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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Since its beginning in 2004, SJ Vietnam has had a lot of support from our partners,
networks, friends and excellent volunteers. SJ Vietnam is the General Secretariat of NVDA
since 2010 and a full member of CCIVS since 2006. It is also a partner of Alliance networks.
Thanks to the great partnership, the organization has gained big success with more than
5000 local members and 500 international volunteers each year.
In August 2010, it hosted a special project: the Patrimonito- World Heritage workcamp
sponsored by the CCIVS-UNESCO, which involved 20 international volunteers, and 2
members of SJ Vietnam in Ha Long Bay, the most famous World Heritage site in Vietnam. SJ
Vietnam successfully held big events for 1000 disadvantaged kids on Children’s day and
Mid-Autumn Festival. In December 2010, we celebrate International Volunteers’ day in
collaboration with UNV, VSO and a lot international NGOs. The director of the organization
is honor invited to be a keynote speaker of National Volunteers Conference in Vietnam by
National Youth Union.
In August 2010, we co-organized the 9th Asia-Europe Yong Volunteer Exchange with ASEF
and CCIVS-UNESCO in Ha Long City, which promotes and evaluates the impact of
volunteerism to communities. The event was warmly responded by both participants and
organizations. Besides, there are many events coordinated by our volunteers such as
Christmas Days, 5th Anniversary of SJ Vietnam, New Year Eve, Traditional cake festival on
Lunar New Year for poor people and disadvantaged children.
In 2011, the organization will have 20 workcamps, 17 long-term projects, 6 EVS projects
and some special group workcamps as well as numerous projects with local community for
social development.
For the achievements, we are sincerely thankful to our partners, friends, sponsors,
donators, volunteers, and especially to Solidarités Jeunesses, UNV, and Vietnam National
Youth Union, the World Bank, NVDA, CCIVS-UNESCO,Alliance, and their members.
SJ Vietnam warmly thanks “Un Etai pour le Vietnam”, a French student association based in
Toulouse which has been coordinating with SJ Vietnam in the project “Youth House-School
for less-fortuned and street children at Fisher Village in Hanoi, Vietnam”.
We are looking forward to strengthening partnership with you and welcoming your
volunteers to SJ Vietnam’s projects for sustainable development in beautiful Vietnam.
On behalf of SJ Vietnam
Director
Do Thi Phuc
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I. SJ VIETNAM INTRODUCTION
SJ Vietnam (www.sjvietnam.org) is an international youth NGO (Non-Governmental
Organization) that promotes values of solidarity, peace, tolerance through young
citizenship projects to improve society during and after the voluntarism. It was set up in
2004 by and for national and international young volunteers.
SJ Vietnam is an independent Vietnamese branch of SJ France, a full member of CCVIS
(UNESCO) and NVDA, a partner of Alliance. SJ Vietnam is a non-political and non-religious
organization which opens to everybody without any distinction of nationality, race,
philosophy, financial resources, and education or sex.
1.1.
HISTORY
On December 24th 2004, with the help of UNV Vietnam, YAP, NVDA and Un ETAI Pour Le
Vietnam, SJ Vietnam was established. The volunteering organization started as an informal
cooperation between Miss Do Thi Phuc, Vice-president of Vietnam Youth Volunteer Club
and Mr. Pierre De Hanscutter, a Belgian UNV working for UNDP Vietnam.
In June 2006, with the support of a sister organization in France, Solidarités Jeunesses, and
Miss Do Thi Phuc became the official director of the organization SJ Vietnam, Mr. Pierre De
Hanscutter became the Honorific President and official European representative. At the
same time, SJ Vietnam is an official member of Network for Voluntary Development in
Asia-Pacific (NVDA) and a full and active member of the Coordination Committee for the
International Voluntary Service (CCVIS) at UNESCO.
In January 2008, SJ Vietnam was the co-host organization for 7th NVDA General Assembly
in Vietnam and welcomed young volunteers of AEYVE from Asia and Europe.
In 2009, 5000 Vietnamese volunteers have been official members of SJ Vietnam. Around
500 international volunteers joined our activities each year. SJ Vietnam is currently one of
the biggest international workcamp organizations in Vietnam.
1.2.
GOALS
By developing International Volunteering, SJ Vietnam aims to:


Work towards a society of justice, peace and solidarity
Break cultural misunderstanding between people and nations
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Improve local and global environment, provide informal education, help to
reduce poverty and strengthen human rights

Encourage young people to participate actively in the society in which they
live.
The SJ Vietnam slogan reads: “Tình nguyện để sẻ chia, học hỏi và trưởng thành”, which
can be translated as: “Volunteer for sharing, learning and being responsible”. SJ
Vietnam organizes workcamps and long-term projects, campaigns of social integration,
training seminars, and international solidarity programs. All volunteers, both Vietnamese
and international, are warmly welcomed to join and participate in the activities provided
by SJ Vietnam. Furthermore, Vietnamese volunteers are sent abroad to participate in
volunteering projects by our partner organizations all over the world.
1.3.
ACTIVITIES
1.3.1. Workcamps
Workcamps organized by SJ Vietnam seek to provide an experience that connects
solidarity, intercultural learning, and community life to help disadvantaged, street, poor
and blind children, needy children in paediatrics hospital and disabled, old, homeless
people.
Special workcamps are festivals and events. For Vietnamese festivals such as the
International Children’s Day, Mid-Autumn festival, Christmas and Lunar New Year, SJ
Vietnam organizes events to celebrate these meaningful occasions for less-fortuned
children and people to give them equal opportunity, happiness and lots of smiles.
1.3.2. Long-term Volunteer Projects and EVS:
Long-term and EVS projects (from 2 to 12 months) are organized in Hanoi, Hai Duong,
Nam Dinh with topics related to social issues, environment to support sustainable
development. Long-term volunteers will live and work like local people.
1.3.3. Training courses, seminars and conferences
SJ Vietnam organizes regular workshops, seminars, conferences and training for its
members, which provide young volunteers with knowledge in global education including
conflict management, leadership, intercultural learning and volunteering skills, etc.
1.3.4. Sending Vietnamese volunteers abroad
Through a network of international partners, SJ Vietnam offers Vietnamese volunteers
chances to join in workcamps, projects and EVS abroad.
CONTACTS
Our office opens from Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm GMT +7.
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Could you please kindly inform your volunteers our national holiday calendar so we will
not have program or some of our activities may be changed during these days? Thanks.
• January 1st
•
King’s Day (10th March in Lunar Calendar)
•
April 30th Liberation Day
•
May 1st
•
September 2nd
•
21-29 January, 2012: Lunar New Year holidays
Our address: Suite 904, Building 3B, Block Resco, Pham Van Dong Street, Tu Liem District,
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: + 84.4. 37525190/+ 84.4.22154993
Fax: + 84.4. 37525190
Website: www.sjvietnam.org
Incoming: in@sjvietnam.org (Ms Trieu Thi Thu Hoai)
General email: info@sjvietnam.org (Ms Tran Thi Hong)
Workcamps: workcamp@sjvietnam.org (Mr. Duong The Tung)
Group workcamps: group@sjvietnam.org (Mr. Do Minh Duc)
Long term projects: ltv@sjvietnam.org/ ltv2@sjvietnam.org (Ms. Nguyen Hong Nhung and
Ms. Doan Thanh Ha)
Public Relations: pr@sjvietnam.org (Ms. Tran Thi Hong)
For partnership, please contact our director at: phuc@sjvietnam.org (Ms. Do Thi Phuc)
Thank you very much for your cooperation and please discover wonderful Vietnam through
our programs!
