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Volunteers for Peace Vietnam (VPV)

VPV South

WORKCAMP & GROUP PROGRAM 2015

CONTACT

General Contact:


Address: No. 63, Str 23, Tan Qui ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Email: [email protected] & [email protected]

Website: www.vpv.vn

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.vpv.vn/

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INTRODUCTION

Volunteers For Peace Vietnam (VPV) is a non-profit, voluntary organization founded in 2005 with

the aim to promote voluntary service as a mean of cultural and educational exchange among

people, for peace and friendship, and as an approach to address social problems.

VPV hosts international volunteers from different countries and places them in suitable projects

depending on the interest of the volunteers and the needs of local communities. VPV also brings

the opportunities for Vietnamese to join voluntary projects around the world. By joining our

programs, volunteers will experience inter-cultural living and working environment and have a

chance to help those in needs.

Over the past 10 years VPV has welcomed over 4,500 international volunteers from over 30

different countries. VPV is working in various locations in Vietnam, including Hanoi Capital and

Ho Chi Minh City. VPV offers programs for individual volunteers and group volunteers, for

duration from 1 week to 1 year. Our projects cover areas of education, social welfare, environment

and community development, public health and medical support, cultural heritage preservation and

youth action.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1. Insurance

VPV does not provide any kind of insurance. It is volunteers’ responsibility to buy insurance that

covers the whole period of his/her stay in Vietnam.

2. Personal Transportation/Excursion

Each volunteer is responsible for arranging their transportation to/from the meeting point of the

camp at their expenses. VPV does not cover transport, leisure activities or food outside of the

project.

3. Application Requirements

VEF and copy of passport

4. Leader

VPV always has its own coordinator who acts as work-camp leader in each camp. Besides that

we also have 2-3 local volunteers who receive a half day orientation so that they understand the

role and responsibilities for the project. All work alongside with international volunteers to make

sure the group has good atmosphere and dynamic.

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Southern of Vietnam Program

LIST OF PROJECTS (Apr-Dec 2015)

Camp code Placement Duration Theme Age Number of

volunteers

VPVS7-15

Ky Quang Pagoda

(Orphanage)-Ho Chi

Minh

13.04-25.04.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15

VPVS8-15 Vincent school-Ho Chi

Minh 04.05-16.05.2015 KIDS/SOCI/EDU/MAN 18+ 15

VPVS9-15

Leaf Pagoda

(orphanage)-Ho Chi

Minh

25.05-06.06.2015 KIDS/SOCI/EDU/MAN 18+ 15

VPVS10-15

Children with

disability-Ho Chi

Minh

08.06-20.06.2015 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15

VPVS11-15 Biosphere reserve- Ho

Chi Minh 15.06-27.06.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS12-15

Ky Quang Pagoda

(Orphanage)-Ho Chi

Minh

22.06-04.07.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15

VPVS13-15 Children with

disability Ho Chi Minh 06.07-18.07.2015 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15


Chi Minh 13.07-25.07.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS15-15

Leaf Pagoda

(orphanage)- Ho Chi

Minh

20.07-01.08.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15


Chi Minh 27.07-01.08.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS17-15 Peaceful world- Ho

Chi Minh 03.08-15.08.2015 KIDS/SOCI/EDU/MAN 18+ 15


Chi Minh 10.08-22.08.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS19-15 Ky Quang Pagoda

(Orphanage)- Ho Chi 17.08-29.08.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15

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Minh


Chi Minh 24.08-05.09.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS21-15

Children with

disability- Ho Chi

Minh

31.08-12.09.2015 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15


Chi Minh 07.09-19.09.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS23-15 Vincent school- Ho


VPVS24-15

Leaf Pagoda

(orphanage)- Ho Chi

Minh

28.09-10.10.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15

VPVS25-15 Biosphere reserve –

Ho Chi Minh 12.10-24.10.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS26-15

