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Workcamps with SJ Vietnam

Note: There is a participation fee of 150 €.

VPV33-10 Vietnam Friendship Village 01/11-13/11 KIDS/DISA/ENVI 18+ 20

Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care centre located in the western outskirts of Hanoi Capital, which was opened in 1993 to treat children and veterans who suffer from the effects of Agent Orange (a chemical used by the American army during Vietnam-US War). The children, whose fathers or grandfathers were exposed (causing chromosomal damage) or who were contaminated from their mother's milk, suffer from a range of difficult conditions. While staying in Vietnam Friendship Village, children and veterans are nourished and are provided with free medical care. The children, who may stay there for several years, receive not only basic education, but also some forms of job training.

The Organic Gardening Project was launched in 2004 with the goal of creating islands of a harmonious approach to agriculture within areas of environmental and human devastation - increasing awareness of the consequences of war and, at the same time, demonstrating positive strategies for healing and living. At this moment, the farm is providing about 60% of the village's consumption of vegetable. It is expected that it will cover all the need and there are products left for sale to raise fund for the village.

W: Volunteers will help with clearing the site, preparing soil, weeding, planting vegetables and fruit trees, cleaning a fish pond and redecorating the flowers in the garden. Additional activities may include planting trees, moving bricks for construction, collecting garbage and playing with the children or exchanging with local volunteers or farmers. [In VPV03-10, volunteers will focus on preparing Tet New Year Festival for the children in the Village. The work then includes redecorating the houses and making of Chung Cake - a traditional cake for this holiday in Vietnam].

S: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam
A: VPV's Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
T: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV28-10 Thuy An Orphanage 06/09-18/09 KIDS/DISA/EDU 18+ 20
VPV32-10 Thuy An Orphanage 18/10-30/10 KIDS/DISA/EDU 18+ 20
VPV37-10 Thuy An Orphanage 20/12-31/12 KIDS/EDU/FEST 18+ 15

Thuy An Orphanage was founded in 1979 with the aim to provide good shelter and care for children with disabilities and orphan. At this moment, there are about 150 children who are abandoned or who are from very poor families that cannot afford caring for the treatment of disabilities. The orphanage is providing housing, education and basic care for the children, as well as providing vocational training with the hope that children can stand on their own feet with a job in the future. VPV is working with the orphanage to start up an organic garden with the aim to provide extra food for the children, and at the same time provide opportunities for labor rehabilitation for them.
W: Volunteers will help with taking care of the children and organizing social activities for them. There will be also some manual work such as clearing the site, preparing soil, weeding, planting vegetables and fruit trees, moving bricks for construction, collecting garbage and playing with the children or exchanging with local volunteers or staff. [In VPV37-10, volunteers will also help organizing Christmas and New Year Festival for children in the orphanage]
S: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam
A: Shared rooms in project site. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: Thuy An, Ba Vi, Ha Noi.
T: Hanoi Airport, 2 hour drive to the west.
Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV29-10 Saigon Chua La Orphanage 13/09-25/09 KIDS/SOCI/EDU 18+ 20
VPV36-10 Saigon Chua La Orphanage 13/12-25/12 KIDS/SOCI/EDU 18+ 20

Chua La Orphanage is part of Chua La Pagoda located in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). It was built in 1996 when Head Monk, Thich Truyen Tu, returned to the countryside and sold his parent's land, in order to purchase 2 hectares of muddy land to build a pagoda in Nha Be town. At first the pagoda was named Huyen Trang, but due to the roofs linking together with coconut leaves it got its name Chua La, meaning Leaf Pagoda. Today, in this peaceful and quiet space in the outskirts of HCM city, the Leaf pagoda is bringing up orphan children and helping old people in need. At the moment, there are about 40 children of ages from 4 to 17 years old. In addition, there are 20 old people in Leaf Pagoda, with most of them coming from the surrounding countryside in the South and have had a difficult life. Children have had opportunities to learn and speak foreign languages with English being the most studied. They can also speak some Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. The standard of living here is low, almost all of their food is donated, and they only buy tofu.
W: Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will get closer to the children's life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future.