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II. WORKCAMPS IN VIETNAM 2011
SJ Vietnam’s workcamps vary from environment, education, art, construction to
social work. In some workcamps, the hosts or the volunteers organize
discussions, excursions, exchange parties, school visits and sports programs. The
workcamps usually last from ten days to two weeks, and three weeks or four weeks
with Vietnamese camp leaders. SJ Vietnam encourages people with difficulties and
volunteers from developing countries to join our workcamps. Please contact us
for more details.
When the volunteers are accepted, we will send you an updated info sheet or you
can
download
it
directly
from
our
info
sheet
server
at
http://infosheet.sjvietnam.org
We also use e-vet database (www.e-vet.org) to manage our projects, you can
send your volunteer applications directly to e-vet.
General information about our international workcamps:
 Age Limit: In general our volunteers should be about 18 years old. There are
no maximum age limits for most of our workcamps
 Work: Workcamps usually last for two weeks. Working hours are usually
about 30-35 hours a week (5-7 hours a day; 5 days a week). Any exception is
mentioned in the project descriptions.
 Accommodation: Local community centers, schools, youth centers or other
houses owned by the communities. The accommodations are usually in a basic
condition and include a shared kitchen and bathroom. In some cases, we will
have to take a shower with only cold water.
 Food: Food will be provided and volunteers are expected to do their fair
sharing of the cooking/cleaning.
 Camp Language: The common language is English, although the volunteers
are encouraged to learn the basics of the local language.
 Camp Leaders: The camp leaders have to represent the link between the
hosting community and the group of volunteers. They coordinate the work,
organize free time activities, plan excursions, shopping and cooking sessions.
Apart from these responsibilities, they are equal to the other volunteers. Most of
our camp leaders are local people and we are very open minded in hosting
international leaders from other organizations.
 Participation Fee: We are a non-profit organization with no external income,
so we charge volunteers coming from developed countries participation fee of
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160
Euro/workcamp/volunteer,
180-220
Euro/group
workcamp/volunteer and volunteers should pay in Euro only. The fee
includes accommodation (you can watch a video of one of our camp places at:
http://vietnam.solidaritesjeunesses.org/video/volunteers/visit%20of%20SJ%2
0House.avi), all costs of the projects (e.g. free food, scholarship, donation,
festivals for disadvantaged children and people, materials, training for locals),
local transport, local food; and 20% of these fees will be used for SJ Vietnam
administration (staff salary, rent, phone office work, etc). You can see more
details in our Volunteer Handbook. Participation fees have to be transferred to SJ
Vietnam’s bank account at least 2 weeks before volunteers come to Vietnam.
 Insurance: SJ Vietnam provides a basic insurance for only our coordinators
during the camp. We strongly recommend that the volunteers who plan to travel
beyond these dates purchase a separate insurance.
 Some practical matters: Depends on project, we highly recommend the
volunteers to bring a sleeping bag, basic work clothes, hiking shoes, swimming
suits as well as summer or warm and waterproof clothes depending on seasons.
Volunteers are also encouraged to bring information about their country, photos,
music, songbooks, games, musical instruments, ingredients to cook special food
from your countries, etc.
 Volunteers with special needs: Our camps are open to everyone. If you have
volunteers with special needs, please contact us. We will do our very best to find
a way to host them.
 Information sheets: We will send out detailed information sheets with
practical information and camp details the same day we accept the volunteers.
 Our website www.sjvietnam.org : We encourage all our partners and
volunteers to check out our website for more information about our projects.
There you will find more detailed information and photos from our workcamps.
 Getting to the campsite: Vietnam‘s public transportation is expensive and not
very efficient. We will arrange a minibus trip to most of our workcamps. The
participants can choose the minibus option to reach the workcamp location or
traveling independently using public transport (e.g. buses, flights). The minibus
fee will be published in the information sheet. However, beware that traveling
with our minibus is usually the most convenient option. This is a great chance for
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the volunteers to meet before the camp starts and discover some of Vietnam‘s
little-known and less-traveled areas on their way to the camp. Every participant
who wishes to take the minibus has to inform us before arriving Vietnam.
 Study theme: In most of our workcamps, we will have a study theme. We will
talk about the environment and the importance of daily eco-friendly practices.
We believe that it is necessary to take action at a local level to address this crucial
global issue. Although climate change may appear as a complex issue, there is a
wide variety of simple actions that every individual and community can take to
make a difference. Energy conservation, educational and reforestation programs,
implementation of a walking culture instead a driving-everywhere culture, waste
reduction for example, are just a few of the simple every-day options that allow
people to have a strong impact on nature conservation.
Participate in our workcamps to have great fun and enjoy amazingly
charming Vietnam!
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WORKCAMP CALENDAR 2011
No Duration
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
01/03/2011
12/03/2011
08/03/2011
19/03/2011
15/03/2011
26/03/2011
Code
Name of camp
Locatio
n
Volunteers
Languag
e
SJV110
1
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
SJV110
2
Hai Duong Welfare
center
Hai
Duong
10
English
SJV110
3
Pediatric Hospital
Hanoi
10
English
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
Bo De pagoda
Hanoi
6
English
Hai Duong Welfare
center
Hai
Duong
10
English
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
Bo De pagoda
Hanoi
6
English
Pediatric Hospital
Hanoi
10
English
Hai Duong Welfare
center
8/3 Center
(cancelled)
Hai
Duong
cancelle
d
10
English
cancelled
cancelle
d
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
Bo De pagoda
Hanoi
6
English
SJV111
4
Pediatric Hospital
Hanoi
10
English
SJV111
5
Hai Duong Welfare
center
Hai
Duong
15
English
SJV111
6
Youth House
Hanoi
15
English
SJV111
7
Pediatric Hospital
Hanoi
10
English
29/03/2011
12/04/2011
SJV110
4
SJV110
5
05/04/2011
16/04/2011
SJV110
6
12/04/2011
23/04/2011
SJV110
7
SJV110
8
26/04/2011
07/05/2011
SJV110
9
03/05/2011
14/05/2011
10/05/2011
21/05/2011
17/05/2011
28/05/2011
24/05/2011
04/06/2011
(Children’s
Day Festival)
31/05/2011
11/06/2011
SJV111
0
SJV111
1
SJV111
2
SJV111
3
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19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
07/06/2011
18/06/2011
14/06/2011
25/06/2011
28/06/2011
09/07/2011
19/07/2011
30/07/2011
09/08/2011
18/08/2011
06/09/2011
14/09/2011
20/09/2011
30/09/2011
11/10/2011
21/10/2011
01/11/2011
12/11/2011
28/11/2011
06/12/2011
SJV111
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Bo De pagoda
Hanoi
6
English
SJV111
9
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
SJV112
0
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
SJV112
1
Pediatric Hospital
Hanoi
10
English
Nam
Dinh
15
English
Hanoi
12
English
SJV112
2
SJV112
3
Xuan Thuy National
Park (CCIVS’s
project)
Mid Autumn Festival
for Disadvantaged
Patient Children
(Pediatric Hospital)
SJV112
4
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
SJV112
5
Hai Duong Welfare
Center
Hai
Duong
15
English
SJV112
6
Youth House
Hanoi
6
English
SJV112
7
International
Volunteer Day
Hanoi
10
English
Hanoi
10
English
Hanoi
15
English
28
13/12/2011
24/12/2011
SJV112
8
29
08/01/2012
16/01/2012
SJV112
9
Christmas for
Disadvantaged
Children (at Blind
school and Youth
House)
Making Chung cakes
and Lunar New Year
for disadvantaged
people
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2.1. FISHER VILLAGE (YOUTH HOUSE SCHOOL FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN)
Code
SJV1101
SJV1104
SJV1107
SJV1112
SJV1116
SJV1119
SJV1010
SJV1124
SJV1126
Name of camp
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Youth House School for disadvantaged children
Duration
01/03 - 12/03
29/03 - 12/04
12/04 - 23/04
10/05 - 21/05
24/05 - 04/06
14/06 - 25/06
28/06 - 09/06
20/09 - 30/09
01/11 - 12/11
Type: EDU/KID/SOCI/TEACH
Work: Keeping the School clean, teaching
and cooking free lunch for the children. The
children are from a fisher village near Red
River in Hanoi. Their parents cannot afford
to buy houses so they are all living in
floating boats. Only some of them can go to
normal school.
Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will
live in Youth House. Dormitory beds, water,
light is provided. You can cook for lunch at the work place and dinner at the
Youth House after work.
Program: Work starts at 9 am. A group (team 1) will go to the market to buy
food for lunch with local volunteers. Team 2 will teach children and team 3
will clean the house. You will have lunch with children and in the evening you
can go out or cook by yourself.
Location: Our house is close to the city center, volunteers will have the
chance to visit and explore many historical places as well as Vietnamese
corners.
Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info material and
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pictures of your country. Do not forget a smile.
2.2. HAI DUONG WELFARE CENTER FOR ORPHANS AND DISABLED
CHILDREN
Code
SJV1102
SJV1106
SJV1110
SJV1115
SJV1125
Name of camp
Duration
Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children 08/03
and orphans
19/03
Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children 05/04
and orphans
16/05
Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children 03/05
and orphans
14/05
Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children 24/05
and orphans
04/06
Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children 11/10
and orphans
21/10
Type: DIS/SOCI/KID
Work: The tasks will be flexible and will be confirmed during the orientation
of the camp. The working time starts at 9 am to 11:00 am and from 2:00 to
4:30 in the afternoon. They can be: preparing food for the children, taking
care of parentless babies, and renovating the bedrooms of the children,
painting the walls and clearing the center or dormitories. You will have free
time in the evening to go around for shopping or exchanging culture with
local volunteers or local people. However, you have to come back to the center
before 10 pm.
Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will stay in the center. Beds are
available. The group will have meals with the children at the canteen of the
center.
Location: Hai Duong is about 60 km away from Ha Noi city.
Transportation: Buses are always available to take from Ha Noi to Hai Duong
city.
Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials and
pictures of your country or some tools. Do not forget smiles on your lips.
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2.3. NATIONAL PEDIATRICS HOSPITAL OF VIETNAM
Code
SJV1103
SJV1109
SJV1114
SJV1117
SJV1121
Name of camp
Volunteering at the hospital to bring happiness to
pediatrics patients
Volunteering at the hospital to bring happiness to
pediatrics patients
Volunteering at the hospital to bring happiness to
pediatrics patients
Volunteering at the hospital to bring happiness to
pediatrics patients
Volunteering at the hospital to bring happiness to
pediatrics patients
Duration
15/03 - 26/03
26/04 - 07/05
17/05 - 28/05
31/05 - 11/06
19/07 - 30/07
Type: SOCI/KID
Work: organising creative activities, playing with and teaching English for the
children in the Hospital.
Program: In the morning, volunteer group will plan, prepare and practise
activities. They will run/perform for children in the hospital from 14.00 to 17.30
and then they have free time to go around for exchanging culture with local
volunteers, enjoying some events (if available) and exploring Hanoi.
Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will live in short-term house. Dormitory
beds, water, light and food are provided but volunteers have to cook by
themselves.
Transportation: Volunteers have to take buses and walk to the hospital under
the help of local volunteers in the first days. It will take about 20 minutes from
the last bus station to the hospital. SJ Vietnam covers the bus ticket.
2.3.
BO DE PAGODA
Code
Name of camp
Volunteering at Bo De Pagoda with disadvantaged
children and orphans
Volunteering at Bo De Pagoda with disadvantaged
SJV1105
SJV1108
Duration
29/03 - 12/04
12/04 - 23/04
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SJV1118
children and orphans
Volunteering at Bo De Pagoda with disadvantaged
children and orphans
Volunteering at Bo De Pagoda with disadvantaged
children and orphans
10/05 - 21/05
07/06 -18/06
Type: SOCI/KID
Work: Orphan children will have the chances to communicate with foreigners, to
have fun with them and have useful lessons about protecting the environment.
The little kids will have the caring from volunteers.
Accommodation & Food: Volunteers will live in our short-term house which is
5km from the fisher village. Dormitory beds, water, food and light are provided
but you have to cook by yourself.
Location: Long Bien District, Hanoi. It takes about 45 minutes to take buses and
walk from the Youth House to the pagoda.
Remarks: Volunteers should be enthusiastic, optimistic and patient, also they
need to have skills to work with children. Don’t forget to bring sleeping bag, mat,
clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country
2.4.
CHILDREN’S DAY FESTIVAL
Code
Name of camp
Children’s Day Festival at Hai Duong Welfare
Center
Children’s Day Festival at Youth House
SJV1115
SJV1116
Duration
24/05 – 04/06
24/05 – 04/06
Type: KID/EVENT
This work camp is to celebrate the International Children’s Day (1st of June) and
is organized for children to bring them good moments, particularly for the poor
or disadvantaged kids. Volunteers will prepare some events for kids of our
projects (Youth House, Hai Duong Welfare Center; see more in our websites
www.sjvietnam.org).
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Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will live in the volunteer house.
Dormitory beds, water, light and food provided; volunteers have to cook by
themselves.
Work: International and local volunteers will work together to organize a festival
with art performances, games and gifts for the children. The first week is for
preparation; volunteers will have to manage the events with the help of local
volunteers, to make a planning of their activities and to visit the projects in which
they will organize the event. Then volunteers also go to market to buy materials
to make presents (candy, gloves, scarf...).
During the second week, volunteers will join and organize the events. Of course,
volunteers will have free time during the weekend and for most of the evenings.
Transportation: Volunteers will travel to Hai Duong by buses and also go around
Hanoi by city buses.
Location: Hai Duong Welfare Center (60km from Hanoi), Youth House School
(Hanoi).
Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials, and
pictures of your country. For the children, it would be grateful that volunteers
bring some toys to show or offer to kids; they also bring some typical things of
their countries. Do not forget smiles on your lips!
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR COORDINATORS AT:
Email: workcamp@sjvietnam.org
Mr. Do Minh Duc – Mobile phone: (+84)984150584
Phone No: (+84) 4 37525190
If you want to participate in a workcamp or send your volunteers to a workcamp,
please contact: in@sjvietnam.org
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III. GROUP WORKCAMPS IN VIETNAM 2011
No.
Code
1
SJV-G1 Hai Duong welfare center
2
3
Name of camp
Location
Type
Age Language
Hai
Duong
KIDS/SOCI/DISA +18 English
SJV-G2 Giao Thuy school for
KIDS/SOCI/DISA
Nam Dinh
+18 English
disadvantaged children
SJV-G3 Dong Cay village
Quang
KIDS/SOCI
+18 English
Ninh
3.1.
INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PROJECT
3.1.1. SJV-G1 Hai Duong welfare center
Type: KIDS/SOCI/DISA
Location: Hai Duong province (50 km from Hanoi)
Project description
In collaboration with the welfare center in Hai Duong province, 50 km far from
Hanoi, SJ Vietnam would like to run voluntary projects in the welfare center. The
Welfare center was established in 1982 in Hai Duong city. There are around 1000
children coming from different parts of Hai Duong province. The centre is made
up of disadvantaged children, children with disabilities at different level and
orphans. All of them come from poor families and live in very poor living
conditions.
Volunteers are expected to help the children in the welfare center with their
daily tasks as well as organizing games and leisure activities for them. Volunteers
are encouraged to help the center with painting the dormitories, the doors etc.
and to decorate the walls along the corridor
Furthermore, the volunteers have the opportunity to join the children in drawing.
They will help the nurses to take care of the infants as well. They are also
encouraged to provide the children with information about health, facts about
the countries volunteers are coming from, and to teach them some basic and
funny English and other languages.
