You will also be able to find information of our international partner in the section Outgoing/Volunteers abroad/International partners.
There are plenty of exciting and interesting destinations: from France, Austria and Belgium in Europe, through USA in America to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Korea in Asia.
We will more than pleased to help you to subscribe to a volunteering project abroad. So contact us at out@sjvietnam.org and make of 2012 a year of volunteering for sharing, learning and being responsible.
Volunteers and camp-leader need to attend full-time within 2 weeks
Our coordinator will inform the result the day after the deadline
Vacancy: SJ Vietnam is looking for 2 qualified and motivated full-time staffs who will work as workcamp and project coordinator
If you feel passionate and motivated to join a dynamic and professional team working in the social and NGO field, please read the detailed description of the positions:
Vacancy: NVDA is seeking a qualified and experienced candidate for the full-time position of Office Manager
NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development in Asia and Pacific) is an international networking NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) to promote international voluntary service (especially international workcamps) in Asia/ Pacific. It was established in 1997 by 11 NGOs in 11 countries and now consists of 26 member NGOs in 20 countries/ areas.
NVDA is seeking a qualified and experienced candidate for the full-time position of Office Manager, who could be a candidate for the first NVDA Director position since March 2013.
Duty station: Hanoi
The primary duties include the below listed duties. Other duties may be assigned by supervisors as NVDA General Secretary and members of Executive Committee:
Being responsible for daily administrative management of NVDA office
Being responsible for daily financial management, financial reports
Managing contracts, workshop and training for members
Sending volunteers of NVDA
Coordinating common projects of NVDA members
Travelling to support new projects in new countries
Taking part in international meetings on behalf of NVDA
Promoting NVDA to stakeholders
Other tasks as required
Minimum qualifications:
Fluency in English
University degree relevant field
At least 3 years professional experience
Understanding about international voluntary service
Experience in working for voluntary projects or NGO institutions
Good communication, organization skills
Team working skills
Computer competence in MS word, excel and updating website
Knowledge of Vietnamese language would be a plus
Duration:
15 March, 2012 to 15 March, 2013 (possible to extend contract until March, 2014 as NVDA director). Testing period working is from 15 March, 2012 to 15 June, 2012 with 70% of salary paid.
Contact:
Interested qualified candidates are invited to send their application in English, including cover letter and CV well as copies of relevant certificates and references by email to the following address before 31st March, 2012:
NVDA General Secretary
SJ Vietnam Director
Ms. Do Thi Phuc
Office: Suite 904, Building 3B, Block Resco, Xuan Dinh, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam.
We bring to all of you the news from our partner in Korea.
Concerning of Workcamp, they have 1 NEW Workcamp (IWO-79) so that they need volunteers there rather than other projects in Korea. The new Workcamp is located in the pretty island in Korea and it had connected by big bridge with mainland.
This is the details:
2011 IWO Workcamp
Incoming Coordinator : Young-gwan Kim (korea@workcamp.org)
Free places
Code
Name
Date
Type
VOL
Age
F
M
IWO-74
ECO TOWN
25/07-06/08
ENVI
12
18+
1
1
IWO-79
GANGWHA ISLAND
25/07-03/08
AGRI/YOUTH
10
18+
2
2
2011 IWO Long-term Volunteer Exchange
Incoming Coordinator : koreamtv@workcamp.org
Free places
CODE
NAME
DATE
TYPE
VOL
Age
F
M
IWO/LOVE-B1
SANAN
21/09-09/12
AGRI&SOCI
2
18+
1
IWO/LOVE-B3
HORSEMAN
21/09-09/12
YOUTH & EDU
2
18+
1
-
IWO/LOVE-B6
YEONGDEOK
21/09-09/12
KIDS & EDU
2
18+
1
-
IWO/LOVE-B8
WANDO
21/09-09/12
KIDS & EDU
2
18+
-
1
IWO/LOVE-B10
JANGHEUNG
21/09-09/12
KIDS & EDU
2
18+
1
1
It may be the meaningful time and good exprience for you.
So that, please contact us now to know more and have the chance to join their workcamps.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR PROJECTS OF SJ VIETNAM IN HANOI
Dear friends,
Hope all you are doing well!
We are looking for local volunteers and/or international volunteers living and studying in Vietnam to join our projects around Hanoi.
