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Volunteering in Vietnam..

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We are looking for projects in Vietnam that we can be apart of without having to pay..
13 years ago, October 20th 2010 No: 1 Msg: #121398  
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My friend and i are travelling to HCMC on Friday and will be in Vietnam for around a month. We are signed up to HelpX but theres barely any opportunities for Vietnam. We desperately want to work in an orphanage but cant find any opportunities that you dont have to pay ridiculous fees for. Neither of us agree to paying organizations for your own time and skill and would like to help an orphanage directly rather than paying a middle man.

We have previously woofed but would rather work with people than the land this time!

Does anyone have any experience of volunteering in vietnam that could guide us in the right direction, to a website or otherwise we would greatly appreciate it 😊

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13 years ago, October 20th 2010 No: 2 Msg: #121404  
Hey

It's definately possible. You will have to pay your own bed and board though.

These guys might be able to help you out: Vietnam Volunteer Network

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13 years ago, October 20th 2010 No: 3 Msg: #121405  
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perfect!thankyou 😊 Reply to this

13 years ago, January 13th 2011 No: 4 Msg: #126533  
yes i northern of Vietnam you can voluteer to teach English in villages or hamlets in some remote places, with this kind travel activities you have local agent to contact and get approval of local authorities Reply to this

13 years ago, February 8th 2011 No: 5 Msg: #128447  
about more than 2 year ago, there was a girl from England vollunteer taught English in villlages near halong bay, local travel agent in vietnam did get permission, it took a liltte while to be approve, finally she got in village, stay in local family with good facility house, she pay around 15 to 20 USD for food and accommodation, she ride push bike to school, it is like nice village teacher. When she finish her duty she said, it was a best time ever of her life, learn alot about vietnamese culture and in the other hand speaking skill of school boys and girl was improve a lot Reply to this

13 years ago, February 19th 2011 No: 6 Msg: #129427  
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I would very much recommend Vietnam Volunteer network to anyone interested in helping in Orphanages in Vietnam, esp HCMC. i had such an amazing experience there and Kim, the organizer was so helpful and supportive. Amazing kids, unforgettable experience! highly recommend it! Reply to this

13 years ago, February 19th 2011 No: 7 Msg: #129438  
a bout few week ago, there is american students group came to Hanoi to do voluteering in children village SOS, i think it called Hoa Binh. and about 60 to 70 km from Hanoi, in Binh Luc district of Nam Dinh province also have distable children center or somethings is like that where is being need help from broad heart people from everywhere. Reply to this

13 years ago, February 19th 2011 No: 8 Msg: #129439  
My Australia teacher freind took big students group from oakhill school went to Cambodia and build 4 house for poor kheme people on river of Mekong. he said this year they come to vietnam again to build a school in Thach Binh village, it is 20 km north of Hue. i think they done many good things Reply to this

12 years ago, February 17th 2012 No: 9 Msg: #151968  
You can take apart your project: Volunteer for rural kids in Vietnam without participant fee
CDS Rural education Development Organization is looking for interested volunteers who would like to share their time and talents with the staff and students of our school. Volunteers strengthen and enrich educational programs and foster greater cooperation among all the partners in our rural school community.
Our school welcomes volunteer involvement in a variety of areas and capacities. Volunteers may provide short term or long term commitment to such things as: supervising on school excursions, serving as a guest speaker.
Volunteers derive a great sense of fulfillment and satisfaction from their work and our school life is certainly very much enhanced by their generous efforts.
If you are interested in becoming a school volunteer, through the giving of your time, service and skills, please complete the following, and send this form back to school.
We hope that you will consider our proposal and hear from you soon.

Mr. Cuong Doan Son
General Manager
CDS Rural Educational Development Organization
Address: Thinh Tien Blok, Son Duong Town, Tuyen Quang City, Vietnam
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Introduction about CDS
Rural education Development Organization was established by CDS,.Ltd, is a non government, education organization operating in the North of Vietnam to help disadvantaged children and young people realize their potential by expanding collaboration with international volunteering human resource, international development organizations, donor groups, member governments and civil society
We carry out maximum support in improving capacities, knowledge and skills through informal education to give them opportunities access with high quality educational service, enable them to become the excellence farmers and leaders of their local community.

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11 years ago, August 2nd 2012 No: 10 Msg: #159459  
Vina Volunteer Service

Where it all started

Vina Volunteer Service (VVS) is the first company in Vietnam to bring a variety of volunteer placements for volunteers with the hope that we can support for the community development and natural conservation.