Hosting organization
The center aims to give children with disabilities as well as the poor and
disadvantaged free and non-formal education, to provide vocational training and
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employment opportunity for them mainly in Hai Duong province and Northern
provinces of Vietnam. These are some general purposes:
To help the disabled, poor and disadvantaged children to be able to integrate into
the community, to provide a basis for equal life opportunities, and to give them
free education and to improve their education level
Giving opportunities for them to take part in different activities, exchange their
ideas, deal with the complexes, abate the disabled pain and improve their selfconfidence in life.
The center will have vocational training programs depending on each object and
also provide them with employment opportunities, which are suitable for their
health; so that they can have the opportunity to live by themselves.
3.1.2. SJV-G2 Giao Thuy Kindergarten
Type: KIDS/SOCI/DIS
Location: Nam Dinh (150 km far from Hanoi)
Project description
Giao Xuan kindergarten was established in August 1980. There are around 70
children who are aged between 12 months and 5 years coming to the
kindergarten every day. Volunteers are expected to organize games for the
children, teach them some songs, and dance. The Kindergarten really needs to be
renovated so volunteers will help with building new fences, new walls, new
ceilings, etc for the children. Volunteers will organize activities for the kids here
who are very young but very excited to play with other people. Furthermore,
volunteers are expected to raise fund to support the children at the kindergarten.
Hosting organization
This is a traditional kindergarten which is built long time ago for the children to
come every day. They aim to take care and educate the children with very basic
knowledge before they really start school.
About 70 children here are from 12 months to 5 years old. Many children coming
every day, but there are not enough rooms for playing or living. There are only 8
rooms here, 4 rooms for 12 months to 3 year-old children and 4 rooms for the
rest of the children. Besides, the condition of the kindergarten in general is not
good enough for the children (the walls are too old, no mattresses, no blankets,
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no beds, no cabinets, lack of toys, etc.). They really need help to improve the
condition for the kids.
3.1.3. SJV-G3 Dong Cay Village
Type: KID/SOCI
Location: Dong Cay Village, Quang Ninh Province, near Ha Long Bay, the most
beautiful tourist attraction in Vietnam (200 km from Hanoi)
Project description
Volunteers are expected to help the local people in teaching basic computer skills,
English and playing and taking care the small children (by organizing some
games and leisure activities) while their parents are farming. Volunteers are also
encouraged to help the commune with painting the Cultural house (a place that
people gather in some days for meeting, discussing or organizing activities for
children), cleaning the Monument, planting trees…
Furthermore, volunteers are also encouraged to provide the children with
information about health, facts about the countries volunteers are coming from,
and to teach them some basic and funny English and other languages.
3.2. COMMON INFORMATION ABOUT GROUP WORKCAMPS
Duration
1-4 weeks (SJ Vietnam and the partner can discuss and find the best time for both
sides to organize this)
Food
Food will be cooked by volunteers during the work camp (except Hai Duong
welfare center, the center will cook for us ). Volunteers will be split up into teams
and the cooking team will go to the local market to buy food and cook for the rest
of the group. The volunteers will eat local ingredients. Some special food from
your country could be difficult to find here or could be expensive.
Accommodation
Volunteers will stay at the center ( in Hai Duong) or have home-stays with very
simple and basic accommodation. Volunteers will live with the local people and it
is a good chance for them to deeply understand about the Vietnamese people’s
lives. Sleeping bags, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, pillow, and blankets are
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needed (except in Dong Cay village: people here don’t use mattress in the
summer, so volunteers are preferred to bring their own air-beds).
Study part
We would like international volunteers to spend an evening having a workshop,
to introduce about their country and people. This would help our children and
volunteers to have a deeper understanding about the culture. Vietnamese
volunteers will also have one evening to introduce about their country, culture
and people.
(For example, we will organize one evening for volunteers to wear AO DAI – our
traditional dress and introduce international volunteers about this tradition.
International volunteers can do the same with their food, their life style, etc
International volunteers will teach English to local volunteers and children and
in return learn Vietnamese from them. Volunteers can teach the children when
they are playing and working together. The children don’t have many chances to
communicate with foreigners. Therefore it will be a great chance for the children
to improve their self-confidence or practice their English.
Leisure activities and cultural visit
The volunteers will have the opportunity to visit local beauty spots together with
Vietnamese volunteers. During the week, evenings will be used for cultural
exchanges, games and parties such discotheque, night market, Vietnamese
students live music show, etc. In some evenings all the volunteers can organize
discussions of cultural diversity and hot topics of young people like the
awareness of HIV/AIDS in society, ways of greetings and sounds of animals in
different languages.
What to bring
Some snacks from your country. Toys and balloons, books or note book, drawing
paints and kids’ stuff.
Bring some traditional costumes, and prepare a performance for the cultural
show.
The group work camp will include:
+ One-day orientation (Introduction about hosting organization including SJ
Vietnam and its local partner, about the work, project visits, welcome party, etc.)
+ Trip to Hanoi for one day.
+ Farewell party
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(Evenings will be spent for leisure activities, workshops, reflection, evaluations
and preparations for the work of the next days).
Participation fee: 200 EURO for Hai Duong welfare center, 220 EURO for
Giao Thuy school and Dong Cay village
(Pick-up, meals, local working transportation cost, meals, two-day excursion
included).
If it is one week or longer than 2 weeks, please contact us.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR COORDINATORS AT:
Email: workcamp@sjvietnam.org
Mr. Do Minh Duc – Mobile phone: (+84)942493815
Fax: + 84 4 752.5190
Regarding Dong Cay village workcamp only, please contact Ms. Tran Thi Hong Phone No: +84 (0) 9. 435.3588
Email: pr@sjvietnam.org
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III. LONG-TERM PROJECTS AT SJ VIETNAM IN 2011
LIST OF LONG-TERM PROJECTS IN 2011
Code
SJVL1101
SJVL1102
SJVL1103
SJVL1104
SJVL1105
SJVL1106
SJVL1107
SJVL1108
SJVL1109
SJVL1110
SJVL1111
SJVL1112
Name
Supporting social projects at An
Giang university.
Working in Xuan Thuy National
Marine Park
Providing fun and non-formal
education
for
disadvantaged
children in Hai Duong welfare
center.
Working
with
disadvantaged
children in Red-Cross Center in Hai
Duong
Working with sociology department
in Humanity and Social Science
University
Working as interacters with
students at FPT Universities
Location
Type
An Giang
RESEARCH/
SOCI/EDU
Nam Dinh ENVI/
MANU/ SOCI
Hai Duong SOCI/
MANU/
DISA/ KID
Hai Duong SOCI/ DISA/
KID/ EDU
Hanoi
EDU/ SOCI/
DISA
Da Nang, EDU/ SOCI
Ho
Chi
Minh City
Providing non-formal education for Hanoi
KID/ EDU/
poor and street children at Youth
SOCI/ MANU
House in Red River bank in Hanoi
Teaching English for blind children Hanoi
DISA/
at Nguyen Dinh Chieu school
EDU/SOCI
Organizing leisure activities for Hanoi
KID/
children at National Pediatrics
SOCI/ART
Hospital
Working with kids in SOS village in Hanoi
ART/SOCI/
Thanh Hoa
MANU/EDU
Taking care of orphans at Bo De Hanoi
SOCI/
pagoda
KID/EDU
Supporting social and educational Different
EDU/
projects
provinces CULTURE/
RESEARCH/
Age
limi
t
No of
vols
20 +
2
20 +
2
18 +
4
18 +
2
20 +
2
18 +
2
18 +
3
18 +
3
18 +
4
18 +
2
18 +
3
18 +
3
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SJVL1113
SJVL1114
SJVL1115
SJVL1116
SJVL1117
SJVL1118
Teaching English for poor and
ethnic minority children at CEC
center in Phu Yen
Supporting Website and PR
activities at SJ Vietnam
Supporting Workcamp Department
at SJ Vietnam
Supporting Long-term Volunteer
Department at SJ Vietnam
Supporting in taking care of
mentally-impaired children at
Aspiration Center
Supporting environmental project
at Ben Tre College
4.1.