S: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam
A: VPV's Dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: District 12, Ho Chi Minh City (or Sai Gon - southern part of Vietnam).
T: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN)
Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV31-10 Saigon Ky Quang Orphanage 04/10-16/10 KIDS/DISA/EDU 18+ 20

Ky Quang Orphanage is run by Ky Quang Pagoda, which was built in the early part of the 20th Century in 1924 and is quite famous in Ho Chi Minh City. The pagoda is now a place of charity for unlucky children and also helps treat diseases. Now, the pagoda is taking care and bringing up more than 200 children in the South of Vietnam. The children here have unfortunate backgrounds as many have been abandoned by their parents and relatives. Every few months, the monks find a new baby left in front of the pagoda gate. The head monk sometimes receives phone calls from hospitals requesting him to take in abandoned babies. At the moment, about 200 children are living in the Pagoda, their ages ranging from 5 days old to 40 years old. 90 of these are orphans that are suffering from cerebral-palsy, blindness or Down's syndrome. At present, about 30-40 local children have a chance to study at Ky Quang as some local teachers teach Vietnamese for them in the morning.

W: Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will get closer to the children's life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future.

S: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam
A: VPV's Dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: District 12, Ho Chi Minh City (or Sai Gon - southern part of Vietnam).
T: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN)
Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV30-10 Hanoi 1,000 Years Festival 04/10-16/10 SOCI/FEST 18+ 20

Hanoi has been the capital of Vietnam for 1,000 years. On this occasion the local government has planned for the biggest festival in the history to celebrate this event. The main festival will be on 10 October 2010 but many activities will be organized during the year 2010, especially in the first week of October. Along with those events, VPV plans to organize an international workcamp to help local government in preparing for the festival before and even after the event.

W: Volunteers will help cleaning the site, setting up stages for performance, setting up an exchange sessions with discussion with local young people about Hanoi and different capital cities around the world.
S: History, Culture
A: VPV's Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
T: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Q: Interest and motivation working with social issues
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV34-10 Saigon Volunteer Festival 22/11-05/12 International Volunteer Day 18+ 20

The "Beauty in Diversity Day" is an annual event organized by UNDP in cooperation with many local and international organizations in Vietnam to celebrate 3 special days together: the World AIDS Day (1 December), the International Volunteer Day (3 December) and the Day for People with Disabilities (5 December). The event will take place in the wide public in Ho Chi Minh City City (Saigon). It is dedicated to recognizing the diversity of individuals living with or affected by disability, those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, together with wide-range of individuals that volunteer their time and energy to contribute to the community's needs.

W: Volunteers will Volunteers will prepare for the information corner with materials collected from different sources on the themes of HIV/AIDS prevention, disability and volunteering. The work will include designing, erecting, decorating and preparing games and activities for the event. Prepare a lot of ideas for this. Bring related materials from your country. Volunteers will also organize discussion with university students on the themes above.
S: Voluntary Service, HIV/AIDS, Disability
A: VPV's Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City.
T: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Q: Interest and motivation working with social issues
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

VPV35-10 Hanoi Volunteer Festival 29/11-11/12 International Volunteer Day 18+ 20

The "Beauty in Diversity Day" is an annual event organized by UNDP in cooperation with many local and international organizations in Vietnam to celebrate 3 special days together: the World AIDS Day (1 December), the International Volunteer Day (3 December) and the Day for People with Disabilities (5 December). The event will take place in the wide public in Hanoi City. It is dedicated to recognizing the diversity of individuals living with or affected by disability, those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, together with wide-range of individuals that volunteer their time and energy to contribute to the community's needs.

W: Volunteers will Volunteers will prepare for the information corner with materials collected from different sources on the themes of HIV/AIDS prevention, disability and volunteering. The work will include designing, erecting, decorating and preparing games and activities for the event. Prepare a lot of ideas for this. Bring related materials from your country. Volunteers will also organize discussion with university students on the themes above.
S: Voluntary Service, HIV/AIDS, Disability
A: VPV's Peace House with modest condition. Shared rooms. Sleeping on floor. Showers and toilets available. Food prepared by vols with support from local people.
L: Tay Mo, Tu Liem, Hanoi Capital (western end of the city).
T: Hanoi Airport, 1 hour drive.
Q: Interest and motivation working with social issues
LA: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.
PF: 170EURO

Type: Edu/Soc/Teach/Kid
- Work: Keeping the School clean, teaching and cooking free lunch for the children.
- Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will live in Youth House 1. Dormitory beds, water, light is provided.
You can cook for lunch at the work place and dinner at the Youth House 1 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: teaching 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 chance to visit and explore many historical places as well as Vietnamese corners.
- Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info material and pictures of your country. Do not forget a smile.