From 2001, a youth volunteer club was founded call Green Youth Club including more than 100 members throughout Vietnam. Green Youth Volunteer Club is operated by youth people with the aim to organize volunteer activities for youth in all over of Vietnam. Then, we established long relationships with many orphanage centers, association, and many Natural Parks, Forests and Jungles in Vietnam. From time to time, we cooperated with many NGOs all over the world and became a host organization with many placements in Vietnam in the field of volunteer for development.

Vina Volunteer Service Today

As a teenager become the adult, with the sustainably experience staffs and leaders, Today Green Youth Club become Vina Volunteer Service Ltd (VVS). We would like to join in the world with volunteer services. With our experiences and long-lasting relationships with partners at the sites of our projects through Vietnam we would like bring more opportunities for international volunteers and want to bring the opportunities for local organizations achieve their goals. We also have recruitment staffs working all over Vietnam at the site from the North to the South.

Through our placement of the volunteers in Vietnam, where they share the daily life experience of local people while working in their particular community, side by side, the volunteer will be rewarded with learning quite a bit about themselves and their role on this planet. Most leave with their life’s compass pointing clear and strong to a new direction in their lives.

Furthermore, as destination placements in Vietnam for volunteers all over the world, we focus on the best way for participants come to Vietnam for doing volunteer work and travel responsibility. Through our programs and projects, volunteer not only get new experiences in the new land, but also feel pleasure with their philosophy and their purpose of traveling.

Vietnam is beautiful, diverse, and exotic, and the people are unforgettable. Your time here will be spent safely, surrounded by a community grateful for your presence.

Vina Volunteer Service in the community development

We help to create local employment wherever we send volunteers. Our project has been implemented in many sites of Vietnam. Volunteer come to help local people, they not only bring their knowledge, experiences but also bring the hope, force and improvement of economy for the people in the local area.

Having so many colleagues all over Vietnam means that we have an extensive network of local knowledge, enabling us to channel the skills of our volunteers to places they are really needed.

Cultural exchange and free getting the experience in new land and life

Joining in one of the placements of VVS, volunteers can learn from the people they meet and environment they live. Mutual learning and mutual respect is what cultural exchange is all about.

We welcome approaches from potential partners – universities, schools, institute, sending organizations, individuals; we will arrange the best and most suitable placements that meet their needs and their willingness. We also highly appreciate and welcome the ideas from participants; if you want to do volunteer work with us by your ideas we would love to hear from you. We believe that flexibility on our part is a necessary consequence of our respect for our partners and our respect for participants.
For contact information,

Mr David Nguyen - Founder of Vina Volunteer Service.

Address: No. 158 Hoa Bang Street - Yen Hoa Ward - Cau Giay District - Ha Noi.


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11 years ago, September 4th 2012 No: 11 Msg: #160609  
The Project STEPS 4 NGOs - The project was funded by Youth in Action Programme of the European Union (Action 3.2 – Youth in the world ) and was coordinated by Official partner in Vietnam - Volunteer 4 Community Development and Environment Education Organization. Volunteerism for Community Development & Environment Education(V4D) is a non-government, non-profit organization in Vietnam with a mission to build global community events through local environmental and community services.
As the first local Non-Government volunteer organization in Vietnam with official status to have volunteer programs, we provides opportunities that make a difference to the lives of people from all parts of the world. The organization also works to setup sustainable projects to protect the environment, provide basic education for vulnerable groups, and encourage community development and cultural exchange.

<snip> –Program in managed by the VINGO TRAVEL ( Vietnam Leading travel operator – License: 01-329/2010/TCDL-GPLHQT of Vietnam National Administration of Tourism - with the support of the Project STEPS 4 NGOs - The project was funded by Youth in Action Programme of the European Union (Action 3.2 – Youth in the world ) and was coordinated by Official partner in Vietnam - Volunteer 4 Community Development and Environment Education Organization.

Volunteerism is a responsibility travel program that applies community development expertise to make as low impact on the environment and local culture in Vietnam as possible. Give travelers with opportunities to live and work amongst people from societies and cultures very different to their own has the potential to increase cultural understanding, social awareness and sense of global responsibilitycontinue to deliver benefits without detriment to current and future generations.

A meaningful forms of us are provide for short-term volunteer opportunities from individuals who are unable to commit long-term but wish to ‘give something back’ during their leisure time.

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11 years ago, September 14th 2012 No: 12 Msg: #160985  
I recommend the placement call " Volunteer for organic farm in Vietnam" <snip>
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11 years ago, September 20th 2012 No: 13 Msg: #161188  
I've always wanted to to this as well, however is it the same process if you wish to volunteer in South Korea? Reply to this

11 years ago, November 27th 2012 No: 14 Msg: #163676  
Not sure about the South but if you are going to the North (Hanoi) you may go to the website Hanoikids.com to see. They offer tour guide for free with volunteers. Reply to this

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