Children with

disability- Ho Chi

Minh

19.10-31.10.2015 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15

VPVS27-15

Ky Quang Pagoda

(Orphanage)- Ho Chi

Minh

02.11-14.11.2015 KIDS/MAN/EDU 18+ 15

VPVS28-15 Vincent school- Ho



Chi Minh 30.11-05.12.2015 ENV/ANI 18+ 15

VPVS30-15

Children with

disability- Ho Chi

Minh

07.12-19.12.2015 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15

VPVS31-15

Warm Xmas & New

year for children- Ho

Chi Minh

21.12.15-02.01.16 KIDS/SOCI/MAN 18+ 15

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Biosphere reserve: Camp code VPVS 11,14,16,18,20,22,25,29

UNESCO’s international biosphere reserve in Ho Chi Minh City, one of the most important of

wetland conservation site of the country. It covers 75,740 hectares and is dominated by

mangroves, including both salt water and brackish water species. And it has a high biodiversity

with more than 200 species of fauna and 52 species of

flora. The site is an important wildlife sanctuary in

Vietnam as it is characterized by a wetland biosystem

dominated by mangrove and many rare species. Today, it

has become one of the most extensive sites of

rehabilitated

mangroves in the

world. One of the main advantages of the biosphere

reserve is that it provides the opportunity to work on

environmental protection on a continuum of habitats,

ranging from the sea to the boundary of Ho Chi Minh

City, the biggest industrial city in Vietnam. The

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mangrove forest is regarded as the “green lungs” of the city. The aim of this project is to reforest

unproductive land within Can Gio Biosphere Reserve that has little remaining original vegetation

on it. Existing trees will remain but new native trees will be planted. The aim is to regenerate

local area, bring back a forest, and restore biodiversity to the area.

What can we do?

W: Moving trees and planting trees will be the main task at the biosphere reserve center. We are

growing the trees first and then planting them in the national park. For that reason, we don’t want

the roots of the trees to get too deep into the ground and we grow them in plastic bags. We replace

them for the trees to get the right amount of water during their growth. Beside these tasks,

sometimes collecting fruits and making statisitc to find the best fruits to plant in the nursery to

make new trees.

S: Viet Nam

A: Dormitory at the biosphere center with simple conditions. Shared rooms. Showers and toilets

are available. WIFI free at the local restaurant nearby.

Meals will be prepared by local restaurant.

L: Dan Xay, Rung Xac Street, Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh city

T: Tan Son Nhat airport (SGN), 45 minutes by taxi to meeting point/accommodation

Q: interest and motivation working with enviromental biosphere reserve

LA: Vietnamese day, International day, self-organized city tour or excursions, etc.

PF: 5,000,000 VND (about 170 Euro to be paid in local currency)

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LEAF PAGODA (ORPHANAGE): Camp code VPVS 9,15,24

In 1996 Head Monk, Thich Truyen Tu, returned to the countryside and sold his parent’s land, in

order to purchase 2 hectares of muddy land to build a pagoda in Nha Be town. At first the pagoda

was named Huyen Trang, but due to the roofs linking together with coconut leaves, it got the

name Chua La, meaning Leaf Pagoda. Today, in this peaceful and quiet space in the outskirts of

HCM city, the Leaf Pagoda brings up orphan children, helps old people in need & Orange Agent

victims. There are 40 children from 20 months old to 18 years old living here. Some of them

were abandoned by their family, who was too poor to take care of the children. In very few

occasions, their parents come back and visit them. However, according to the head monk, some

parents have such bad awareness that they sent their children to the pagoda to be free from

education & upbringing cost. When their children grow up to be a skilled labor, they come and

take them back to earn money to support the family. There are some disabled live here as well.

In the daytime, they can go to school thanks to the financial support from the pagoda. In the night

time, they can attend extra tutorials, mainly English subject, organized by the pagoda with free of

charge. When they finish high school, they can choose to stay in the pagoda to be a monk, find a

job to manage their lives themselves or study further in universities, of which the cost is

supported by monks. Surprisingly, this is the place to have nurtured 2 Doctorates. As the children

live in pagoda and learn about Buddhism, they are Buddhist monks. Besides, learning daily about

Buddhism, they also do some other work such as: Preparing meals, cleaning up areas around the

pagoda, going to school outside of the pagoda at weekends, or studying foreign languages.

