📌THE MAIN ACTIVITIES: you will have the opportunity to select what you want to do:
➢Teaching English or French
Volunteers will work in a Vietnamese school or community centre to assist primary, secondary and high school students with their education. Volunteers will help to improve the children's pronunciation, assist local teachers in managing their classes, organize games and other activities in the classroom, and help to improve the children's listening and speaking skills.
➢Caring For Disabled Children
Volunteers have the opportunity to work in institutions caring for children and young people affected by Agent Orange or in schools and community clinics looking after mentally disabled children. Typical examples of jobs and tasks can include; assisting local staff in providing rehabilitation exercises and therapist treatments for children, playing with children and entertaining/educating them with games, music, arts and other exercises, helping to develop fundraising initiatives to ensure ongoing funding for these institutions and teaching English to local staff.
➢Working with Local NGOs
Volunteers' roles will vary dependent on the type of organization they work with but typical work can include; writing proposals and reports, improving staff's English and communication skills, assisting with fundraising initiatives and networking with international partners.
📌VOLUNTEER'S PROFILE:
Volunteers must be passionate with volunteer work, positive and over 18 years of age at the beginning of the program and have at least a high school education.
📌ACCOMMODATION
Volunteers stay in shared room of 4-6-8 volunteers in volunteer house (dorm). The dorms are a popular and a very sociable option as you get to live and socialise with other volunteers and Vietnamese staff. Living conditions in the dorms are basic. There is hot water, washing machine, airconditioning in summer and flushing toilets but you cannot expect to live in a hotel. Males and females are accommodated in separate floors. Dorms are located almost in Hanoi suburd, about 30 minutes from the city centre.
📌FOOD
Volunteers will be provided with 3 meals a day, Vietnamese food. Vegetarian food can be provided but if you have too strict diet, it is suggested to bring along some supplemental food for you.
📌START AND DURATION OF PROGRAMS
Placements usually begin on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Volunteers can choose to volunteer for periods of two weeks above.
📌FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
For the first 2 weeks, it is USD 400. For each week after, it is USD 100 added. This program fee covers for:
- Food
- Accomodation
- Local transportation
- Airport pick up
- Orientation
- City tour
- Logistics support
There is EUR 100 participation fee after approval.
📌TRAVEL
The volunteer is solely responsible for arranging and paying for their own travel, specifically including all airfares or other transport costs to and from the host country as well as any local transport costs. It is the responsibility of the volunteer to carry all necessary documents when travelling abroad. While we may advise the volunteer on required travel documentation, we are not responsible for any supporting documents necessary for the volunteer's travel needs or other purposes.
From each European capital it will cost approximately EUR 400 for a round trip to Vietnham.
📌INSURANCE
We do not provide the volunteer with insurance of any kind. While travel insurance is mandatory to volunteer in this project. The volunteer is solely responsible for evaluating and determining the type, extent and levels of any insurance coverage they need or desire for their planned volunteer travel period.
📌VISA Please, check the following link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Vietnam
📌PAY ATTENTION This is not an Erasmus+ project and travel and organization costs are covered by the participants.
📌There is no deadline for applying. The call is open all year long.
❓If you have any questions, contact us: absociety.info@gmail.com
