Final Results for Workcamp in Korea

Short-List of Applicants For EVS in Italia and Poland for 9 Months

 

* Congratulations to Nam Khanh Tran! You are choosen to take part in GMarket Workcamp in July in Korean.

* 08 outstanding applicants for ESV in Italia:

1. Do Thi Trang
2. Le Thi Khanh Thu
3. Nguyen Thi Kim Dung
4. Phan Nguyen Luu
5. Phung Thi Minh Yen
6. Dao Hanh Nhung
7. Dao Thi Hoa
8. Kha Quynh Giao

* 03 outstanding applicants for EVS in Spain:

    1. Huynh Minh

    2. Nguyen Trung Duc

    3. Thai Hoang Vu

* 2 outstanding applicants for EVS in Poland:

    1. Luu Bao Nam Dung

    2. Luu Truong Hoai Nghiem

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Calling Volunteers for World Heritage Workcamp

From 1st to 7th July, 2013

We need volunteers for World Heritage workcamp at Ho dynasty in Thanh Hoa with SJ Vietnam rom 1-7 July, 2013.

This is the third year SJ Vietnam has had opportunity to organize a World Heritage Workcamp at one of Vietnam UNESCO sites. We are urgently indeed of volunteers for this workcamp. The workcamp will be from 1st July till 7th July at Citadel of Ho Dynasty, Thanh Hoa. You could find out more... information about the workcamp in our website www.sjvietnam.org, our Facebook Solidarites Jeunesses Vietnam or email to in@sjvietnam.org.
Please contact us if there is any volunteers interested in working on the heritage and environment issues.
Furthermore, you can find our more available placements in our summer workcamps along Vietnam.

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An Interesting Work Camp In Phuc Tue Center

From the 1^st to the 12^th April, an international work camp of 7 volunteers (3 from Hong Kong, 2 from South Korea, 1 from China and 1 from France) and 2 local volunteers was organized in the center for disabled children. The volunteers had an opportunity to spend time with the children, help and play with them. They also contribute to restore Phuc Tue Center 1 and Phuc Tue Center 2. We painted the tables and chairs in new colour, repaired the classroom and gardened. The volunteers had also pleasure to go for a walk with some of the children along Thanh Niên street (cf. group picture) and to visit the Trấn Quốc Pagoda.

 

The volunteers built close relationships with each other, the atmosphere was really friendly and helpful. SJ Vietnam is really glad to give the opportunity to lot of people from different culture to meet each other and become friends in the context of a meaningful project for disadvantaged persons.

The next workcamp with the children of Phuc Tue Center will be from the 7^th to 18^th May.

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Call for Vietnamese volunteers to join workcamp in Korea from 8th-17th July

SJ Vietnam is promoting to send Vietnamese volunteers to Korea for a workcamp from 8-17 July organised by our partner, Better World. 

This is a special program this summer with the support of Ebay Korea and IWO, Better World is organizing the Gmarket Global Volunteers from 8 to 17 July 2013, including arrival and departure dates in Seoul. For your information, Gmarket is a brand of Ebay in Korea.

This international volunteer project is aimed at providing intercultural classes to elementary students of the disadvantaged areas and renovating the local educational facilities in the rural communities. A total of 110 volunteers that consists of 60 Korean and 50 international youth (age 18-30), will meet in Seoul first and they will be divided into 5 groups for local project sites. After the volunteering activities are over, all volunteers will gather back in Seoul to share their activities with the others.

Better World will NOT charge any participation fee as all local logistics during the official program duration will be covered. All international participants will get partial financial support for their travel expense (please refer to the Call for Participants for the reimbursements).

If you are interested (and there is a qualified candidate), please let contact: out@sjvietnam.org to let us know of your interest of nomination by 26 April 2013 (Friday) while sending the applications to us by 08 May 2013 (Wednesday).     

