📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Volunteers for Peace Vietnam (VPV) is a volunteer NGO focusing on cultural exchange and volunteering. VPV have exchanged volunteers with more than 30 NGos in the world. Annually, there are more than 500 volunteers coming to Vietnam to join VPV's project. VPV also send about 50 Vietnamese volunteers abroad for volunteer project.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will work as the assistant teacher in the class. The local English teacher will work together with volunteer, in order to make sure the quality of project. You will be required to make a teaching plan with lesson plans using the learning materials provided to ensure continuity in learning from the teachers before and after you.
Although most of students have studied English in the past, it is unlikely they know how to speak and listen properly. Due to this, volunteers are expected to give students topics to encourage them to discuss, express their opinions and speak English more openly in class. However, developing writing skill is also essential for them.
With permission from the school, volunteers may also arrange their own activities for the students to join and have fun together.
Volunteers can also contribute by participating in the school's English club by joining its monthly outgoing and camping activities to communicate with students.
The timetable will be given on arrival after orientation training. The standard working schedule will be from Monday to Friday, from 09:00am to 03:00pm with two hours in between for a lunch break. Volunteers will work around 15 - 25 hours per week at the project
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers 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.
📍 About the location
Ho Chi Minh city (saigon) is the economic capital of Vietnam, also is the international hub of South-eat Asia. Volunters can visit Melkong Delta, Central coast of Vietnam ( Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hoi An, Mui Ne), Hanoi, Ha Long Bay. From Ho Chi Minh city, volunteer can go to Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat with a 10 hours bus ( the cost of 15 USD). There are much more interesting things to discover in the city and the region.
ℹ️ Additional information
280 EUR for first 2 weeks, 400 EUR for 4 weeks, and 80 EUR per extra week