1. Bo De pagoda project
The pagoda is the home for more than 100 orphanage and disabled children. Volunteers are supposed to work with the children in organizing leisure activities and taking care the baby orphanage.
- All week days except for Wednesday: 1 volunteer in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.
- Wednesday: 3 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon.
- Weekend: 3 morning and 3 afternoon (prior for international volunteers)
- Working time: Morning: 8.30 - 11.30
Afternoon: 13.30 - 16.30
- Main tasks:interact, organize leisure activities for the children, support the children to study English.
2. Youth House (local volunteers only)
Youth House is the home for street children and the disadvantage children living in the fisher village without formal education. Volunteers are supposed to communicate with them, organize leisure activities and cook lunch for them. They may support the children in studying as well.
All the weekdays, 3 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon.
Working time: Morning: 9.00 - 11.30
Afternoon: 13.00 - 16.00
Main tasks: Support the street children and the children living in fisher village to study, organize leisure activities.
3. National of Pediatrics Hospital (International Volunteers only)
Under the support and cooperation of international and local volunteers, the project named "Bring a smile, soothe the pain" has experienced 5 years in organizing activities for the children who have long-term or short-term treatment in the hospital.
- In Saturday and Sunday afternoon only
- Working time: 14.00- 17.00
- Main tasks: Organize leisure activities for patient children: drawing, singing.
After 200 hours of volunteering, volunteers will be certified by one certificate.
If you are interested in, feel free to contact us for more information:
Ms. Tran Thi Hong, PR coordinator.
Email: info@sjvietnam.org
Youth Exchange is one in many phases of the project called “Inclusion: Challenge & Opportunity for the Millennium” from 15th December 2010 to 14th December 2011.
All activities will take place in Roubaix (France), Brussels (Belgium), Hanoi (Vietnam), Beijing (China) and nearby areas.
There will be 4 youth workers/project managers taking part in each seminar and developing HMB and 16 young people with fewer opportunities and youth leaders participating in Youth Exchange.
Youth exchanges allow one or more group of young people to be hosted by a group from another country in order to participate together in a joint programme of activities. These projects involve the active participation of young people and are designed to allow them to discover and become aware of different social and cultural realities, to learn from each other, to develop the entrepreneurial spirit and reinforce their feeling of being European citizens.
Youth Exchange enables young people to
- go abroad
- meet peers from different countries with different social and cultural backgrounds
- learn from each other through an active participation in joint activities of common interest.
Youth Exchange allows young people to experience Europe and so to feel more European citizens.
Our expectations from participants:
- They are youth who will be active in Youth Exchange and in the next phases of the program.
- They are eager to learn and share.
- They deeply understand about Vietnamese culture, history and people
- They will work together to prepare for the activities: Introduction of Asian countries (Cultural, history, people…with detail stimulation, teach some basic Vietnamese), “International buffet”: Introduction of traditional foods of each country, Music performance…based on the schedule and the demand of the program.
This event will occur from 22 to 31/08/2011 in HoaBinh (full attendance)
DEADLINE: 30/07/2011.
So don't hesitate to apply now by sending us a detail CV and an essay (~500 words) about what you think you will benefit from this program.
If you need FURTHER information, kindly contact us:
We have just finished the most important workcamp of this year: Lunar New Year workcamp for disadvantaged people including for the patient children in the National Pediatrics Hospital and people living in the Fisher Village.
The workcamp was highly appreciated by all the participants as well as by the beneficiaries. We would like to quote here one email sending directly to our director of her thoughts about the workcamp as our warmest wishes for the Tet's holiday. Thank you so much, particularly Elyssa Back and all the volunteers joined the workcamp.
We also hope all you - our partners and our friends a lucky and wealthy year!
" Hi Phuc and members of the SJ Vietnam staff,
My name is Elyssa Back. I was a participant in the recently completed Lunar New Year workcamp (Jan 2011).
I just wanted to commend Duc, Hana, Ly and the other local leaders on an *amazing* workcamp. They did a terrific job organizing our activities, meals and local experiences. Everything ran smoothly and professionally - which is not easy with almost 20 volunteers.
They also went above-and-beyond the job requirements to help participants. They regularly made arrangements on our behalf to ensure we were treated fairly & received the services we needed. We all really appreciated the extra effort.
I wanted to personally thank Duc and his team for all their hard work. They left me with an incredibly positive impression of the Vietnamese people, SJ Vietnam and your programs.