We will give priorities to experienced volunteers who already joined SJ Vietnam's workcamps or have contribution to voluntarism in Vietnam. The sent volunteers are expected to involve in running workcamps with SJ Vietnam or sharing their learning on Korea when they come back.                                                       

Further information is provided in the attached Call for Participants. Once we receive the applications, we will review, confirm and notify the finalists to you. 

 For further information, you can email us or call SJ Vietnam office from 9 am-6pm Monday to Friday at: 04.22154993 or 04.6285535.

 

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A Call for Participants - EVS for Global Understanding

EVS for global understanding is a project that includes 30 EVS mobility between 6 and 10 months with the Europe-Asia dimension. There will be 21 volunteers from Spain, Poland and Italy implementing their projects in Vietnam, China, and Philippines, and 9 volunteers from those countries implementing their projects in 3 EU countries. 

This project is an attempt to combat poverty, social exclusion of  young people with fewer opportunities, and at risk of social and economic exclusion. This will be done through education that volunteers will be provided. By offering the education that will contribute to the development of the local society, participation, and in the long term basis to eradicatation poverty, improvement of the health, elimination illiteracy, and gender equality the project will influence the development in general. On the local level they will contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

We are right now accepting the applications of Vietnamese for the EVS project in Poland and Italy. We are looking for the participants who are from 18 years old to 30 years old:

• 01 volunteer for Italy,
• 01 volunteer for Poland.

Please consult the project description that is attached to this page for detail information. Please read carefully all the information about the project, selection process, and volunteers responsibility before applying. 

Hosting organisation:

-          Semper Avanti – Poland

-          Associazione Vicolocorto - Italy

Duration (from-to): 09 months from September 2013 till June 2014

Venue (town, region, country), lodging and food conditions: Please find more detail in the link;

http://www.bevolunteer.net/vacancy-italy

http://www.bevolunteer.net/vacancy-poland

Tasks of the volunteer: please consult the attached project description. The task will depend on the selected sub-project.

Basic requirements/volunteer profile: please consult the attached project description. The requirements will depend on the selected sub-project.

Pocket money: there will be 115€ in Italy and 85€ in Poland per month of the pocket money

Selection procedure: The general description of the selection project you can find http://www.bevolunteer.net/how-apply . Candidates must fill in the application form (in English) and submit it to the sending organization – SJ Vietnam together with a CV, by 01^st, May 2013.

You have to pass 02 interview with sending & hosting organization, The interview will be arranged and we will contact to you in advance.

For further information please contact to Ms Mien:

www.bevolunteer.net

Emai: ltv2@sjvietnam.org

Phone: (+84) 422 154 993 (at 9a.m – 6.pm, Monday to Friday)

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Seeking local volunteers for our International Workcamp in April 2013

In April, we will organize  two international workcamps. We would like to seek 2 local fulltime volunteers for each workcamps and part-time volunteers also.

1) Name of the project: " Bring a smile to disadvantaged children at National Pediatric Hospital"

2) Period: from 15th to 26th April 2013 for 2 weeks

3) Location: National Pediatric Hospital

4) Aim: "Bring a smile" to the chirldren who are suffering from cancer or dangerous diseases.

5) Volunteer work: Creat activities to play with the children in hospital

6) Number volunteer: 2 Vietnamese full time volunteers (including leader) and part-time volunteers

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1) Name of the Project : Special ESA (Eco Sponge Action) Workcamp in April 2013

2) Period : From 28/04/2013 to 05/05/2013 for 1 weeks

3) Location : Fisher Village, Hanoi, Vietnam

4) Aims :

- Improve the life in the Fisher Village together with the people there.

- Promote protection of water environment and raise public awareness on global issues

- Develop friendship, understanding and partnership between Vietnam and Japan.

5) Voluntary Work :

a) Give acryl and make Eco sponges with Fisher Village women.

b) Do some other useful activities at Fisher Village such as renovation of the houses, cultural exchange with FV people, helping people garden for spring season, organizing activities with children at Youth Center.

c) Other Programs : we have plan for Talk show about enviromental topic  with local people.

