Renovation project at Hanoi's only School for blind children

  Vietnam

• Hanoi: 
Hanoi

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Nguyen Dinh Chieu is a school for blind children and a center for blind adults. There are 120 blind children who come from many provinces of Vietnam. They have difficulties in their daily activities.
Volunteers will help them clean and keep the school nice by sweeping the classrooms, painting the walls, doors, windows, and repairing study tables and chairs for the children, before they begin school.

Project dates:
March 17 - March 29, 2008
August 25 - September 5, 2008

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

Qualifications: We are looking for volunteers who work well with disadvantaged people, especially with the blind. Volunteers will work in a different social and cultural environment and have to be flexible.

Cost in US$: $290 US

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.