SJV-L1101:
UNIVERSITY
SUPPORTING
Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi
Ben Tre
SOCIAL
KID
SOCI/RESEA
RCH
ADMIN/MA
NU
ADMIN/
MANU
ADMIN/
MANU
KID/ SOCI/
DISA
ENVI/SOCI/
RESEARCH
PROJECTS
AT
AN
18 +
2
18 +
1
18 +
1
18 +
1
18 +
2
18 +
4
GIANG
Type: RESEARCH/SOCI/EDU
Language: English
Age: 20 +
Work & activities: The Research Center of Social Sciences and Humanity is one of
the leading in the region of Mekong Delta, under the management of An Giang
university. The major objective of the research centre is to conduct research
activities that contribute to the development of society particularly in the field of
social work, education, culture and humanity. Firstly, volunteers will assist local
staffs in improving their language skills, and also support them to work on
different projects of UNDP, NGOs organized by the university, and/ or attend in
implementation in other projects from universities, agencies on social subject.
Objectives: The University would like to have exchanges and also to learn
foreign working style from international volunteers. Volunteers will share their
knowledge and understanding on social issues with the local partner, which
helps to carry out social projects in better ways and bring more effective result to
local communities.
Accommodation & Food: Simple accommodation surrounding project site will be
provided. Volunteers have the other choice which is host families, by this way
they can improve their Vietnamese language and understanding about
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Vietnamese life. Volunteers need to bring their sleeping bag, mosquito net,
pillow, and a sheet with them. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Exchanges as well as discussions on culture, environment,
Global issues… etc will be organized together with local people and local people
regularly to have deeper understanding between different cultures. An Giang is
located in the south of Vietnam where it has rich culture and tradition, so
volunteers can explore about local people and region in their free time.
Location: An Giang University, An Giang province, Vietnam.
Remarks: Volunteers need to have knowledge on social problems, working
experience with groups, be enthusiastic, optimistic, creative, patient and full of
energy.
4.2.
SJV-L1102: WORKING IN XUAN THUY NATIONAL MARINE PARK
Type: ENVI/ MANU/ SOCI
Language: English
Age: 20 +
Work & activities: Xuan Thuy
National Marine Park is 150
kilometers south-east of Hanoi.
The core zone of the park has a
total area of 7,100 hectares. In
2003 Xuan Thuy Natural Reserve
was approved as a national park.
The park is considered to be a
typical wetland ecosystem of
national
and
international
importance. In addition to a high
bio-diversity, Xuan Thuy National
Park is also known as an important platform for migratory birds including the
black-faced spoonbill, one of the world’s endangered species, other important
marine species and mangrove ecosystem. Many local projects such as planting
mushroom, raising bee to have honey, collecting and classifying rubbish…etc are
implementing.
Volunteers are expected to plant trees, build garbage storages in the national
park with the local community, support for the local staffs of the park in daily
work such as making research, making reports, as well as work on related fields,
take part in local projects, and participate in social and collective activities with
the local community. Also volunteers will organize workshops or campaigns to
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raise awareness of the local people about environmental protection and the
ecological systems and update the website of the national park to promote it to
many people. Volunteers will also organize English classes for the young people
in the village as well as for staffs of the park to improve this language’s skills for
them and encourage them to communicate in English, because it is a famous
ecotourism place so there are many foreign tourists visit this place every year.
Objectives: The volunteers are expected to raise awareness about environmental
protection within the local community. They can try to find solutions about how
to protect the ecosystem during their voluntary work. This is a chance for
volunteers to practice what they have learnt from universities/ collages, and also
an opportunity to explore the diversity of mangrove forest as well as the nature
in general. The park and SJ Vietnam hope that volunteers will have valuable
experience after their voluntary time there, and hope they will organize
campaigns to raise attitude of local people on environment. The local community
also hopes to have exchanges with foreign people from different cultures.
Accommodation & Food: Home-stay with the local people or staying at
guesthouse of National Park is 2 choices for accommodation. The life with the
natives will help volunteers understand deeply about regional culture and some
main characters in Vietnamese families, especially in traditional families. In
countryside there are many traditional value are still obvious in daily life. The
district which the part is located in is really famous for seafood and some tourist
places so volunteers can take this chance to discover the nature of the region.
Sleeping bags, sleeping mat, pillow, mosquito net, spray are needed. Vegetarian
catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Volunteers can enjoy the rich nature of the park and the
region. Besides, biking, sailing and bird watching is very interesting as well. Some
other famous tourist places surrounding are good choices for volunteers at
weekend or in free time
Location: Giao Xuan District, Nam Dinh province (150 km from Hanoi)
Remarks: Volunteers need to have knowledge about nature, birds, mangrove
forest and agriculture. They also need to be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, and
full of energy as well as ready to work hard and be able to do manual work for
example rice harvesting. They are supposed to be active and proactive in taking
activities with staffs of the National Park as well as local people. They should
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understand that sometimes there are a lot of duties but sometimes they will have
quite a lot of free time.
4.3. SJV-L1103: PROVIDING FUN AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION FOR
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN HAI DUONG WELFARE CENTER
Type: SOCI/ MANU/ DISA/ KID
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work & activities: Hai Duong welfare
center was established in March 1982.
Has about 1000 mentally and
physically disabled and disadvantaged
children coming from many parts of
Hai Duong province, the center aims to
provide compulsory education and
vocational training courses to create
employment opportunities for the
teenagers. The center has a wide
variety of courses for children ranging
from 6 years old 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. Volunteers are supposed to organize activities with the children and
support the local staffs. Volunteers will play games with the children, take care of
infant orphans and organize activities such as funny games, collective activities,
children songs…etc. The voluntary work at the center is quite hard and it
requires high motivation and patience from volunteers. So volunteers need to be
well prepared before starting this project.
Objectives: To encourage the disabled children to integrate into the community
and communicate with other people. Help the children to be more self-confident
thanks to the work with volunteers. The children will have fun and relaxed time
after lessons.
Accommodation & Food: Volunteers will stay in a dormitory. The
accommodation is very simple, basic, so sleeping bag, sleeping mat, sheet, and
pillow are needed. Food can be prepared by the center if volunteers want.
Vegetarian catering is possible.
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Leisure activities: There are famous tourist places near the center so volunteers
can discover by themselves at weekends and in free time. It is also easy to come
to Hanoi from Hai Duong by bus.
Location: Hai Duong city (50 km from Hanoi)
Remarks: Volunteers should be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, creative and full
of energy and ready to work with children with different levels of disability.
Working experience with disadvantaged kids is an advantage.
4.4. SJV-L1104: WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN REDCROSS CENTER IN HAI DUONG
Type: KID/SOCI/DISA/EDU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: The Red Cross center is hosting around 10 orphans who are
under 2 years old and around 20 disadvantaged and disabled children attending
vocational training courses. The orphan infancies are having taking care of
nannies, but the problem is that the nannies do not know how to take care of the
infancies in best ways. They really need to have consultants to help them in
building nutrient table for the kids. The center is not only aim at giving good care
with good food but they also wants to have consultancy about the method to take
care of the kids in all aspects in general. Many disadvantaged and disabled
children are having free training courses at the center. They hope to have more
communication with society, which is the reason why they want to learn foreign
language which can help them in finding jobs or searching document for their
studying. Teaching English is a need of the center together with the need of
having computer classes. Besides, the center hopes to have more leisure
activities for the people who are learning and staying there. Volunteers are
supposed to work together with staffs of the center to build nutrient table for the
kids, give English and computer classes as well as organize leisure activities for
the disadvantaged and disabled people staying and learning at the center.