Collecting second-hand warm clothes for poor people
Dear friends and partners,
The North of Vietnam is facing the freezing weather, including the disadvantaged people in the Fisher Village and homeless ones in the Bo De Pagoda. They have a difficult life and no official house. Some of them are living in floating boats on the Red River or just a small corner in Bo De Pagoda.
In order to help them to resist to the cold weather, SJ Vietnam is launching a program called “The love warm clothes” for those disadvantaged people.
Please send us your old but still useable clothes (even children’s clothes) to SJ Vietnam. We will collect and send them directly to the disadvantaged people and the children in Fisher Village under Long Bien bridge, homeless people and orphan kids at Bo De pagoda, Ha Noi
New branch of SJ Vietnam has just been established
in Ho Chi Minh city !!!
An open meeting for whom who concerns to our voluntary activities or wants to be our volunteer at 7h45, Sunday, 26th Dec, Window Garden, 43 Nguyen Dinh Chieu. District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Contact Ms Hong: 043 7525 190 or email to info@sjvietnam.org for more information.
We will have a Volunteer Fair and it will be held 4th December at Hanoi’s Botanical Garden, number 3, Hoang Hoa Tham Street. Day will start at 8h30 and end at 15h.
Things to do and prepare:
In term of SJ Vietnam: We have to prepare two tents. First tent is SJV’s tent. SJV club and local volunteers will be in charge of this booth. Second tent is environment tent named “Voluntary Actions for a Green Life”. Some international volunteers will be in charge of environment tent.
Organizers of tents will have a free lunch including kebab sandwiches and water. (But just for organizers!)
SJ Vietnam and Korean voluntary organization Koica will also prepare fun games during the Volunteer Fair.
If you are interested you are more than welcome to join with us the Volunteer Fair. All attendances can join in music, fun games, meet other people from different countries and learn more about International NGO:s in Vietnam (SJ, VSO, VIDA/AYAD, TGC, AVI, CARE, Ho Chi Minh Youth Union, AIESEC, KOV).
If you need more information, don’t hesitate to contact Hong: pr@sjvietnam.org
VOLUNTARY ACTIONS FOR A GREEN LIFE!
Sj Vietnam is organizing an environmental day called Volunteer Actions for a Green Life cooperation with the Students Club from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Voluntary Actions for a Green Life will be implemented this Sunday 21th November and next Monday 22th November in House of Culture for HUST’s student. Hall B6, HUST’s dormitory. Address is Number 10, Ta Quang Buu Street (near Minh Chau bookstore)
Program starts on Sunday and on Monday nine o’clock in the morning and ends half past nine in the evening.
During these two days we will organize the events to raise the awareness of environmental protection. We will for example plant trees, write wishes of environment down on the recycled paper, make rags from natural wool, recycle old things and tell about ecological footprint. There is also an exhibit of the fashion collection made from recycled products. In the evening we will watch movies about environment.
If you are interested you are more than welcome to join the Voluntary Actions for a Green Life with us and meet other local and international volunteers and students!
Content of the program
Sunday 21th November:
9–12 Planting trees, making rags from natural wool and saving dishwater...
12–14 Lunch break
14–17 Writing the wishes of environment down on the recycling paper, exchange among the SJ Volunteers and the HUST students...
17–19 Break
19–19.15 Welcoming performance
19.15–19.30 Opening ceremony
19.30–21.30 Movies: La mason en petit cubes and Home
Monday 22th November:
9–12 Introducing the campaigns of environment protection, writing wishes of environment down on the recycling papers…
12–14 Lunch break
14–17 Recycling and exhibit of the recycling fashion collection...
17–19 Break
19–19.30 Presentation of SJ Vietnam,
19.30–21.30 Movie: An inconvenient truth
21.30–21.40 The closing ceremony
Warehouse International Workcamp 2011!
Dear SJ Vietnam members,
We would like to share you a great opportunity of taking part in a workcamp with our partner organization VolTra, Hong Kong.
VolTra will organize a brand new Warehouse International Workcamp from 24 Jan to 6 Feb 2011 with the theme of the most important Chinese festival, Lunar New Year. A total of 15 overseas volunteers will be accepted to the workcamp.
The aim of this workcamp is promote and appreciate the culture and tradition of the Lunar New Year, beautify the living environment of the teenage club through renovation work, planting and farm site formation by global and local voluntary power and promote the friendship, understanding and solidarity among local young people and cross-national workcampers.
