📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Huynh De Nhu Nghia was established in 1993, is located at Binh Tan district, one of suburban zone of Ho Chi Minh city, which is run by the nuns. There are around 40 girls from 6 – 16 years old who get blindness in infants and some also are autistic, just few of them are partially blind. All the kids are from very poor family all along Vietnam. The kids go to school every day and have extra course at the center with special teachers.
This is a center, which takes care and educates children with intellectual disabilities. Disabled children, especially intellectually should be trained and encouraged to live independently with the support of special educational systems at home and at school, otherwise they can be a burden to society and their families. The center gives an opportunity for disabled children to have special education to develop self-help, language and communication skills.
💼 What the programme involves
Help the nuns learning English.
To do various activities to help them recognize the surrounding world and build language skills.
Organize English class (basic level), with the others who are less handicapped.
Teach play simple games, sing songs, puppet show, etc
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in guest house with basic living condition.
Breakfasts and dinner are at the local restaurant while lunch will be with the kids in the shelter.
📍 About the location
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is Vietnam at its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the country forward with its pulsating energy. A chaotic whirl, the city breathes life and vitality into all who settle here, and visitors cannot help but be hauled along for the ride.
From the finest of hotels to the cheapest of guesthouses, the classiest of restaurants to the tastiest of street stalls, the choicest of boutiques to the scrum of the markets, HCMC is a city of energy and discovery.
Wander through timeless alleys to incense-infused temples before negotiating chic designer malls beneath sleek 21st-century skyscrapers. The ghosts of the past live on in buildings that one generation ago witnessed a city in turmoil, but now the real beauty of the former Saigon’s urban collage is the seamless blending of these two worlds into one exciting mass.
2 days off at the weekend will be for excursion time of volunteers :)
⚠️ Requirements
Experience with disabled kids/blind kids is preferred.
ℹ️ Additional information
Fee needs to be transferred at least 2 weeks prior to the camp.