Teachers and Tutors for Disadvantaged, Poor and Street Children at Youth House, SJ Vietnam

  Vietnam

• Hanoi: 
Hanoi

Durations of Program: 3-6 months, 7-12 months and 1-2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: year round

Description:
1. To manage the projects and participate in daily activities at the school.
2. To cook and give them free food, support medicines for their disease; provide water filters, toothpaste, second-hand warm clothes and free hot shower in winter, etc.
3. To teach Basic English, French and/or other languages for the children at Youth House. Volunteers also need to train and instruct Vietnamese volunteers to be English tutors for the children
4. To create friendly communication environment
5. The volunteers could also teach basic other subjects for the children (with the help of the local volunteers)
6. The volunteers will live in the school and in close relation with the children and their families.
7. To help SJ Vietnam in developing the plan for learning the essential IT for children and young Vietnamese volunteers in our SJ Vietnam Youth Houses
8. Basic care of the IT material: computers, printers, network
9. To act like a member of SJ Vietnam and not like an employee or an alternative tourist
10. To promote SJ Vietnam and Youth House project
11. Optionally to organize English and other languages training courses in the SJ Youth Houses for the SJ members and young Vietnamese volunteers one two evenings by week
12. To call for help from philanthropists' sponsors as well as the youth, contributing efforts and capacity to a better life for those children.
13. To build up special English teaching manuals for children for long-term apply (in SJ Vietnam office and foreign language center of Ministry for Education and training of Vietnam)
14. To organize funny games in English or other understandable foreign languages (with the help of Vietnamese tutors) for children.

Highlights: Youth House School is a small non-formal education center for disadvantaged, street and poor children. It is also a friendly place for young local people and international volunteers come to explore their cultural diversity with lots of youth exchanges such as music performance, photos exhibition, and lessons for the children and funny leisure activities. We need teachers and volunteers to give lessons to the children and cook meals for 20 children everyday.

We combine these activities with projects to help disadvantaged people at Fisher village who are very old and poor living in slum-boats on Red river with giving them the free food, supporting medicines for their diseases, providing water filters, toothpaste, second-hand warm clothes and free hot shower in winter, etc.

Qualifications:
* Fluent in English.
* Previous English coaching/teaching experience is an asset
* Willing to work and stay in Hanoi
* Strong inter-personal skills, and experience in working with a wide variety of people, cultural sensitivity, and ability to work on sensitive topics
* Commitment to volunteerism, considerable experience as a volunteer
* Member of a work camp organization if possible.
* Ready to live as local people (basic accommodations, transport by bus or bicycle, local food).
* High motivation and ready to be in face of many difficulties such as language and culture difference, low budget, etc.

Cost in US$: 300/month

Experience Required: no

Age Range: above 18

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Vietnam Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 5-10

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
• Job and Internship Network

Solidarites Jeunesses Vietnam's Mission Statement: By developing International Volunteering, we aim to: 1. Work towards a society of justice, peace and solidarity. 2. Break cultural misunderstanding between people and nations. 3. Improve local and global environment, provide informal education, help to reduce poverty and strengthen human rights 4. Encourage young people to participate actively in the society in which they live.

Year Founded: 2004