There is no participation/extra fee, but you have to pay your travel expences such as flight ticket and domestic travel cost in Hong Kong, insurance and visa.
You also have to pay application fee of joining workcamp abroad (1.000.000 VNV) for SJ Vietnam. From this inscription fee SJ Vietnam will use to support disadvantaged people in SJV’s projects and contribute for communities / social development. Food and accommodation are provided by hosting organization.
If you think that you are suitable for the position, please send your application to nvda.secretary@yahoo.com. Application deadline is 25th of November.
Wanted 4 Vietnamese Volunteers for our Acrylic Sponge Workcamp - "Promotion for common action of NVDA"
We are searching for Vietnamese Volunteers for our famous Workcamp - Promotion of common action of NVDA"- Network of voluntary development in Asia-Pacific” from 5th September to 19th September 2010.
The local volunteers will work with 11 Japanese volunteers to make acrylic sponges and have non-formal education with study parts on climate change and environmental protection.
Our environment project located at Fisher village under Long Bien market, Red river, Phuc Xa, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi. The volunteers are expected to join full-time and organise activities in:
- Work to help protecting the environment
- Collecting garbage along the beach
- Going to high-school and universities to meet students and discuss about environmental problems
- Working with poor women at Fisher village to promote and popularize the usage of acrylic sponge and environmental protection
- Do fund-raising for the poor women by involving them to micro-finance projects
- Take part in workshops for information about environment in your own country - and much more duties are waiting to discover by you
For more information, please have a look in our website: www.sjvietnam.org .If you are interested in our Workcamp please send your application form to: nvda@sjvietnam.org or contact Ms Hang at SJ Vietnam office: 0979563599/ 04.37525190
Dear partners, colleagues, volunteers and friends,
SJ Vietnam has moved our office to the address below. Would you need to contact us, please do not hesitate to reach our email, number or kindly come to our office.
You are always welcome from 9 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday.
We are very glad to have you with warmest greetings.
SJ VIETNAM NEW OFFICE
Office: Suite 904, Building 3B, Block Resco, Xuan Dinh, Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tel: +84.4.37525290/ +84.4.22154993
Fax:+84.4.37525190
Email: info@sjvietnam.org Website: www.sjvietnam.org
Volunteer for sharing, learning and being responsible!
Our other addresses:
Short-term volunteers’ house: No. 02, lane 173/7/16, An Duong Vuong Street, Tay Ho District, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Long-term volunteerss’house: No. 10D, lane 28, Tay Ho Street, Tay Ho District, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Youth House school: No. 04, lane 105, Nghia Dung Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi , Vietnam
SPARK Programme is looking for volunteers to translate some documents from Vietnamese into English.
“Spark” is an initiative co-founded by the Netherlands Development Organisation SNV and partners to help build the capacities of organizations and individuals who wish to scale up proven innovative solutions or models successfully addresses poverty-related issues.
“Spark” offers the following support:
· Tailor-made capacity building and expert advice
· Seed funding for capacity development needs of up to US$ 50,000 for upscale
· Linking applicants to potential service providers and financiers
Job description:
Translate documents from Vietnamese into English
Edit English documents
Retype documents using format: word document
Work can be done at home or in SPARK office
Contact the undersigned person for more details: phuc@sjvietnam.org
BEING EVS VOLUNTEERS IN BEAUTIFUL SLOVAKIA FOR 1 YEAR
Dear volunteers,
INEX is looking for 2 EVS volunteers who will participate on our EVS project called "Open your eyes".
WHEN: The project should take place from January 2011 to December 2011.
WHO: We are looking for motivated volunteers willing to participate in both our daily office activities, as well as our various projects, trainings and workcamps. In addition, we would like the volunteer to be motivated for working on his own project with our support and encouragement, this involves planning the project, applying for funding, organising the project and its evaluation.
WHERE: The project takes place mostly in the office of INEX and various locations in Slovakia. These locations are places where the volunteers will participate in our activities (trainings for leaders of voluntary workcamps, meetings of volunteers, voluntary projects,...)
WHAT: The main activities are - preparation, realization and evaluation of the EVS volunteer‘s own project of a youth exchange through the Youth in Action programme. Participation in trainings, events, voluntary projects, leading of workcamps in Slovakia, contact with volunteers, promotion of voluntarism, administrative help in the office and others
Please take into account that the project also involves with administrative work because of preparation and realization of the voluntary activities.