6) Numbers volunteers: 4 Japanese and 2 Vietnamese (including the leader)

 

If you are intertested, don't hesitate to contact to me workcampsjvietnam@gmail.com

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Warm Meeting with Macau Representatives

 

29th of March 2013, a warm meeting with 20 oustanding Macau representatives, Vietnam Volunteer Infomation Resource Center (VVIRC), SJ Vietnam and our Interns from France and Belgium was be held successfully.

It’s a precious opportunity to share not only the differences of voluntary movement in each countries but also our own memorable voluntary  stories. We talked, shared, disscussed and sang together. All the stories and songs made us closer and closer. The people said that Nothing could be stronger than volunteer' heart. We can feel it deeply from all the moved stories that were told by representatives.

In the future, we hope that we can be a potential partner to creat more meaning voluntary activities, to help more and learn more.

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Fantastic ESA Workcamp 4th-17th March 2013

Friday 15^th of March, the first Eco Sponge Action Work Camp of 2013 finished after 2 weeks. The team was composed by Hang (our coordinator), 4 Japanese volunteers, 1 French intern, 2 full time Vietnamese volunteers, 3 part time volunteers (1 Vietnamese, 1 Belgium and 1 German). Our team was multicultural so beside the work we could have discussion and exchange about our different cultures and of course become friends.

During these two weeks, we had a plan to help Fisher Village (FV) people. Thanks to the project, we could buy 2 tanks per house to let them floating stably. We also created a nice clean, painted and decorated room where the children of the Youth Center can rest and play. All the team worked in a field close to the FV where some of the FV people are working. We helped them to remove the bushes and weeds. Now they can use it for agriculture next season.

We prepared some good lunch for the children but also a delicious Japanese lunch for the FV people that we shared with them the last day before going play football with the FV children.

Everybody was really friendly with each other. We appreciated the time spent together and would like contribute more for the ESAWorkcamp

 

In May the next Eco Sponge Action Work Camp will be held so if you are interested to contribute for a social project and to make new international and local friends, do not hesitate to join us.

March 2013. Maeva reported.

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Seeking local volunteers for our ESA Workcamp in March

 

In March, we will organize :  ESA (Eco Sponge Action) with Japanese volunteers from 4th to 17th March 2013

We would like to seek one enthusiastic local volunteer for this workcamp with the following content:

1) Name of the Project : Special ESA (Eco Sponge Action) Workcamp in March 2013

2) Period : From 04/03/2013 to 17/03/2013 for 2 weeks

3) Location : Fisher Village, Hanoi, Vietnam

4) Aims :

- Improve the life in the Fisher Village together with the people there.

- Promote protection of water environment and raise public awareness on global issues

- Develop friendship, understanding and partnership between Vietnam and Japan.

5) Voluntary Work :

a) Give acryl and make Eco sponges with Fisher Village women.

b) Do some other useful activities at Fisher Village such as renovation of the houses, cultural exchange with FV people, helping people garden for spring season, organizing activities with children at Youth Center.

c) Other Programs : we have plan for Talk show about enviromental topic  with local people.

6) Numbers volunteers: 4 Japanese and 2 Vietnamese (including the leader)

 

If you are intertested, don't hesitate to contact with me through outsjvietnam@gmail.com

 

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Flying to Snake Year!!!

Lunar New Year workcamp that was run as an annual workcamp of SJ Vietnam. This year, we have some volunteers from Denmark, Japan, Germany and several enthusiastic local volunteers that join in the workcamp from 25th Jan to 3rd Feb 2013.

Here is a sharing of Nicolas from Denmark:“The very first time I go to Hanoi-Vietnam. The experience of making Banh Chung (Chung Cake) is one of the activities in Lunar New Year Workcamp I liked most. In my imagination, It should be make from flour, butter, sugar, strawberry..But from sticky rice, green bean, meat –some simple ingredients we made over 100 Banh Chung for the disadvantaged people in Fisher Village and in Phuc Tue. The moment I see all their smiling face I understand that the happiness people in the world are those who give happiness to another people ”

Time is flying to Snake Year-2013. SJ Vietnam and all our dear volunteers hope peace and blissfulness for everyone.

