Educational and leisure activities for disadvantaged children in a poor fishing village

  Vietnam

• Hanoi: 
Hanoi

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: until January 15, 2010

Description: There are 25-30 children who are street children and come from a poor fishing village. After 3 years of collaboration with local volunteer organizations and with the help of volunteers and "Un Etai pour le Vietnam", most of the children now have basic education and study well in a public school.

To help children have a better future, the international volunteers will help run a new school for street children and children in a poor fishing village, located in the outskirts of Hanoi. Volunteers will be responsible for cooking lunch for the children and teaching them basic things about their countries, health, etc. (with the help of local volunteers). The volunteers will also organize some leisure activities for youth after school. This is a time for cultural exchange and embracing new relationships.

The project dates are:
October 19 - October 30, 2009
November 2 - November 13, 2009
November 16 - November 27, 2009
November 30 - December 11, 2009
January 4 - January 15, 2010

There is an extra fee of 150 Euro for participation in this workcamp, intended to support the hosting organization.

Qualifications: Volunteers should be prepared to work with children having social problems although they are very friendly. The volunteers will work in a different social and cultural environment and have to be flexible. They are expected to be motivated and to participate actively in the running of the project.

Cost in US$: USD 290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Vietnam Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.