Please send us your CVs and motivation letters until the 9th August 2010 to phuc@sjvietnam.org
We are looking forward to the applications of your motivated volunteers. We will also be happy to recieve and kind of questions, comments and feedback in general.
Workcamp leaders and working with children traning course
in Dam Long resort
On 16, 17 October 2010, in collaboration with the Center for supporting Development of Education and Culture, SJ Vietnam has organized a two-day training course on workcamp leaders’ skills and skills to work with childrenfor 20 camp leaders and staff members in the Dam Long ecotourism resort, Ba Vi. Ms. Do Thi Phuc, the director of SJ Vietnam and three international volunteers - called Glen groupworked effectively as trainers on various skills for camp leaders such as: leadership, team-building, conflict management, communication, intercultural exchange and workcamp design. At the end of the training course, Ms. Thu Hang from SJ Vietnam provided a brief introduction about World Tanabata action which includes making Acrylic Sponge to protect the environment and creating jobs for Vietnamese women on Red River bank. Two days of training course has been fulfilled with not only various helpful training sessions but also entertaining active games which kept up the good mood for the whole team.
During the breaks and the evening, the participants had chances to go sightseeing and discover the natural beauty of the eco-tourism resorts as well as took part in many interesting collective activities which brought them closer together. The training course created a precious opportunity for all the camp leaders not only to improve their skills but also to share with the others their experiences with the children from their own projects, eventually to find out that they all gathered here for one noble common objective: bring a smile, soothe the pain.
LOOKING FOR MOTIVATED VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A WORKCAMP IN HONGKONG
Dear SJ Vietnam members,
We would like to share with you a great opportunity of taking part in a workcamp with our partner organisation in Peng Chau, Hong Kong, VolTra.
It will start from 27 Aug to 4 Sept 2010. The workcamp's theme is festival, art and culture which you can have great experiences in understanding about local people.
Through voluntary activities, VolTra would like to aim to:
Promote the culture and tradition of celebrating the local festival in Peng Chau
Beautify the living environment of the local community through public art byglobal and local voluntary power
Promote friendship, understandingand solidarity among local people and cross-national workcampers
If you think that you are suitable for the position, please do not hesitate to contact us at: info@sjvietnam.org to apply promptly.
CALLING FOR VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN A WORKCAMP IN CAMBODIA
SJ Vietnam is happy to announce the call for Chambak International Workcamp that
will be organized from 5-18 August 2010 by Cambodia Youth Action co
organized by IIWC Indonesia.
We need 8 International Volunteers and will be glad to welcome highly motivated volunteers in the project. I can assure you that the project is worth to do and I myself, together with local volunteer of Cambodia Youth Action will lead the project.
The project will be divided into 2 activities: work and study session on
"know how of international work camp and international voluntary service.
Please kindly enough promote the project to your volunteers, even I know
that the time is quite short for the project. If you have further question or
need more volunteer, please feel free to be back to me.
As for the placement inquiry, you can send it to info@sjvietnam.org not later
than Thursday, 29 July 2010, if there would be still vacant place available.
Thank you so much for your kind attention and cooperation.
SJ Vietnam is finding a host family for 1 French couple who are going to Vietnam to do voluntary work with SJ Vietnam. 1 of the couple has Vietnamese origin. They want to stay with host family to explore about Vietnamese culture & life style. The duration is 3 months starting from 17th Jul. If you are interested in or you know any one who is interested in this, pls contact us at: ltv@sjvietnam.org .
Tell: 04 22154993.
Ha noi, July 6th 2010
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Wanted international Volunteers for our World Heritage Workcamp - "Beautify future of Ha Long Bay 2010"
We are searching for international Volunteers for our famous Workcamp - "Beautify future of Ha Long Bay" from 2nd August to 13th August 2010
Our environment project located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay and is coordinated by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).
You expected a huge field of activity related to the promotion and preservation of the World Heritage in Ha Long Bay, which will be:
- Work to help protecting the environment
- Collecting garbage along the beach
- Going to high-school to meet students and discuss about environmental problems
- Jogging or biking around the city to promote and popularize the image of Patrimonito and environmental protection
- Take part in workshops to take the informations about World Heritage Sites in your own country - and much more duties are waiting to discover by you
For more informations have a look in our info sheet: Info sheet
If you are interested in our World Heritage Workcamp please contact us or send your application form to:
Ha noi, June 18th 2010
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1st National Conference on Volunteerism for Development will be held on 7 June 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel in Ha Noi.