New Year, New Hope, New Deam, New Effort, New Achivement

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2nd  PR Summit and 7th NVDA Annual Meeting in Thai Nguyen

Successfully, The 2nd PR Summit and 7^th NVDA Annual Meeting was help in Thai Nguyen with 34 participants from 15 different organizations from 17 to 13 January 2013.

In the second PR Summit, we focus three specific goals by PR through sharing difficulties and know-how; getting new, effective skills and creating common visions and actions. With a lot of sessions and workshops, our purposes are: To get more recognition from people and other stakeholders widely; To get more numbers of qualified international and national volunteers; and To get more numbers and amount of grants and donations sustainably.

One time per year, member organizations of NVDA have a place to evaluate the previous year and plan the new year called NVDA Annual Meeting. In 2013, we continue following three main aim of NVDA annual meeting : sharing the situations of the members and strengthen partnership, solidarity and motivation; evaluating the activities and management of NVDA and member organizations in 2012; and planning activities for 2013.

With all our efforts, we hope that NVDA is always a friendly home where you can share more and more.

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“Sharing is like a garden, It is small but you reap more than you sow”

Happily, The Christmas workcamp was launched. At that moment, 15 volunteers from Switzerland, France, Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, America are preparing for Chirstmas party. It will be held in 23th of December in Youth Center with the children, local people in Fisher Village and local volunteers. They are so excited to make not only some colourful paper balls, flowers for decoration but also some hand-made toys for the children like a presents for the them.

Along with this Christmas workcamp and the coming ESA workcamp (from 22th to 28th December) We hope that we can bring more happiness to the difficulty children and disadvantaged people.

The time is ticking and time runs so fast. We are in the last month of the eventful dragon year. Let’s learn more, share more with SJ Viet Nam!!!
 

“Sharing is like a garden, It is small but you reap more than you sow”- Namhee from Korea said

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Seeking local volunteers for our Workcamp in December and January 2013

In December, we will organize two workcamps:

ESA (Eco Sponge Action) with Japanese volunteers from 22th to 28th 2012-12-12

We would like to seek one enthusiastic local volunteer for this workcamp with the following content:

1) Name of the Project : Special ESA (Eco Sponge Action) Workcamp in December 2012

2) Period : From 22/12/2012 to 28/12/2012 for 1 week

3) Location : Fisher Village, Hanoi, Vietnam

4) Aims :

- Improve the life in the Fisher Village together with the people there.

- Promote protection of water environment and raise public awareness on global issues

- Develop friendship, understanding and partnership between Vietnam and Japan.

5) Voluntary Work :

a) Give acryl and make Eco sponges with Fisher Village women.

b) Do some other useful activities at Fisher Village such as renovation of the houses, cultural exchange with FV people, helping people garden for spring season, organizing activities with children at Youth Center.

c) Other Programs : we have plan for Christmas party with local people.

6) Numbers volunteers: 4 Japanese and 2 Vietnamese (including the leader)

 

Deadline (for application): 17 December 2012

 

Better World Group Workcamp with 17 Korean Group from 6th to 14th Jan 2013

For this workcamp We hope to find a right local volunteer with the detail of content:

1) Name of the Project: Better World Group Workcamp in January 2012

2) Period: from 6th to 14th January 2013

3)Location: Fisher Village, Hanoi, Vietnam

4) Aims:

 - To help the people in Fisher Village to have a better living condi

 - To exchange culture from two different countries

 - To experience “learning from each other and team building” by participating various volunteering activities in groups

 5) Voluntary Work:

 a)   Repair the houses for the people in Fisher Village

 b)   Help to plant potatoes, haverst corn..

