The Global Volunteer Network currently has volunteer opportunities available through our partner organization in Vietnam. Volunteers have the chance to teach English to children in orphanages and to members of the wider community. They also help care for and play with the children. All of the placements offered are working with government run programs in the central Vietnam region around Da Nang.
This program will give you a chance to make an important contribution to the people of Vietnam, and to gain an in depth experience of the country and its culture that will stay with you the rest of your life.
Volunteers will be allocated to a placement by our partner. Regardless of which placement you are in, you will still fly into Da Nang, and have your orientation there.
Our current placement locations are:
Da Nang: Here volunteers will work at two Day Care Centres (home for disabled children), two Baby Orphanages, one social support centre and one orphanage for street children. At these placements volunteers will teach English, arts, crafts, songs and sports and at the Baby Orphanages volunteers will clean, feed and play with the children. Volunteers will work with staff to teach English at the orphanage placements as well as work as assistants at local language centres.
Tam Ky Placements: Volunteers in Tam Ky, 70 kilometres south of Da Nang, have the opportunity to work with two community organizations: The Home of Affection, and the Tam Ky Baby Orphanage. Volunteers will teach English, arts & crafts and sports and will also take care of the children at the orphanages. English teaching within the community is also part of this placement. Volunteers will teach at a local hospital as well as in a small beach village (Tam Thanh).
Tuy Hoa Placements: Tuy Hoa is the capital of Phu Yen province which is located 100km north of Nha Trang and 400 km south of Da Nang. Here volunteers will work at a Home of Affection for orphans and street children, a social support center for baby orphans and children with disabilities, a rehabilitation school for children with disabilities; a college for young adults, a community education center for young children and a high school for needy children.
.: Program Locations
Da Nang is now Vietnam's third largest city and is located on the banks of the Han river. It is an hour's flight from Vietnam's major international airports: Ho Chi Minh (in the south) and Hanoi (in the north). Famous landmarks in Da Nang include China Beach, the Marble Mountains and the museum of Cham Sculpture.
Tam Ky is the provincial capital of the Quang Nam province and is located 30 km south of Da Nang. Quang Ngai is 120km south of Da Nang and is the capital of the Quang Ngai province.
Tuy Hoa is the capital of Phu Yen province which is located 100km north of Nha Trang and 400 km south of Da Nang.
Volunteer Orphanage placement requirements - you must:
* be 18 years or over
* have no health problems
* be enthusiastic
* be a native speaker of English
* no older than 65 years of age
For more information, and details on the costs of this program please visit our website at
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/vietnam/orphanage
If you have a question then send it to:
info@volunteer.org.nz
* The Global Volunteer Network offers opportunities in Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, South Dakota, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam.