This is the first time in Vietnam, volunteers can have a chance to participate in a conference which present impacts, recognition and recommended policies on volunteering activities and volunteers.
SJ Vietnam director, Ms Do Thi Phuc has been invited to give presentation on volunteerism in support to environmental protection among 5 topics in the conference including: volunteerism in support to prevention and management of calamities, volunteers supports to social development and coping with such issues as drug addition, prostitution, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, volunteerism for health and education, volunteerism for economic development and job generation
In whole afternoon of 7th June, different groups of participants will discuss on topics they are interested in with best practices, new opportunities for volunteers in the fields in the future, challenges and areas to be improved/ recommendations.
Opening ceremony of training course on project “Volunteers for green living”
On International Environmental day, SJ Vietnam will launch opening ceremony of training course on project “Volunteers for green living” which got prize “Vietnam innovation day 2010” by the World Bank.
There are 50 volunteers expected to join the ceremony which is followed by training for 20 trainees on climate change and a weekend workcamp of 30 volunteers to clean Hai Duong welfare center.
The 1 year project aims to raise awareness of youth on environmental protection in model of international workcamps and long-term programs in which volunteers from different countries will stay, work and exchange with local youth and community for sustainable development and green living.
Organizing International children’s day for kids in National pediatrics hospital.
In 1st June, volunteer group in “Bring a smile” project hold a small festival for disadvantaged children in National pediatrics hospital in very special way.
The volunteers had lots of activities such as games, drawing, playing with children.
Though it was not a music performance as many times before, the volunteers still gave lots of smiles and happiness to the kids.
Thank to hard work and great contribution of the volunteers, “Bring a smile” has been coordinated and managed successfully since 2006.
VolTra volunteer group successfully participated in the workcamp in Hai Duong welfare center to help orphan and disable children.
At the end of May, a group of 24 volunteers from Hong Kong led by VolTra communication director, Mr Chung Hiu Pun, as the camp leader came to Vietnam working with 9 local volunteers.
During their stay, the group had contributed so much to development of the welfare center. The volunteers organized English teaching, taking care orphans, repairing materials and holding many interesting activities for the disadvantaged kids.
The group got high appreciation from local community, children and volunteers.
After the successful workcamp, VolTra and SJ Vietnam would like to promote further cooperation.
On the occasion, Mr Chung Hiu Pun had a fruitful meeting with SJ Vietnam director, CCIVS director and Board of coordinators for project “Voluntarism for development in Vietnam” to discuss on potential partnership in the future.
SJ Vietnam’s proposal “Volunteers for green living” has been selected in second round of “Vietnam innovation day 2010” prize.
Today, 5th May, 2010, SJ Vietnam’s volunteers had a presentation in the competition for the World Bank’s prize. The Vietnam Innovation Day (VID) 2010, co-organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union - Central Committee, and the World Bank with the theme:“Climate Change”.There are 61 proposals among hundreds of them in Vietnam successfully chosen for the second round to make presentation. With focus on volunteering of concrete actions such as international workcamps, acrylic sponges and tanzaku papers which were spread out among NVDA and CCIVS members, SJ Vietnam’s proposal has been very attractive to many young people in the day. We expect our simple actions can be a creative message to Vietnam community and citizen that: “Everyone can be a good volunteer for their simple contribution to their daily living environment and eliminating climate change”
Overall SJ Vietnam aim to have all workcamps led by a local volunteer, as they can easily provide a link between the local community and international volunteers. Basically, the workcamp leader's tasks are to manage the work (explain the tasks and the schedule...), arrange leisure activities (cultural exchanges, going out...) and the group life of an average 10 volunteers. Please notice that a workcamp lasts two weeks.
As a personally challenging experience, it's a great chance to discover useful projects dedicated to disadvantaged people, to have an exchange with people from all over the world and to improve your skills at the same time! All the enthusiastic and engaged local volunteers can learn how to lead a workcamp by attending to a 1 day training that we will organize in April.
The training is free, however in exchange you will have to lead a workcamp at the time that you want from April until September.
You can take your chance!
Please confirm your attendance before Friday 16th April, 2010! If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me via email : info@sjvietnam.org T.
