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Volunteers assist a social support program for abandoned children, disabled and homeless people at at Da Nang Social Support Center, Da Nang Red Cross Children Home and Da Nang School for Disabilities.

Полное описание

Volunteers work at three centers in Da Nang – the Social Support Center, the Red Cross Children Home and the Rehabilitation and Education Center for Children with disabilities. This is the primary placement for our volunteers, although it encompasses a wide array of activities at multiple locations. The assignments volunteers rotate between while working with this program include: · Child care · Educational activities for children with special needs · Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy · Field trips with the seniors · General improvement projects · Sports & enrichment activities The Social Support Center in Da Nang is where the bulk of our program activities occur. This government-run facility is home to 200 residents who are either elderly or physically or mentally disabled. Volunteers are able to participate in a variety of tasks and quickly become familiar with many of the residents. The programs volunteers assist with are: - Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy - Educational Activities for Children with Disabilities - Sports Training & Field Trips The Red Cross Children’s Home is another government-run facility that Volunteer Vietnam partners with to provide supplementary services. At the home there are three groups of children: infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. Volunteers assist with feeding and diaper changing for the infants, and playing games and reading books with the older kids. There are several children with disabilities, some who are bed-ridden and others who are not. These kids are mostly non-verbal, however they do manage to communicate their preferences quite clearly to attentive volunteers. Afternoons at the Home are really rewarding for volunteers and children alike! The Rehabilitation and Education Center for Children with Disabilities: The center has around 300 children with physical and mental disabilities. Volunteers assist with our staff and the social workers to conduct activities in education and mental therapy for the children. This includes games for group and sport activities. You will work in a team with our local staff and volunteers to carry out the above activities. On your arrival, our team will give you a few days of orientation and training. They will plan activities and lessons together with you and accompany you to the placement sites. Some of our staff live in the volunteer house and will help you to enter into the program as smoothly as possible.

Кто нужен

Знание языков

English

Дополнительная информация

Volunteers do not need any special skills to volunteer with us. They only need to speak English on a basic level. On their arrival to the program, we will give them a two-day orientation training program. This includes a tour around the city where they will be living and language and culture instruction hours. Our staff will train volunteers about the volunteer activities and this includes an observation session and guidance meeting with other volunteers who are on the program. The training will continue during the first week of the program until the volunteers enter smoothly into the program. In general, they will be involved in different activities in a day and take different assignments. We have all of the volunteer activities already planned by our staff and other volunteers when they arrive. During the first week, volunteers will work as an assistant to the programs. Their roles are assistant to social workers, teachers or other volunteers.

Что делать

Дополнительная информация

A TYPICAL DAY Morning session starts at around 8:00 AM: Volunteers assist our staff and social workers at the Social Support Center to give physiotherapy, occupational therapy, education for special needs to the disabled children and patients Lunch time: You come back to the volunteer house to have lunch with other volunteers and have a little nap  Afternoon session starts at around 1:30 PM; Volunteers assist our staff and social workers at the Red Cross Children Home and the Rehabilitation and Education Center to give childcare and activities for disabled children Evening session: most evenings are free for volunteers to relax or go out to explore the city. Some evenings, volunteers may have a meeting with our staff to plan lessons or activities Some mornings or afternoons: Volunteers assist our staff and social workers by taking the children and patients on outing trips such as playing soccer in a soccer field, swimming in a pool, taking the old people to a temple for praying

Условия

Подробнее об условиях

We are a non-profit organization (NPO). We do not receive any funding from the government or donors to run our programs. We solely rely on volunteer placement fees to operate. By paying our fees, volunteers will help us to carry out our mission in helping the people of Vietnam. Their fees are for: Volunteer house/ meals/ transportation to and from work during their stay Support staff team (24/7) to give pre-departure information/support/ pick up and training on arrival and accompany them to the placement sites to carry out activities Donations for needed materials and supplies for the centers and schools we support Language and cultural activities and local sightseeing for you during your stay Emergency support for medical health and safety In general, the fees will cover most of daily needs when volunteers stay and work for us. They only need to budget for their personal expenses, weekend meals and travels to explore the country.

Дополнительные условия

Дополнительная информация

Volunteers ages: Between 18 to 70 years old Length of stay: Minimum of 02 weeks and maximum of 12 weeks Program availability: The program is open almost around the year with preferable start dates on the 1st or 15th of a month. We don’t have start dates during the 1st half of February due to the Tet holiday in Vietnam. Language skills: You need to speak English (basic level) We have agreed with the Vietnamese government to get a volunteer permit and volunteer visa for all of volunteers who work for us. It takes around 30 days for us to process these things for you. 40 days before starting date, through our partner, volunteers need to submit: Completed application form A copy of passport A copy of education degrees: highschool graduation certificate OR diploma in something OR college and university degree OR student card. One of this is sufficient.