Vereinigung Junger Freiwilliger

VPV-LTV

With the increasing number of international workcamps, and with the need of ensuring the quality of all projects, VPV is seeking a long-term international volunteer who will act as Co-Camp Leader in Vietnam.

1. Volunteer preparation.

o Interview and select local volunteers

o Prepare documents and materials for volunteer training

o Co-run training session for camp leaders and local volunteers

2. Workcamp management:

o Act as a camp leader (along with a Vietnamese co-leader)

o Deal with day-to-day matters of the workcamp

o Conduct the evaluation session for workcamps

o Support Co-ordinator in paperwork (report, certificates, and update information on website…)

o Build up team spirit for the workcamps (games, group activities)

o Help in preparing workcamp reports and products (photos, videos, etc)

3. Season evaluation and project development

The volunteer will be working closely with the workcamp team and management team in VPV Office in Hanoi and/or project sites. All food and accommodation will be provided on the basis of regular workcamp. No pocket money available. All local travel cost from/to project site will be covered. No participation fee required.

Time of working: full time (some time with no weekends)

Requirement: Social, gregarious, adaptable and ready for new challenges in a new country. Sound experience in leading international workcamps.

Minimum stay: 3 months. Expected Starting Date: Sep-Oct 2008 or ASAP.

Application: VEF, CV and Motivation Letter.

 Some information about long-term projects that needs special attention:
?    All volunteers who work in Hanoi will stay in host families. The volunteers working in other provinces will stay in our volunteers' house
during their orientation week in Hanoi.
?    The participation fee for long-term projects 250 EUR/month.

                   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 a full member of CCIVS and NVDA since 2006. It is also a partner of YAP and the 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 2009, it hosted a special project: the Patrimonito- World Heritage workcamp sponsored by the CCIVS-UNESCO, which
involved 17 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 2009, 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, CCIVS-UNESCO, YAP, Alliance, NVDA, SCI 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

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 YAP and
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, 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
?    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 nguy?n d? s? chia, h?c h?i và tru?ng 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 environment and
society 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.

4.6.    SJV-L1106: WORKING AS INTERACTERS WITH STUDENTS IN FPT UNIVERSITIES
Type: SOCI/EDU/CHARITABLE                   
Language: English
Age: 18+
Start Date: 04.04.2011
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
Type: KID/ SOCI/ MANU/ EDU                       
Language: English
Age: 18+
Start Date: 01.08.2011
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 self-sufficiency. 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.
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+
Start Date: 04.04.2011
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 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.

4.11.    SJV-L1111: TAKING CARE OF ORPHANS AT BO DE PAGODA.
Type: SOCI/ KID               
Language: English
Age: 18+
Start Date: 06.06.2011
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. 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

4.15.    SJV-L1115: SUPPORTING WORKCAMP DEPARTMENT AT SJ VIETNAM.
Type: ADMIN/ MANU                   
Language: English
Age: 18+
Start Date: 01.08.2011
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.
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

4.16.    SJV-L1116: SUPPORTING LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT AT SJ VIETNAM
Type: ADMIN/ MANU                   
Language: English
Age: 18+
Start Date: 01.08.2011
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 explore the Capital which is 1000 years old.
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.