Background: Hai Duong welfare center was established in March 1982. With about 1000 mentally and physically disabled and disadvantaged children attending the center from many parts of Hai Duong province. The center aims to provide compulsory education and vocational training to create employment opportunities for teenagers. It has a wide variety of courses for children ranging from 6 years old to 18 years old. For example, children between the ages of 6 to 12 are provided with educational courses and the older children can attend vocational training courses at the center. The voluntary work at the center is quite intense and it requires high motivation and patience from volunteers, volunteers need to be well prepared before starting this project but will gain so much from the experience.
Work: Work in classrooms where handicapped children come to study and have physical therapy. Do manual work with renovation (painting tree or wall). Help the staffs in the kitchen as they need to cook for a great deal of children.
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will sleep in the guesthouse nearby the center. Wifi, western style bathrooms are available. Meals will be prepared by volunteers within the center’s kitchen.
Location: Welfare center, Hai Duong province
Terminal: Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)
Transportation: Public bus
Remarks: Sleeping bag, raincoat, info materials and pictures of your country, presents, toys and activities materials for the children if you have prepared any.
(Participation fee need to be transferred at least 2 weeks for workcamp and 1 month for longterm project before projects start. If volunteers would love to pay on arrival, please add more 500,000VND)