 c)    Have various educational activites with children in Youth Center and local volunteers.

 d)    Organize cultural exchange and raise strong relationship between Korea and Vietnam Vols

 

 6)Numbers volunteers: 10 Korean vols and 3 Vietnamese (including the leader)

 

Deadline(for application): 20th December 2013

 

If you are interested in which workcamp, please don’t heritate to send your email to out@sjvietnam.org     [Ms. Hang]

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A Call Fundraising for a Dream of Cannes Film Festival

 The “ESIA Voluntary Service – Volunteerism for Global Education and Understanding” is one of the main project for SJ Vietnam in 2013. With the attendance of 8 partner organizations from Spain, Lithuania, Greece, India, China, Poland, Philippines and Vietnam, we have a plan to run this project with several activities. This project is designed to use Global Education as a transformative learning tool which will lead all the partners to deeply understand each unique culture and transforming the culture of individualism towards a culture of partnership based on dialogue and cooperation. Building from the global education initiatives will ensure a partnership model that can lead into an international understanding and cooperation between nations and peoples.

For now, the members of the project have a deam that with the group of 40 young people from Europe and Asia they would like to make a movie and have it screened in Cannes Film Festival.

“We have a dream… The dream is to make the film about international volunteering, with a bit of drama, a bit of romance and with 40 young people from 8 different countries together. This film is tale of hope, courage, love and contribution of International volunteers towards the mankind. Finally we dream to do the International premier of this amazing peace of work during the Cannes Film Festival.

With this idea we want to prove that borders and not a limitation that young people from the entire world can work together promoting Love, Peace & Harmony through volunteering and mutual understanding, and that dreams can come true!” - the member of the group said

A call “Help us with our crowd-funding campaign!” is released few days ago.

 

You can get information in the following website: http://www.bevolunteer.net/blog/help-us-our-crowd-funding-campaign 

Hope that with our efforts we can make the "imposible" become "posible"

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International Volunteer Day 2012 in Thong Nhat Park 

IVD stands for International Volunteer Day which is an annual volunteer festival for all volunteers in the world in general and in Vietnam in particular.

On 4^th of December, SJ Vietnam and several volunteer involved organizations took part in the festival in Thong Nhat Park. This year, Vietnam Volunteer Information Resource Center coordinated with UNV to organize successfully that festival with several activities.

 

At that time, SJ Vietnam had a work camp called IVD work camp with three Korean volunteers, one Japanese volunteers and some local volunteers. One of the purpose of the work camp is to prepare and join in the festival. Happily, all of them were so exited and eager to prepare for that. They made the banner by recycled paper, decorated the booth with their own painting..etc. “Staying together, working together like that make us closer. We can share more and understand more each other. It's such a great opportunity for us.” - Wooyoung - a Korean volunteer said.

Along with a lot of activities, in Au Co theater, The National Volunteer Awards Ceremony was held in the evening which was broadcasted lively on national TV program. Being awarded last year, SJ Vietnam was invited as a member of judges that Ms.Phuc - director of the organization acted as a representative.

 

With the motto “Volunteer for sharing, learning and being responsible” SJ Vietnam hope that we can create more and more volunteer activities for more people.

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Seeking volunteers for International Workcamp in Phu Yen

Dear all volunteers,

In January 2013, SJ Vietnam would like to call several volunteers for International Workcamp in Phu Yen.

International Workcamp is a kind of short-term international volunteer program which will often last 2 weeks with the participating of the different national volunteers. During two weeks, all volunteers will stay in collective life through joining in common project and intercultural activities. International Workcamp is such a life experience program with the challenges of working in multinational culture which is so popular for Youth in the world.

For each program, we would like to seek 3 Vietnamese volunteers:

* Requirements:

  - Take part in the whole program.

  - Have abilities of creating and organizing varied activities for childen.

  -  Be confident in your ability to communicate and work in the multicultural enviroment, specifically with Korean volunteers in that case.

