Background: Triem Tay is a village located near the well-known Hoi An World Heritage Site and surrounded by several tourist attractions, such as the Kim Bong wood carving and Phuoc Kieu bronze casting villages. To reach this village, visitors will take 15 minute boat transfer from Hoi An fishing port, across Thu Bon River. There are totally 147 households in this village and their local lives depend on weaving mats, farming and fishing. The main architecture of Triem Tay eco-tourism village is based on the rural community, so there are many ancient wooden houses, tranquil garden houses and bamboo huts for visitors to enjoy beautiful river landscape.
SJ Vietnam settles down a long term project here (capacity building) in collaboration with Unesco Hanoi and International Labor Organization Vietnam (ILO) not only to improve infrastructure, stop landslide because of rain/typhoon but also promote our true Vietnam beauty as well as our value of countryside through eco-tourism based on community with our human resource are international volunteers.
Work: Organize activities to raise awareness of local people about social tourism; help local people building fence, “bamboo road” from house to common play ground of the village; organize workshop about world heritage preservation in university; conduct event 1 day “Walking for Hoi An”, encourage foreigners tourist join us to walk around the old town and to Triem Tay village...etc
Location: Triem Tay village, Quang Nam province - belong to Hoi An, world heritage site.
Terminal: Da Nang International airport (DAD)
Transportation: Public bus, boat or bicycle
Accommodation and food: Volunteers will stay at the home stay at the project site. Meals are at local restaurant.
Remarks: Sleeping bag, toiletries, info materials and pictures of your country, toys and learning materials for the children if you have.
(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)