Objectives: SJ Vietnam wants to call for help from volunteers so that the Red
Cross center has better caring for the kids and disadvantaged and disabled
people there. Having a foreign language and good training course will help a lot
for them to find out job to earn living by them.
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Accommodation & Food: Volunteers will stay at the project site with simple and
basic accommodation. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: There are famous tourist places near the center so volunteers
can discover by themselves at weekends and in free time. It is also easy to come
to Hanoi from Hai Duong by bus.
Location: Hai Duong city (50 km far from Hanoi).
Remarks: Volunteers should be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, creative and full
of energy and ready to work with children with different levels of disability.
Working experience with disadvantaged kids is an advantage.
4.5. SJV-L1105: WORKING WITH SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT IN HUMANITY
AND SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY.
Type: RESEARCH/SOCI/EDU
Language: English
Age: 20+
Work and activities: Volunteers will cooperate with some teachers in the
department and support them in implementing social projects. They also will
work with some groups of students both normal and disabled ones to make plans
on different topics such as communication skills, soft skills, etc and carry out
those plans. They also go on field trips with students to invest and solve
problems related to their studying.
Objectives: SJ Vietnam wants international volunteers have deep understanding
about what are taught in sociology department in Vietnam, how student are
manage this as well as have exchanges with young Vietnamese people.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi in the Capital of Vietnam so volunteers have the chance
to explore the rich culture of the 1000 – year old city.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
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Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, optimistic, and patient, especially
they need to have experience social and global issues.
4.6. SJV-L1106: WORKING AS INTERACTERS WITH STUDENTS IN FPT
UNIVERSITIES
Type: SOCI/EDU/CHARITABLE
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: FPT universities are leading ones in Vietnam in teaching IT
and related issues. They also have so many social/ charitable activities, which is
one part of the activities for their students every year. FPT universities have
campaigns on social work and they need as many volunteers as possible to join
that. They also want to have exchanges with foreigners to improve their English
skills so that students can integrate better with the world out of Vietnam.
International volunteers are expected to have non-formal classes to share
experience in learning English, to support for students in this. Besides,
volunteers will take part in planning voluntary activities with students and be
responsible for implementing those activities.
Objectives: More and more exchanges it has, much deeper mutual understanding
it gets. Because of that, SJ Vietnams wants to be the bridge to connect Vietnamese
young generation and the ones from abroad so that they can work together in the
common aim for a peaceful world.
Accommodation & Food: Volunteers will stay at the project site with simple and
basic accommodation. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: There are famous tourist places near the project sites so
volunteers can discover by themselves at weekends and in free time.
Location: Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, optimistic, and patient. They are
supposed to have experience in teaching and organizing activities as well as
working in groups. They need to be creative with many ideas.
4.7. SJV-L1107: PROVIDING NON-FORMAL EDUCATION FOR POOR AND
STREET CHILDREN AT YOUTH HOUSE IN RED RIVER BANK IN HANOI
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Type: KID/ SOCI/ MANU/ EDU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: The Youth House School is a small non-formal education
center for disadvantaged, street and poor children. It is also a friendly place for
young local people and international volunteers to come to explore their cultural
diversity with lots of youth exchanges such as music performance, photos
exhibition, and lessons for the children and funny leisure activities. We need
teachers and volunteers to give lessons to the children and cook meals for 20
children every day. SJ Vietnam combines these activities with projects to help
disadvantaged people at Fisher village who are very old and live in slum-boats on
Red river by giving them free food, supporting medicine for their disease,
providing water filter, toothpaste, second-hand warm clothes etc. Volunteers will
join a team of young local people and SJ Vietnam coordinators to manage the
projects and participate in daily activities at the school. Volunteers need to have a
very high motivation, very good communication skills and to be able to be
independent in your work. Volunteers also need to have many ideas about how
to keep the children’s interest and they need to know how to deal with
problematic situations with the children as well encourages the children to go to
the Youth House regularly for free basic education and nutrition food. We have
been increasing their awareness of education which can help them to get a
simple job and a better future to ensure their independent living, economic selfsufficiency. The scheme will demonstrate the important role of volunteerism and
public-private partnerships for social development. Our general aspirations:
gathering together to establish this center for disadvantaged, poor and street
children people to exchange ideas, have a chance to study vocation, integrate in
the community
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remark: Volunteers are supposed to have experience in teaching and working
with children, especially with street children.
4.8. SJV-L1108: TEACHING ENGLISH FOR BLIND CHILDREN AT NGUYEN
DINH CHIEU SCHOOL
Type: DISA/ EDU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work & activities: Nguyen Dinh Chieu is a school
for blind children and a center for blind adults. The
blind children come from different provinces with
different backgrounds, not only from Hanoi. The
school is aim at giving free vocational training,
education courses for the blind children at school.
There they also have musical classes because many
of them are good at music, which is the reason why
they often have performance in and out of Vietnam.
There has been many volunteers teaching English
there so English level of the children are quite good,
but they do not want to stop at basic level so they
want to improve it at higher levels, also the young kids want to learn the
language because the older ones are able to communicate in English, which
encourage a lot the younger ones in learning this language. The school needs
volunteers who can teach English to children and create a friendly environment
in order to encourage them to use the most popular and useful language in
Vietnam. High motivation, patient, enthusiasm and independence are necessary
soft skills volunteers need to have to work with the children. Volunteers also
need to be creative so they can keep the children’s interest and help them to
improve English. Experience in teaching and in working with children is helpful
in case to solve problematic situations with the children
Objectives: One effective way to learn English is to communicate with people
who can speak English fluently. SJ Vietnam wants to help the children in the Blind
school know more one foreign language which is useful & helpful with them in
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communication, broadening their knowledge as well as in their daily life.
Learning together with international volunteers gives the children the chance to
have cultural exchanges
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, full of energy
and ready to work with disabled people. They also need to be creative in giving
lessons to the children so it is easier for them to remember their lessons.
Organizing leisure activities will be held in order to have fun and reduce stress
for the children after having classes.
4.9. SJV-L1109: ORGANIZING LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AT
NATIONAL PEDIATRICS HOSPITAL
Type: KID/ SOCI
Language: English
Age:18
Work & activities: The National Hospital of
Pediatrics (NHP) is specialized in treating for
children coming from different provinces in
Vietnam. The hospital consists of 22
departments, with the number of permanent
treating patients amounting up to 10001200, age rages from infancy to nearly 17
years old. The majority of them are afflicted with difficult to cure ailments, such
as hematologist, nephrologists… Most patients come from low-income families in
which parents are working in agriculture sector, leading a rather poor life.
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During the treatment period, the patients do not have opportunities to
participate in common leisure activities, they often have to suffer from stress of
staying long time in hospital, so having fun and activities to reduce worry and
sadness while they are in hospital is necessary. SJ Vietnam needs volunteers to
organize games and collective activities for the children (e.g.: singing, drawing,
magic shows, etc).Volunteers can prepare a performance with the children every
month. They can also help the Vietnamese volunteers to build playrooms, and a
library.
Objectives: The volunteers will support the children by playing with them.
Through the games volunteers will help to distract the children from their
physical and mental pain/ hurt and they will not feel so much afraid of being in
hospital. SJ Vietnam hopes that the lovely children in the hospital will have sweet
and comfortable time in hospital with both Vietnamese and international
volunteers.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, full of energy
and ready to work with sick children. They also need to be creative in organizing
activities to the children so the children will feel relaxed.