  - Program language: English.

*Benefit:

- Give priority for official members of SJV Club

- Be supported accomodation and food during the program.

- Be issued Certification in the end of the program (if join in and follow all engagements).

* Activites: depend on each program, each activity will be carried out in different places.   However in basic:

  - Upgrade and enlarge classroom.

  - Extend and repaint classroom.

  - Organize several educational activites for local children.

  - Organize Vietnam-Korea cultural night.

  - Make “Chung” cake for localpeople and children.

* Application:

- Send a profile including CV and cover letter (sharing your own thought and motication for this program) to info2@sjvietnam.org

- Sending only cover letter if you are member of SJV Club

- Deadline: 14/12/2012

- Notice: Make clear which workcamp you would like to join (following the list code of workcamp below).

* Code of Workcamps:

-  Korea 1: 03/01/2013 - 16/01/2013 in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen

- Korea 2: 06/01/2013 - 14/01/2013 in Song Cau, Phu Yen

- Korea 3: 06/01/2013 - 14/01/2013 in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen

-  Korea 4: 21/01/2013 - 02/02/2013 in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen

- Korea 5: 21/01/2013 - 02/02/2013 in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen

After collecting applications, we will contact to suitable candidates to set up interview appointment.

If you need more information, don’t hesitate to send email to info2@sjvietnam.org or 0985558701 (Mr.Thanh)

Sincerely,

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Vietnam Volunteer Organizations of North Network Meeting

On 27th Novemver, 10 out of 26 members of Vietnam Volunteer Organizations of North Network organized a meeting at Vietnam Volunteer Information Resource Center (VVIR) office to discuss about the constitution of the network and the sustainale plans in 2013.

Playing a role as one of the member of the network, SJ Vietnam also took part in the meeting. Honourly, Ms.Phuc – Director of SJ Vietnam was appointed to be a senior consultant of the network.

Despite the fact that a lot of current challenges have to face and solve, We hope that with our best efforts the network can be a wonderful “common home” for all volunteer involved Clubs, Teams, Groups, national organizations and international organizations.

 

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EURASIAWINGS Final Evaluation Seminar in Hanoi (Vietnam)

Being held in Hanoi (Vietnam) from 15th to 21st with participating of 4 organizations from  Italy, China, France and Vietnam including CEISE, CANGO, Pistes Solidarites and SJ Vietnam respectively, the Final Evaludation Seminar of Eurasia Wings got plenty of achievements.

Not only assessing the whole proces of implementing and the results of the project that run for almost 1 years but also being a opportunity for creating more new partnerships with more new project for youth by art.

With several official meetings, the representatives of each country shared their experiences how to run the project effectively and also exhibited the results of the project that each organizations gained. Besides, some workshops were also organized between NGOs – NGOs and NGOs - Enterprise. From that, each side shared more information to understand each other. The meeting between 4 international NGOs and Vietnam National Youth Union, Vietnam Volunteer Information Resourse Center and UNV was a bridge to build up a new partnerships in the future. Furthermore, the workshop of Setting up projects in cooperation with business with collaboation SEILAR – an enterprise producing Solar Pin Panel showed several advantages and disadvantages in sponsorship between NGOs and enterprise.

In order to introduce some new projects specifically “Eatsmart” and “Eurasiawings 2013”, and writing up new project proposal 2013 is one of the most important purposes of the seminar.

Moreover, along with some local exchange activities in Youth Center with local volunteers that make the seminar reach a great fulfill success.

