🏢 About the local organisation
Volunteers for Peace Vietnam (VPV) is a non profit NGO on the flied of cultural, internship and volunteer exchange. We start working sicne 2005. Annually there are 500 international interns/volunteer are coming to join different project of VPV/ Also 50 Vietnamese volunteers are doing abroad to do volunteer services.
💼 What the programme involves
The aim of the program is to provide skilled medical professionals and students the chance to experience a new culture and working environment while still learning and developing their specialized medical knowledge at the same time. Interns get the chance to gain a greater understanding of differences between medical systems in developed and developing countries.Interns will be placed with a local Doctor and/or Nurse who will guide them to different tasks and activities at the placement. As an intern, you will not be expected or allowed to partake in serious procedures. However, depending on level of experience, participants may observe operations, provide assistance in basic procedures and visit patients before and after surgery as well as any other tasks offered or required by the local staff.
While participants are always encouraged by local staff to see and learn as much as possible, they are also very interested to gain a better understanding of medical work in your country and in particular, learn about the similarities and differences. This is an interesting type of specialized cultural exchange where both participants and local staff can learn a lot from each other and develop themselves through greater knowledge and understanding.
The timetable will be given on arrival with volunteers working 5 days a week (Saturday and Sunday off). Working
Depend on the experience of participant, they will be paced in a suitable hospital
🏠 Accommodation on site
Interns will stay in a dormitory, sharing rooms with volunteers of other nationalities joining the same program. Normally, rooms are arranged with about 2-6 volunteers per room. In the busy time, the number can be maximum 7 or 9 volunteers per room in five bunk beds. Western toilets and showers are available. Air-conditioner at night time (9PM- 6AM); hot water using solar energy is available, but less during the raining season. The house has TV, PC with internet, free WIFI, fridge, cooking facilities, common room and terrace. Laundry service in the house with the cheap cost US$1 for 2 kg.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner are provided at the dorm. Food is local style, cooked by a Vietnamese cook from Monday to Friday. On weekend, our cook will prepare dry food (bread, jam, butter, milk, sausage, eggs, instant noodle, fruits and vegetable) as she is off on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. The main types of food will be rice, meat, fish and vegetables. For vegetarians the choice is usually limited to rice, bread, vegetables, egg & tofu. During the working day volunteers will stay at the project site to have lunch and take a rest
📍 About the location
Ho Chi Minh city. POssible to visit other part of Vietnam and near by countries ( Cambodia, Laos, Thailand)