In addition, there are 20 old people in the pagoda, most of them come from the surrounding

countryside in the South and have had a hard life. They are currently taken good care by the

monks & neighbours who live around. As many of them don’t have any relatives, they feel really

happy to have old friends here.

W: Here are some activates that volunteers can participate and carry out:

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Educational Session: volunteers are divided to discuss in groups then organize activities

about: health, sport, and environment. Moreover, being aware of the necessity of learning

English, so volunteers can help the children practise some English.

Manual Work: There are two kinds of farming that can be carried out here: organic

vegetables & herbals. There is still so much of land that can be used for farming now in

the pagoda.

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Caring: There are currently about 10 kids who are not old enough to go to primary school,

live in the pagoda. They are all well educated in behaviours, so volunteers are welcomed

to spend time playing with the kids (making handmade products from recycled stuff or

games

S: Disadvantaged children in VietNam

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A: VPV’ Dormitory in Sai Gon. Shared rooms. Sleeping at bund-bed. Showers and toilets

are available. WIFI free at volunteer house.

Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by volunteers.

Lunch is provided by the project.

L: 456/35 Huynh Tan Phat, Nha Be District, Ho Chi Minh city

T: Tan Son Nhat airport (SGN), 45 minutes by taxi to volunteer house

Q: interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation

LA: Vietnamese day, International day, self-organized city tour or excurtions, etc.


Vincent school (or Vinh Son school), Camp code VPVS8,23,28

Vinh Son institution was first established on March 3rd

, 1991 from a “piggery” in Binh Thanh

District with an aim to take good care of 10 ten local children in the district. In 1998 this center

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was expanded thanks to fund donated from Daughter of Humanity of St. Vincent and some

individual donors. Together with the expansion, it also expanded its mission to take care of

disadvantaged destinies in Ho Chi Minh City.

This institution is a free-of-charge primary school for children who cannot attend public schools

for many reasons. At the time of writing (2012), there are more than 120 children aged from 6 to

16 joining 6 classes. Actually they live with their families who are too poor to send them to

public schools as normal children. Most of them usually do not receive good care due to poverty

or parental divorce. Some of them even have their parents passed away.

This school provides children not only with primary education with the focus on literacy and

numeracy but also with meals at lunch. After classes, many children have to help their parents

earn money by selling lottery tickets, collecting scrap (plastic bags, glass…) or babysitting.

W: Volunteers are divided into smaller groups to discuss and then organize fun activities about

health, sport, environment, education, etc. This is to create an active environment for the children

to practice English. Although they study English at school, their English skills are very basic and

can hardly communicate with foreigners. Moreover, because of limited facilities and skilled staff,

they have little access to recreational activities. In the afternoon, volunteers can help renovate the

classrooms, repaint the fences and walls or cleaning site.

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S: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam

A: Peace House-VPV’s Dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Sleeping at bunk-bed. Showers and

toilets available. WI-FI free at volunteer house. Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by

volunteers. Lunch is provided by project.

L: Peace House, District 7, HCMC

T: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN)

Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation

LA: self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.

PF: 5,000,000 VND (170 EURO)

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Children with disability, Camp code VPVS10,13,21,26,30

Volunteers will work with disabled children in one of projects of VPV in Ho Chi Minh city. Here is

one of projects to support children with disability.

Although the official name is Centre of Orthopedic & Rehabilitation for Disabled Children

(CORDC), the center is more commonly known as Ly Thưong Kiet Hospital or A1 Hospital which

offers treatment to both adults and children. The center was started as a physio project which was a

joint humane project between ‘Terre des Hommes’ (Germany) and the Ministry of Labour,

Invalids & Social Affairs of Vietnam, with the aim of providing rehabilitation for all paralysed

children in South Vietnam. The centre was then established in 1983, and in conjunction with many

humane societies across the world has provided free health care to thousands of Vietnamese

children. It provides rehabilitation treatment to adults & children who are usually referred here by

their doctor or other hospitals.

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The hospital mainly focuses on orthopedics, with various rooms for different treatments

including a daycare room for disabled children where they can receive physiotherapy,

occupational therapy and speech therapy.

W: Volunteers will spend most of their time in the day-care room working with disabled children.

Volunteers also are expected to help some other manual work such as cleaning, painting or

renovation children room.


