📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The university is located Cau Dien, Tu Liem District, about 8 km from Hanoi city centre. One of the increasing labour market requirements is the English language skills and usually this sector of the population have a very little chance to learn foreign languages or to meet foreigners to practice English and exchange communication skills.
Main Aims and Activities
The aim of the program is to provide English language speaking environment for students and develop English communicative skills for labour export market.
Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment aims at becoming a leading Hanoi-based University in region based in fields of Natural Resources and Environment. The university is located in Cau Dien area in Tu Liem district, which is about 8km far from the city center.
The university provides as well basic communicative English lessons for the students in order to meet the high demand of the society in the integration process, especially with the labour export market.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be expected to help with the followings:
Improving listening and speaking skills for students.
Improving students’ competency in communication.
Teaching students following the university’s curriculum.
Organizing games and other activities in classrooms or outdoor in more flexible classes.
Normally volunteers will teach about 30 hours a week. No placements available in summer time (June – July-August).
Travel to work: about 40 minutes by local buses.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a dormitory with rooms shared with other volunteers. Sometimes project stay may be arranged. Living conditions will be Vietnamese standard with separate bathroom, single bed with mattress.
Food will be provided at accommodation. Meals will be mostly local food, which vary from the daily cooking schedule. Volunteers, especially those who are vegetarian may be required to do some cooking by themselves. During working-days food is provided by the host placement.
📍 About the location
The university is located in a busy and convenient area with many shops and convenient stores.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers should pay a program fee of 400USD for the first 2 weeks and 100USD for each week after. This is to cover airport pick-up, orientation, food and accommodation, transportation to work as well as regular support from VPV team.