 

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Eurasiawings: Youth week of Green Art in Shanghai and Final Evaluation Seminar in Vietnam

In the framework of Eurasiawings project, 6 youth representatives from Vietnam had an honor to join Youth week of Green Art in M50 District in Shanghai, China. The event was published on the best selling newspaper in Shanghai named “Shanghai Morning Post”. Here you can find the link: http://newspaper.jfdaily.com/xwcb/html/2012-10/25/content_906446.htm

“Coming back from Shanghai, I still feel so excited about what I saw, who I met, and what I have done in Shanghai. I was so honor to be the first runner in International Volunteer Competition organized by SJVietnam and Language Link and had chance to join Eurasia Wings: Youth Week of Green Art. During 1 week working with all the participants from four countries I have learnt some and useful knowledge and skills to help me in working and social activities”. (Linh – the winner of Finding volunteer leader contest” held by SJ Vietnam, in the cooperation with Language Link Vietnam)

 The final evaluation seminar will take place in Vietnam from 16^th Nov to 21^st Nov with the attendance of presidents of 4 organizations from France, Italy, China and Vietnam including Solidarties Pistes, CEISE, CANGO and SJ Vietnam respectively. The seminar aims at not only evaluating Eurasiawings project but also creating bridges for youth organizations in Vietnam with international friends to build up new ideas for youth activities on art and environment. 

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"Ganh hang rong" awarded as the best "art creation for a green planet"

The contest Art creation for a green planet in the theme of Eurasia wings project successully finished. The best prize was given to Ms. Nguyen Le Nga with the nylon paiting named "Ganh hang rong", temporarily translated as "The street vendor's burden". Nga is an artist and she spent 1 month to finish the painting without using any new materials but nylon bags and left paint at home. Nga not only wants to share the artic aspect of the painting but also expresses that everybody can protect environment by their own way. 

Another art creations were highly appreciated for its creativity such as Reused banner bags, the Earth model...

The winner of the contest will be fully covered for the art exhibition and visit in Shanghai in October.

Further information, kindly find at: www.eurasiawings.net

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Final result contest “Finding international volunteer leaders” (2nd year)

After many "difficult and chanllenging" rounds, the most outstanding candidate of the year was chosen among nearly 1000 candidates. She's is Le Thuy Linh, student of Forerign Trade University. Linh will get the 1st prize to join a voluntary trip in Shanghai from 23th to 30th October, 2012 and a scholarsip given by Language Link Vietnam.

The candidates in the top ten had chance to join the Annual Training for camp leaders in Thai Nguyen, Training on Video Making and Eco-learning by Unesco and Panasonic.  In addition, they also experienced many interesting workcamps by SJ Vietnam including Phuc Tue center for disabled children or World Heritage workcamp in Ha Long Bay.

"It's an aswome summer ever in my life with full of experiences and new friends from many countries over the world", said Linh.

"Finding international volunteer leaders"  contest is supposed to be an anual event for Vietnamese youngsters to exprience international volunteer activities at the aim of sharing, learning and being responsible as the organization's motto.

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Great successful grand opening ceremony

of the Youth Center

Our Youth Center used to a Youth House, an 8-year charity project to help poor, street children and their parents living on slum boats on Red River. Now, our Youth Center is a new project composing 3 innovation ideas:

1, - a cafe (at very cheap price of drink) for volunteers, local and international youth , NGOs staff, social workers who would like to have intercultural exchanges and foreign language speaking environment. The profit of the cafe will contribute to pay for daily free lunch of 20 disadvantaged kids at Fisher Village under Long Bien Bridge. The cafe is also a job oriented training for the children and youth in the future.

2, - a charity shop of second-hand and hand made products for resell at very lost cost to support local community with the income to pay monthly school fee of 20 children who used to be beggars and rubbish collectors and have been sent to public schools by SJ Vietnam for 1 year.

3, - language classes for Vietnamese youth and children to learn/practise foreign languages (English, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, etc) and for foreigners learn/experience Vietnamese coordinated by international and local volunteer teachers. There is also a library of books in different languages from many countries for free reading, exchange and borrowing (with some condition of returning the books). Many activities of cultural exchanges will be organized weekly by SJ Vietnam volunteers for participants.

Our Youth Center would be an interesting place for disadvantaged kids, youth who love volunteering , social workers and NGOs staff to meet up and exchange experiences and culture.

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