2. Welfare Center in Hai Duong for orphans and disabled children:

Code Name of camp Duration Code Name of camp Duration

SJV1022 Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children and orphans 13/09 - 24/09
SJV1026 Volunteering at the welfare center with disabled children and orphans 27/09-08/10

Type: Did/kid/soci
- Work: The work will be flexible and will be confirmed during the orientation of the camp. It can be: preparing food for the children and taking care of parentless babies, renovate the bedrooms of the children, paint the walls, clearing the center or dormitories.
- Accommodation and Food: Volunteers will stay in the center and there is a set time for you to go out and volunteers cannot come back after 10PM. Beds are available. The group will have meals with the children at the canteen of the center.
- Program: Your work starts at 9 am to 11:00 am and in the afternoon you work from 2 to 4:30pm. There are different tasks to be done such as preparing food for the children, taking care of parentless babies and painting children's rooms or beds. In the evening you have free time where you can have leisure activities with kids or exchange culture with locals' volunteers.
- Location: Hai Duong is about 50km away from Ha Noi city. It is quite calm in the city but there is some "town and club"-life around. However you have to come back the center before 10pm.
- Transportation: You catch a bus from Ha Noi (Luong Yen Bus Station) to Hai Duong
- Comments: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country or some tools. Do not forget smiles on your lips.

3. Sun-kid school in Thanh Hoa

SJV1021 Volunteering at the Sun -kind school in Thanh Hoa 13/09-24/09
SJV1028 Volunteering at the Sun -kind school in Thanh Hoa 27/09-08/10
SJV1031 Volunteering at the Sun -kind school in Thanh Hoa 11/10-22/10
SJV1033 Volunteering at the Sun -kind school in Thanh Hoa 08/11-19/11
SJV1035 Volunteering at the Sun -kind school in Thanh Hoa 22/11-3/12

Type: Edu/Teach/kid/soci
- Work: Keep the school clean, teaching and cooking free lunch for the children.
- Accommodation and food: Volunteers will stay in an apartment provide by school. You will have with local leader together every day.
- Program: By supporting the English teachers working there, the volunteers will have to teach English to the kids attending to the school. 3 classes are organized each day, one for the kids between 4 and 6 years, one for those aged from 6 until 10 and at last one organized for the kids aged from 10 until 12. The first class takes place at the morning, while those for the older kids occur at the afternoon.
- By creating one workcamp per month besides the implementation of a long-term voluntary program for a single volunteer there, we really want to answer to Sun-kiddemand to organize a regular work in order to ensure a constant learning for the kids, by that a real improvement of their level.
- Location: The workcamp will take place in Thanh Hoa, a nearly 200 000 inhabitants city 140 kilometres south of Hanoi. Thanh Hoa province mix both industries (for example forestry) and agriculture in its economy, and is a part of the Red river delta.
- Transportation: You will take a bus with our camp leader to go to school.
- Comment: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country or some tools. Do not forget smiles on your lips.

4. Truc Cat Primary School

SJV1027 Volunteers for poor children at Truc Cat school 27/09-08/10
SJV1030 Volunteers for poor children at Truc Cat school 11/10-22/10
SJV1034 Volunteers for poor children at Truc Cat school 08/11-19/11
SJV1036 Volunteers for poor children at Truc Cat school 22/11-03/12