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SJV-L1110: WORKING WITH KIDS IN SOS VILLAGE IN THANH
Type: MANU/ KID/ EDU/ SOCI
Language: English
Age:18+
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Work & activities: SOS Village is the place for orphan kids where the kids are
brought up carefully with free accommodation, food and schooling. But the kids
really want to have integration as much as possible so that they understand more
about out-side world which they do not have much idea on it. They also do not
have tutor on foreign languages so volunteers are expected to give free English
lessons for them. Volunteers will have support from one local organization called
Sun-kid which is working on education. The organization really cares to
education for disadvantaged kids so volunteers will work with them as well.
Objectives: SJ Vietnam wants to cooperate with different organizations/ communities
to give disadvantaged kids as much care as possible.
Accommodation & Food: Simple accommodation surrounding project site will be
provided by Sun-kid organization. Volunteers need to bring their sleeping bag,
mosquito net, pillow, and a sheet with them. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Volunteers can visit some beauty spots of Thanh Hoa
province. Thanh Hoa is very famous for Sam Son beach and many delicious
seafood. Volunteers can spend their weekend at the beach and enjoy Thanh Hoa’s
specialties.
Location: Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, optimistic, and patient to work
with disabled people. Volunteers should have PR and designing experience
4.11. SJV-L1111: TAKING CARE OF ORPHANS AT BO DE PAGODA.
Type: SOCI/ KID
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work & activities: Bo De pagoda is a place of Buddhist worshipping. Regarding
the religion, the female monks always try their best to help people and always act
in a peaceful and respectful way toward others. According to the Buddhist belief,
pagodas always welcome all kinds of people with different situations and help
them to find out how to solve their problems. There are about 100 children living
in the pagoda. The pagoda also is a place for homeless people. The director of the
pagoda, Monk Thich Dam Lan, wants to give all the children the chance to have an
education. It needs volunteers to take care of babies, organize leisure activities
for them, teach them how to protect surrounding environment of the pagoda.
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Especially the kids at the kindergarten of
the pagoda need to have careful take-care
and teaching from experienced volunteers.
Now they are at starting level to learn
games, figures, alphabets…etc so it is good
to have volunteers who are good at that.
Volunteers Will coordinate following
activities for kids: morning tea, play with
children, prepare crafts and music activities,
provide physical care, coordinate “daily
teeth cleaning” and “Fruit Friday”, clean the
kindergarten everyday after the activities,
model correct behavior for the children and nannies regarding non physical
discipline, healthy eating, mouth and hand hygiene and fair play.
Objectives: Orphan children will have the chance to communicate with
foreigners, to have fun with them and have useful lessons about keeping
environment tidy. The little kids will have the caring from volunteers.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers should be enthusiastic, optimistic, and patient and also
they need to have skills to work with children
4.12.
SJV-L1112: SUPPORTING SOCIAL & EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
Type : EDU/ SOCI/ CULTURE/
Language : English
Age : 18 +
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Work and activities: The E&C NGO is a Vietnamese non-government
organization, and partner of The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology
Association (VUSTA). It has developed projects offering improved education for
poor children in the Highlands; vocational education for the disabled; traditional
playgrounds for poor children; an educational program for disadvantaged youth;
and teaching English to children through active learning. It has also managed to
establish many professional partnerships that support and promote its program
activities. E & C NGO focuses on following areas: education and culture,
community projects, disadvantaged communities. There are some main tasks for
volunteers to support work at E & C NGO :
 Develop, facilitate and evaluate specific projects to meet the needs of
disadvantaged communities.
 Provide educational opportunities to children, disadvantaged youth,
university students, people with a disability, parents and other groups.
 Develop projects that introduce the best of modern knowledge of teaching
and educational methods to Vietnamese audiences and professionals.
 Liaise and partner with professionals, government, other NGOs and
international organizations for the benefit of disadvantaged communities in
Vietnam.
Objectives: SJ Vietnam hopes to have good volunteers to support development
programs which are aiming to bring more benefit to the development of society
in general as well as to the development of disadvantaged communities.
Accommodation & Food: Simple and small accommodation in SJ Vietnam’s LTV
House. Volunteers will stay in dormitory beds. It is supposed to have from 5 to 6
volunteers sharing a bedroom and 18 volunteers share 2 bathrooms/showers.
Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow, sheet with them.
Volunteers will prepare meals by themselves in the kitchen of LTV House.
Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers should be enthusiastic, optimistic, and patient. They need
to have experience in teaching or social fields/ related fields.
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4.13. SJV-L1113: TEACHING ENGLISH FOR POOR AND ETHNIC MINORITY
CHILDREN IN CEC CENTER IN PHU YEN
Type: SOCI/KID/EDU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: CEC English Center belongs to Phu Yen Continuing
Education Center. CEC is an environment for children aged from 6-15, and an
English supportive center for adults, who take part in in-service training courses
and associate training courses with universities and colleges throughout the
country. Established in 2007, the CEC English Center aims to teach English to
children aged from 6 to 16. We support free courses and learning materials for
poor and ethnic minority learners. The center also helps students who are
attending in-service training courses develop language skills. Children come
mainly from the outskirts of Tuy Hoa city.
Volunteers will teach English to children and create a friendly environment in
order to encourage them to communicate in English. They should know that the
most important part of this project is teaching English. Volunteers will be the
teachers and they are expected to teach grammar and other aspects of English to
their own classes which may have more than 10 students in each. Volunteers
encourage the students to learn English, for example, by organizing leisure
activities in English (audio, books, etc…), by providing the self-study materials.
Furthermore, they can help the teachers and staffs with other tasks in the school.
Objectives: One effective way to learn English is communicate with people
coming from English speaking countries but children there do not have many
chances to talk with foreigners, so this is a good opportunity for them to practice
language skills.
Accommodation & Food: Simple accommodation surrounding project site will be
provided by CEC center organization. Volunteers need to bring their sleeping bag,
mosquito net, pillow, and a sheet with them. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Phu Yen is a coastal province, the new tourism destination of
Vietnam with various picturesque landscapes, such as the Ô Loan Lagoon, Sông
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Cầu coconut ranges, Đá Bia and Nhạn mountains, Rô Bay and Long Thủy beach.
Volunteers can spend weekends visiting and discovering these places.
Location: Phu Yen province, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, full of energy and have strong
English writing skills. Experience in working with children is preferred.
4.14.
SJV-L1114: SUPPORTING WEBSITE AND PR ACTIVITIES AT SJ
VIETNAM
Type: ADMIN/ MANU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: Volunteers will be full members of the national and
international SJ Vietnam organization. It is supposed that volunteers who are at
this position will mainly work with PR department. PR coordinator will have
orientation for volunteers and guide them how to work. Volunteers will manage
and update the website of SJ Vietnam, organize it in better ways. Volunteers are
supposed to join different projects of SJ Vietnam in order to understand more
about those activities, work with local volunteers to look for information so they
can update news and write articles about SJ Vietnam.
Objectives: Help public relation staff to update the website and promote special
events. Manage SJ Vietnam’s website, update information, and write articles for
our website.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
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Remarks: The volunteer should be enthusiastic, optimistic, and ready to deal
with differences. They need to adapt quickly with new environment both in
nature and life style. Volunteers are supposed to have managing skills.
4.15.
SJV-L1115: SUPPORTING WORKCAMP DEPARTMENT AT SJ
VIETNAM.
Type: ADMIN/ MANU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: Long-term volunteers will be full members of the national
and international SJ Vietnam organization. Volunteers are supposed to assist SJ
Vietnam’s workcamp coordinators for working on projects and logistic of
projects as well. The workcamp coordinators will have orientation days to guide
volunteers how to work, solve problems and manage workcamp department.
Volunteers will have training to have managing skills on voluntary field and will
get working schedule form the coordinators. Running workcamps, building
working schedule for short-term volunteers, making orientation as well as
evaluations, updating the info-sheets of workcamp department, setup
regulations, build strategies for workcamp department ….etc will be main work
of volunteers who take over this position. This position also requires volunteers
to promote the image of SJ Vietnam, and build manual work template for next
volunteers who will be in charge of this place.
