prepare yourself to work with disabled kids, some of them are very loud and annoying.
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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