Ha noi, April 14th 2010
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A very special karaoke
On Sunday, 28th of March, students from the Blind School experienced karaoke for the very first time. Marius, long-term volunteer at the Blind School, and Trang, local coordinator for this project organized this unique experience.
Indeed, girls love singing, the children know plenty of songs by heart and sounds and music are very important for blind people. These children had never been to karaoke before and they were really excited. The adventure started from the Blind School. The karaoke place was located next to the school but children still had to cross some streets.
Once they arrived at the karaoke room, they were at first very shy and didn't know how to behave. So the volunteers started to sing Vietnamese and English songs, which was a good icebreaker to make them feel comfortable. Finally, everybody sang, even the youngest and shyest one, a 9 year-old girl. The 16 year-old boys, who didn't want to sing at the beginning, finally asked Marius to sing with them, all together. ''I'm so happy!!'' said one of them.
They stayed two and a half hours, singing, having fun, sharing this unique moment. It was already dark when they returned home. Next time, they plan to go to the zoo, with children from the Youth House. They can't wait!.
"A day for recognizing and honoring the efforts of volunteering worldwide, and an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual volunteers to show case their contribution to the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals."
Here were the goals of the International Volunteer Day 2009 which took place on the 5th of December at the Botanical Garden of Ha Noi as in many other capital cities throughout the world.
This year, the event was organized thanks to the contribution of 14 local and international organizations active in the sphere of volunteering in Ha Noi.
The global theme was “Volunteering for our planet” and provided the participants with the opportunity to find more about a wide range of volunteer opportunities. It also allowed them to increase their knowledge of environmental issues and environment protection through thematic activities that covered topics like wildlife protection, the ocean, green transport, waste, 3Rs, global climate change and urban pollution. They also took part in many leisure activities such as fun games and music performances done by the volunteers themselves and had the chance to get to know other local and international volunteers.
During the whole day, SJ Vietnam staff, international and local volunteers contributed to the celebration by holding SJV’s own tent and organizing many activities (fun games, music, dance and cheer performances).
Ha noi, December 7, 2009
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News from Tomas !
Here is the link to a video made by Tomas (a former long-term volunteer) during a workshop on 27 November in Czech Republic:
Public Relation (PR) Intern Recruitment Solidaritiés Jeunesses Vietnam (SJ Vietnam) is a branch of a French non-government organization. Founded in 2004, SJ Vietnam has organized volunteer activities including environmental and educational projects, social welfare activities… We are looking for a dynamic candidate for PR Intern position.
Responsibilities:
1. Keep in touch with SJ Vietnam’s partners (local and international)
Collect informations and make reports regularly to manage about the situation of partner and PR field of a project
Assits PR Coordinator in controlling and directing PR task
Come up with controlling solutions
Draft and draw up press release, invitation letter
Prepare a plan and time schedule for a project with related partners
Maintain and develop relationship with media corporations,universities and domestic partners
2. Construct funding strategies (fundraising) with PR coordinator
Appeal for funding projects and events
Keep constant contact with permanent and potential sponsors
Draft outline of project
Requirements:
Good command of English
Enthusiastic about social work
Experience in press and media is an advantage
Good interpersonal skills
Sound computer skills
This is a non-payment position and you are expected to work 4 hours per day in the office. Please send a CV and application letter to Mr. Son, pr@sjvietnam.org by 16/10
Mid-Autumn Festival is coming for all the children throughout the country. While other children can enjoy this special day with their family and friends, many unlucky ones have to stay in the hospital for long-time treatment or do shoes shining and sell newspapers on the streets to make their living… “Smiles in the Full-moon night” is a social event organized by SJ Vietnam at Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi on October 3rd 2009. Through this event, we would like to bring a warm and memorable Mid-Autumn Festival to more than five hundred disadvantaged children at Bo De Pagoda, Fisher Village on Red River and child patients at Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi. The children will participate in many traditional games, creative activities such as making lanterns, drawing pictures and performances held by our local and international volunteers. Besides, there will be an exhibition and auction of pictures drawn by the children to raise fund to help them. In order to organize a successful event, we would like to call for your financial contribution or materials donation; together we will bring a meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival to unfortunate lives. Thank you very much! For more details, please contact: Mr. Tran Sy Son PR Coordinator Cell phone:
0902 282 919 Email: pr@sjvietnam.org