Objectives: Learning how to manage the work of workcamp department, how to
set up and have good relationship with partners both local and international
ones. After working in this position, volunteers will have strong managing skills.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: The volunteer should be enthusiastic, optimistic, and ready to deal
with differences. They need to adapt quickly with new environment both in
nature and life style. Volunteers are supposed to have managing skills
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SJV-L1116:
SUPPORTING
DEPARTMENT AT SJ VIETNAM
LONG-TERM
VOLUNTEER
Type: ADMIN/ MANU
Language: English
Age: 18+
Work and activities: Volunteers will work mainly at office and they will be
considered as staff members of SJ Vietnam. Volunteers will have working
schedule given by long-term volunteer coordinators. Volunteers is supposed to
help the coordinators to manage the work of long-term department such as
coordinating the relationships among long-term volunteers and SJ Vietnam staffs
to ensure a good and friendly working environment, to work with both local &
international partners, to build strategies for the department’s development.
Volunteers will take part in LTV meeting every Thursday evening and staff
meeting every Friday evening with all the long-term volunteers and SJ Vietnam
staffs to discuss the SJ Vietnam’s projects. A report will be made every LTV
meeting. Working on projects of SJ Vietnam with LTV department also will be the
main work of volunteers.
Objectives: To understand more about working in a Vietnamese NGO and give
out solutions to improve the organization, as well as promote SJ Vietnam’s
projects and its activities.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
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Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: The volunteer should be enthusiastic, optimistic, and ready to deal
with differences. They need to adapt quickly with new environment both in
nature and life style. Volunteers are supposed to have managing skills.
4.17.
SJV-L1117: SUPPORTING IN TAKING CARE OF MENTALLYIMPAIRED CHILDREN AT ASPIRATION CENTER
Type: KID/ SOCI/DIAS
Language: English
Age:18+
Work & activities: “Art Orientation and Mentally-disabled children integration
Center” is established in 02/01/2009 and is now helping 14 intellectually
handicapped children at the age of 4-23. This is a center which takes care and
educates children with intellectual disabilities. The center gives an opportunity
for mentally disabled children to have special education to help them develop
self-help, language and communication skills. From 1-5 pm, the children at the
center can be divided into 2 groups. The first one is relatively heavily
handicapped group who can’t speak and some even can’t hear. Volunteers will
help them improve their muscular strength by taking them for a walk, teaching
them to do simple exercises and to play simple games. The other one is less
handicapped group. Volunteers will organize English class, teach them to play
simple games, sing songs, draw and many things else. After that, you can teach
them to play sports such as basketball in the backyard.
Objectives: With recreation activities, those children have more chance to
integrate into communities instead of living their whole life in their family
houses. With English of the children improved, they can speak that language
better and they can use it more efficiently, which will help them a lot in their
studying. The English and leisure activities will bring knowledge and happiness
to children so that they will have optimistic view with life around them and they
will become useful people for our society. Furthermore, volunteers and students
will understand more about each other, which is a good way to have cultural
exchanges.
Accommodation & Food: The volunteers will stay in a Vietnamese host family in
Hanoi. They will be provided with either a private room in the house or a private
bed in a shared room. Volunteers need to take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow,
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and a sheet with them. Food money will be given to host family each month so
that they can cook for the volunteers. Vegetarian catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Hanoi has many historical and cultural places and it is also a
famous destination for tourists. Visiting Old Quarters, traditional trade villages
are good choices for volunteers at weekends or in free time. Many cultural
festivals are held in Hanoi annual so this is a great chance for volunteers to
explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Remarks: Volunteers need to be enthusiastic, patient, optimistic, full of energy
and ready to work with sick children. They also need to be creative in organizing
activities to the children so the children will feel relaxed.
4.18. SJV-L1118: SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT AT BEN TRE
COLLEGE
Type: ENVI/SOCI/RESEARCH
Language: English
Age: 20 +
Work & activities: The Research Center of Science and International Relations is
the first research center for social science and humanity, directly under Ben Tre
College. The major objectives of the research center are to conduct research
activities that contribute to the development of society particularly in the field of
social work, education, culture and humanity. Currently, the group of staff
members and students of Ben Tre Collage are working on a project at Vam Ho
Bird watch, one of two biggest bird watch in Mekong Delta. The project named
“Notebook to protect Vam Ho Bird watch” aims at building a supervising systems
of the area through which famers living near the bird watch are encouraged to
take notes of changes in the bird watch. Training session and workshop are
provided as well to help local people get familiar with the notebook. All notes will
be collected during the project duration and be presented in 3 big conferences.
By these activities, the project can help to raise awareness of local people on
nature protection.
Volunteers will work a supporter for the center in implementing “Notebook to
protect Vam Ho Bird watch” project as well as English teacher for staff members.
Also, the volunteers are expected to support students of Ben Tre College, local
staff to improve English skills and take an active role and effectiveness of
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program coordination, assisting in co-coordinating and implementing
international programs, communicating partners: experts, government, NGOs
and international organizations for the benefit of vulnerable communities in
Vietnam.
Volunteers will work around 6 hours/ day and have 2 days off/ week Volunteers
will have timetable for their work, they will work with help of Vietnamese people
at project site. Volunteer shall be provided with sufficient and well-arranged
working facilities, including a private corner in an air conditioned room, a
computer with Internet access, a shared printer and many helpful and friendly
colleagues.
Objectives: In general, the center hopes to give better education and
development to community.
The aims of the project:
 Implementing successfully the environmental project, bringing visible
outcomes to the local community.
 Training local staff and students with skills and methods to better coordinate international programs.
 Co-coordinating activities and services of are improved with new and
creative approaches.
 Holding seminars, conferences, forums and short-term training coursed
within the Center of Scientific Research and Relations.
 Using the media as a tool for community development.
Accommodation & Food: Volunteer will be provided a basic room in our
international guest house as well as the monthly allowance. Volunteers need to
take sleeping bag, mosquito net, pillow, and a sheet with them. Vegetarian
catering is possible.
Leisure activities: Located in the country's greatest river basin delta, with sea
shores adjacent to rice fields, favored by the nature, this land is very attractive
with delicious specialty orchards and some of the most beautiful and splendid
flower gardens in the Mekong Delta. Volunteers can spend the holidays exploring
the culture and nature of this province by following village paths, flower gardens
or floating local markets.
Location: Ben Tre province, Vietnam.
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Remarks: Volunteers with Bachelor degree in fields of Social Science, Social
Administration, Social Planning and Development, international relations, public
relations, development studies or equivalent are preferred.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
All volunteers who work in Hanoi will stay in host families. The volunteers
working in other provinces will have accommodation provided by our local
partners and have stay in our volunteers’ house during their orientation week in
Hanoi.
The participation fee for long-term projects is 250 EUR/month/volunteer. All
participation fee should be transferred to SJ Vietnam’s bank account at least 2
weeks before arrival.
Long-term volunteers will follow Vietnamese national public holidays calendar
during their volunteering with SJ Vietnam. The holidays include:
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January 1st
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Tết (Lunar New Year holidays)
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King’s Day (10th March in Lunar Calendar)
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April 30th Liberation Day
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May 1st
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September 2nd
These days are counted as volunteer’s holidays; the fee will not be reduced for
the days volunteers do not work at the project because of these holidays.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR COORDINATORS AT:
Long-term volunteer projects: Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Nhung
Email: ltv@sjvietnam.org – Mobile: +84 919118212
EVS: Ms. Doan Thanh Ha
Email: ltv2@sjvietnam.org - Phone No: + 84 4 37525190
If you want to participate in a long-term project or send your volunteers to a
long-term project, please contact: in@sjvietnam.org
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