📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Tan Dan Primary School is in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province, which is about 80km to the North West of Hanoi. There is very little chance for the children and teachers to meet foreigners to practice English and exchange communication skills. That’s why international volunteers are highly welcome and appreciated here.
Main Aims and Activities
The aim of the program is to provide foreign language (English) speaking environment for children to practice and improve their confidence in using a foreign language in communication.
Tan Dan Primary School is a public school located in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province. There are about 700 students, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years old. Among the teachers and staff members, there are 4 English teachers.
The children do have some knowledge of English, but as it is often the case with Vietnamese students, they have poor pronunciation due to their lack of contact with native English speakers.
Teachers and children had not had many chances to meet and talk with foreigners until VPV sent its volunteers to help there.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be expected to help with the following:
Improving listening/speaking skills for children
Improving pronunciation for children
Organizing games and other activities in classrooms
Assisting local teachers in managing the classes
Orgnizing English club for the children
Normally volunteers will teach about 20 hours a week (or less if combined with another project). In summer time (June – July - August), volunteers will only work with the English club. Volunteers can work with a local teacher or sometimes on their own.
Travel to work: about 15-20 minutes walking.
🏠 Accommodation on site
When choosing this project, volunteers will likely to work in combination with another project, usually Hung Vuong high school for Gifted students (Edu12), and thus will stay in a guest room of the high school’s guest rooms shared with other volunteers. 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 them.
⚠️ 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.