Type: Edu/Soc/Teach/Kid
- Work: Teaching English for poor children in Truc Cat primary school.
- Accommodation and food: The volunteers will be hosted by local people living in the surroundings, and by that will have a unique opportunity to discover, share and understand the way of life and the culture of the Vietnamese people living in the rural areas. Please notice that as the level of life is far to be high although is not too much poor either the provided accommodation will be simple. Especially concerning the bathroom, do not compare it to the wealthier countries' standards.
- Program: In 2010, two separate categories of workcamps will take place in Truc Cat primary school. The first kind will have a single workcamp during the summer which will be dedicated to the material improvement of the school, the other kind will have three workcamps focused on teaching English organized each month from September until December. Please read the following more detailed description of the workcamps. During the single workcamp dedicated to the improvement of the material quality of the Truc Cat School the volunteers will have to paint the classrooms' walls as they are quite old and colourless, and to repair the ground of the basketball playground, as it's not a regular one at that time. Concerning the other workcamps the volunteers will have to teach English to the kids and teenagers to provide them the basic level, and besides that to organize some leisure's activities, for example drawing, games, music or sport, that the volunteers will plan and decide themselves.
- Location: Truc Cat, Nam Dinh.
- Comment: 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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6. Mid - autumn festival

Code Name of camp Duration
SJV1024 Mid - Autumn 13/09-24/09

- Work: Making stars, toys and performance for disadvantaged kids. You will prepare songs in English, Vietnamese or your language to sing in the performance.
- Accommodation and Food: We have a house with bathroom, toilet and water. You can cook your meal every day or go out. There are many local and international restaurants.
- Program: Everyday Volunteers make stars and toys at their accommodation with local volunteers. You have free time every evening so you and the local volunteers will have many funny activities.
- Location: You will live at a house near the Red River
- Transportation: You can catch a taxi or a bus from the Airport to your accommodation.
- Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, raincoat, instruments, pictures of your country and your smile.

7. Christmas and New Year festival for disadvantaged children

Code Name of camp Duration
SJV1039 Christmas and new year for disadvantage children 13/12-24/12

- Work: International and local volunteers will contact and discuss how to arrange a good festival for kids. Then volunteers go to the market and buy materials to make presents (candy, gloves, scarf, etc).You also organize a small party for disabled children.
- Accommodation and Food: We have a house with bathroom, toilet, and water. You can cook your meal everyday or go out. There are many local and international restaurants.
- Program: Everyday you make light stars at your accommodation with local volunteers. You have free time every evening, so you and the local volunteers will have many funny activities.
- Location: You will live at a house near the Red River.
- Transportation: You can catch a taxi or a bus from the Airport to your accommodation.
- Remarks: The volunteers should come with Santa Claus clothes and they will collect second hand clothes to give to the very poor children. They don't have enough warm clothes in winter. Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, etc. Do not forget smiles on your lips.

8. International Volunteer's Day (IVD).

Code Name of camp Duration
SJV1037 International Volunteer's Day 29/11-6/12

- Work: IVD (December 5th) is an international observance designed by the United Nations since 1985. The declared aim of this activity is to thank the volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society. The day is celebrated in majority of countries in the world. You will join our activities such as the eco-tour (parade at the Hanoi city), decorating for exhibitions and cultural exchanges with many foreign and local volunteers
- Accommodation and Food: We have a house with bathroom, toilet, and water. You can cook your meal everyday or go out.
- Program: You will organize many creative activities having to do with volunteer's day such as decoration, for environment taking photos for an exhibition, and so on.
- Location: You will live in a house for shorter volunteers' house.
- Transportation: You can catch a taxi or a bus from the Airport to your accommodation.
- Remarks: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, raincoat, instruments pictures of your country and your smile.

9. Lunar New Year.

Code Name of camp Duration
SJV1043 Lunar new year 17/01/2011- 28/01/2011

Work: Volunteers join a group of local people and volunteers to make "Chung" cake and give them as happy gifts for the Lunar New Year. . "Chung" cakes need to be cooked for 12 hours. Volunteers organize special parties, give gifts to the street children and disadvantage children and wish them a Happy New Year.
- Accommodation and Food: You will stay in one of our Youth Houses with very simple and basic facilities. Volunteers should be ready to sleep on the floor because you have to take care to cook the care from 10 - 12 hours. All volunteers have to prepare and cook meals for themselves.
- Program: Volunteers work from 9.00 am to 11.30 am. In the afternoon from 2.00 pm until 5.30 pm. Volunteers have free time after 5h30 pm.
- Location: It is near the center of Ha Noi.
- Comments: Please bring sleeping bag, mat, clothes, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country. Do not forget smiles