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A: Peace House-VPV’s Dormitory in Saigon. Shared rooms. Sleeping at bunk-bed. Showers and

toilets available. WI-FI free at volunteer house. Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by

volunteers. Lunch is provided by project.

L: Peace House, District 7, HCMC

T: Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN)

Q: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation

LA: self-organized city tour and excursions, etc.

PF: 5,000,000 VND (170 EURO)

Ky Quang Pagoda (Orphanage), Camp code VPVS7,12,19,27

Ky Quang Orphanage Pagoda was built in the

early part of the 20th Century in 1924 and is

quite famous in Ho Chi Minh City. The pagoda

is now a place of charity for unlucky children

and also helps treat diseases. Now, the pagoda

is taking care and bringing up more than 200

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children in the South of Vietnam.The children here have unfortunate backgrounds as many have

been abandoned by their parents and relatives.Every few months, the monks find a new baby left

in front of the pagoda gate. The head monk sometimes receives phone calls from hospitals

requesting him to take in abandoned babies. At the moment, about 200 children are living in the

Pagoda, their ages ranging from 5 days old to 40 years old. 90 of these are orphans that are

suffering from cerebral-palsy, blindness or Down's syndrome.At present, about 30-40 local

children have a chance to study for free at Ky Quang as some local teachers teach Vietnamese for

them in the morning.

W: volunteers will spend time with the children and help to improve their English, organize

games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also do some manual work such as doing

book blinding for blind people. Volunteers will get closer to the children’s life and try to build up

a wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for the brighter future.

There are a possibility to support children with disability on the disabled children room.


A: VPV’ Dormitory in Sai Gon. Shared rooms. Sleeping at bund-bed. Showers and toilets are

available. WIFI free at volunteer house. Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by volunteers.


L: Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh city ( or Sai Gon- Southern part of Vietnam).





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Peaceful world, Camp code VPVS 17

The Class of Love LASAN based in Tan Hung ward, District 7, was established in May

2000. With a strong desire of offering free education for disadvantaged children, the class

was set up with the hope of providing a bright future for them. All of the students are

immigrated from other provinces throughout Vietnam. Their parents have unstable incomes,

frequently move between different job and often move house amongst other reasons. This

instability means the children are unable to attend public school due to fees and

commitments required. There are currently 6 classes at the school from Grade 1 – 5. Each

class has around 20 students, with around 120 attending the school in total. Students study

for 10 months per year and examinations are held with support from local schools. At the

end of the year, each child receives and evaluation of their studies. Through the class,

children understand that education is a good way to develop themselves and have a better

life in the future. After leaving school, they are encouraged to continue their study at a

higher level at other normal public schools. There’s 10 to 15 children studying from 6th

to

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12th

grade at public secondary schools, and about 10 of them can attend College. After 10

years, the management board happily realized some achievements in that children should

feel the care and love from the teachers, which leads them to more positive thinking. Also,

thanks to the school, students’ parents know how to care more for their children and they

don’t feel inferior to other families who have better living-conditions.

W: volunteers will help to teach English and organize educational activities for the children in the

school for first week. Moreover, the volunteers also

do some manual works such as painting the walls,

building a new bookshelf. Some books are donated

and supported by some sponsors or individuals but

there is no bookshelf in the school at the moment.

For second week, volunteer will work with

children with disability


A: VPV’ Dormitory in Sai Gon. Shared rooms.

Sleeping at bund-bed. Showers and toilers are available. WIFI free at volunteer house.

Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by volunteers.


L: Tan Quy Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh city





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Warm X-mas for orphan children, Camp code 31

District 8 Shelter was founded on 16.10.1993 with the support of the‘Terredes

HomesFoundation’-Lausanne(Switzerland) andis managed by the Department of Labour, War

Invalids and Social Affairs in Ho Chi Minh City. District 8 Shelter is a boy’s orphanage in one of

the poorest districts in Ho Chi Minh City. Originally, they all lived on the streets before being

collected randomly all over the country. There are many reasons, complicated and varied for the

final result that their family can’t look after them. Among those, the more common reasons being

that their parents may have passed away and none of their relatives can take care of them or their

parents divorced and left them on the streets. The shelter takes care of them, provides them with

shelter, food and education in local schools. They have a few staff who take turns to stay at night

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and look after the children there. This is a project devotedto care, education, protection and

support for homeless boys. The people carrying out the project have been trying to build a

healthy life and safe environment for children, to create an open and friendly atmosphere, like a

family. While providing a stable environment for children, one main aim of the shelter is to try

and reunite children with their family if possible. Living at the shelter, children must agree to go

to school or follow certain vocational trainings. The shelter also organizes many activities

'in-house' for the boys to take part in such as swimming trips, playing football matches, special

guests, picnics, student exchange with other schools and some courses to develop their

extra-skills such as hip-hop dancing, drawing, singing which are given free by donors. There are

21 boys living at the shelter while the staff in charge consists of 1 project leader, 2 educators and

1 cook.

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Tan Binh Shelter is an orphanage for boys providing care & education for around 30 young boys.

The shelter was established in 1994 by the Women's Charity Association of HCMC (WOCA)

with the support of Jean Houlmann, a Swiss man who visited Vietnam in the early 90s and

decided he wanted to try and make a difference to disadvantaged families affected by the war, in

particular, the children. Mr Houlmann contacted WOCA, who at this time were already planning

to open an orphanage in the Tan Binh area and together they opened a shelter for poor and

underprivelidged boys. Usually, the boys come to the shelter when their family is too poor to look

after them or there may be no one to look after them at all, their parents may have passed away or

can sometimes be in prison amongst other reasons. While living at the shelter they are also placed

into a local school, a chance to develop themselves and have a better chance for the future

through education. The shelter also organizes many activities 'in-house' for the boys to take part

in such as swimming trips, special guests, picnics, student exchange with other schools and of

course the English classes we provide as well as other activities. There are currently 26 boys

living in the Tan Binh shelter, though not all of them study English. The age range is from 7 to 20

years old and often boys who grew up there stay on to work at the shelter or visit very often

W: volunteers will help to teach English and organize fun activities for the children at Shelter 8

and Tan Binh Boy Shelter. Moreover, the volunteers will prepare and wrap up presents for the

children to have a warm and meaningful Christmas. Volunteers also can help for some projects to

support disabled children.


A: VPV’ Dormitory in Sai Gon. Shared rooms. Sleeping at bund-bed. Showers and toilers are

available. WIFI free at volunteer house. Breakfast and dinner will be prepared by volunteers.


L: District 8 and Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh city



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GROUP PROJECTS

We are also doing project for groups. Depend on the request of group, we can conduct the group

project by the convenient time for the group.

PROJECT TYPES

The types of projects are mainly education as they will work with orphan/street children or

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environment oriented, and they can be building kitchens or toilets for kindergartens in poor areas,

reforestation and environment protection, working in the organic garden, construction or

renovation of some centers for disabled children, protecting, preserving and promoting world

heritages of Vietnam…

1.SOCIAL WORK/ EDUCATION

Volunteers work at some shelters for disabled/disadvantaged children/people to help take care of

disabled children, play with them or organize extra activities for them.

2.CONSTRUCTION/ RENOVATION

Volunteers work at some shelters for disabled/disadvantaged children/people, or schools in poor

conditions, focusing on building or rebuilding the setting, painting/decoration or gardening…

3.ENVIRONMENT/CONSERVATION

Volunteers work at some ecotourism project sites to help raising awareness among local people

about sustainable living environment (collecting garbage in the community and along the tourist

tracks); paving the tracking route in the forest and along the streams, working together with local

people in the garden or forest.

4.MEDICAL & HEALTH TRAINING

Group volunteers will work on local hospital or clinic. They will spend some days on a

orphanages or shelters for orphan/street children to give training on useful topic for children such

as health care or personage hygiene for children, etc.

MILD & LONGTERM PROJECTS (1-12 MONTHS)

1.EDUCATION

2.CARING FOR ORPHANT/ STREET CHILDREN

3.CARING FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

4.MEDICAL INTERNSHIP

5.ENVIRONEMNT

6.ANIMAL

7.ORGANIC FARMING

8.LOCAL NGO SUPPORT

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