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

 

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CẦN TUYỂN GẤP TÌNH NGUYỆN VIÊN VIỆT NAM:

Workcamp SJV 1020 ( 30/8 – 10/9 )

SJ Vietnam thông báo cần tìm 5 tình nguyện viên:làm việc tại Youth house school (trường học dành cho trẻ lang thang, thiệt thòi), địa chỉ số Số 04, Ngõ 115, phố Nghĩa Dũng , Hà Nội

Thời gian làm việc từ 30/8 – 10 /09/2010 (workcampSJV 1019)

Và 5 tình nguyện viên làm việc tại Sun Kid school: số 155 Hàn Thuyên  thành phố Thanh Hóa.

Từ ngày 30/8/ - 10/9 /2010              

Quyền lợi:

+) Có cơ hội tham gia trại hè giao lưu, trao đổi văn hóa với các bạn tình nguyện viên đến từ nhiều nước trên thế giới

+) Có cơ hội tốt để thể hiện kỹ năng quản lý

+) Được tập huấn một khóa ngắn hạn các kỹ năng trước khi tham gia

+) Được cấp giấy chứng nhận của tổ chức khi hoàn thành trại tình nguyện quốc tế một cách xuất sắc

+) Có hỗ trợ tài chính cho các vị trí camp-leader (trưởng nhóm tình nguyện)

 

Yêu cầu:

+) Là các bạn trẻ năng động,  nhiệt tình, có khả năng quản lý

+) Tiếng Anh giao tiếp tốt

+) Có đạo đức tốt, lối sống lành mạnh, thể hiện tinh thần là một công dân tích cực tại Việt Nam

 

Ưu tiên:

Các bạn là tình nguyện viên của tổ chức SJ Vietnam, hoặc đã có kinh nghiệm tham gia các workcamp trại hè giao lưu văn hóa.

 

Chi tiết xin liên hệ:

Mr Tùng: 0946528292

Hoặc qua email: workcamp@sjvietnam.org

Thời hạn đăng ký:
 (5h chiều ngày 29/8/2010)

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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

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VIETNAMESE VOLUNTEERS URGENT NEEDED

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

 

July, 25th 2010

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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 9^th 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.

July 15, 2010

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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:

1. Promote the culture and tradition of celebrating the local festival in Peng Chau
2. Beautify the living environment of the local community through public art byglobal and local voluntary power
3. 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.

Have an enjoyable workcamp in Hong Kong,

SJ Vietnam team

July 14, 2010

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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.
Regards,
SJ Vietnam team

July, 12th 2010

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Calling for host families.

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 2^nd August to 13^th 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:

 

 

E-Mail: worldheritage@sjvietnam.org Office: +84 (0) 462872829 Tung: +84 (0) 949866308 Karen: +84 (0) 1669961099

Ha noi, June 18th 2010
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1^st 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 7^th 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 1^st 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, 5^th 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”

More info: http://go.worldbank.org/YBVZN7LQ00

 

Training for workcamp's facilitator

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!.


Ha noi, April 8th 2010
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Volunteers and local coordinator wanted!

Long-term volunteers and a local coordinator for the Bo De Pagoda project are needed! For more information have a look in the project page.

Also for the National Hospital of Paediatrics we need long-term volunteers and a local coordinator. For more information about the hospital project look here.

The local coordinators will receive a support of 300.000 VND per month.

Please contact Lâm: 0422154993 or 0904693696.


Ha noi, march 18th 2010
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Hostfamily needed!

A hostfamily is needed for a married couple from France in the time period 19th July until 10th September 2010. If you are interested in hosting or for more information please contact us at: ltv@sjvietnam.org


Ha noi, march 18th 2010
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News from LTVs (March 2010)

We welcome Alice from Australia, Daniel from Israel, Pierre and Jean-Baptiste "JB" from France. Pierre will join the Youth House crew while JB will work part-time at the Youth House and the hospital. Alice will work in the office and Daniel will work at Thanh Hoa.
We are also looking forward to meet Barbara from Germany on the 15th.
We have to say goodbye to Manoel who worked in the office for PR.

Ha noi, march 10th 2010
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Dutch Night

Culture nights in the LTV house are organized every couple of weeks by long term volunteers of one country. On March 2nd 2010 it was time to go Dutch. Noortje, Manon, Nhi and Manoel (Belgium is almost Netherlands) announced a great dutch evening including dutch food, dutch music and games. It was full house at 7pm and the food was ready. Pancakes, both vegetarian and with bacon, mashed potatoes (hutspot) with meatballs, toasts with either salt n pepper or sugar with cinnamon, potato salad and grandma's apple crumble (wenceo teefjes).

Several games which included sack race, Balancing games and basic introduction into dutch jumpstyle dancing. It was a great evening and hopefully there will be more great culture nights coming!
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New year at the hospital

On 5th of February a show was organized for the children of the National paediatrics hospital in Hanoi on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. Named fill Tet with smiles, it was intended to bring happiness and fun to all the children who are patients there. New Year is the most important festival of the year for the Vietnamese people. At that time, they usually return to their home town or village to celebrate the New Year with their families and relatives. It is also the occasion to eat some traditional dishes, like the Chung cake (which is made of green beans, rice and meat). But for children who are treated at the paediatrics hospital, Tet often means staying in their room in Hanoi, far from the warm atmosphere of their home and from their relatives.

So a few days before entering the year of the tiger, a special show was held at the hospital in their honour. In the audience were a lot of children and their families. SJ Vietnam volunteers and partners participated actively by performing songs and dancing. They also ran several games that were intended to involve the children as much as possible. After more than two hours of performance and fun for everyone, the show ended with a distribution of free books for the children. Earlier in the day, hundreds of Chung cakes made by SJV volunteers during the week had already been given to the children and their families. For sure, this special day will remain in the minds and hearts of all the people who took part!







Ha noi, march 8th 2010
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Tet holiday at Tan's village

As a long-term volunteer, you have the opportunity to discover the Vietnamese culture like you couldn't imagine. During the Tet holiday in February, our volunteers experienced the significance of the new lunar year in Vietnamese culture. Some of them were invited to celebrate Tet their host family, a Vietnamese volunteer's family or simply a friend's family. In any case, this is a fabulous experience because Vietnamese people are very warmhearted, as Elisa, Manoel, Noortje, Manon and Claire discovered at Tan's place. Tan is a volunteer at the Bo De Pagoda, who invited them to spend several days with his family. The long-term volunteers were warmly welcomed and enjoyed the festival in Tan's village. A football and a volleyball contest was taking place next to the village's pagoda and all the village's residents were there, both to pray and to support their team. This intercultural exchange was very intense both for local people and international volunteers and we thank Tan for this invitation.

The volunteers and the football team captain (front middle)


Elisa and Tan


Lunch time at Tan's family. The excellent food was cooked by his mother


Tan with Noortje when they give the volunteers' donation to the Pagoda
Ha noi, march 8th 2010
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SJ Vietnam in Brussels

On the 20th February, Pierre De Hanscutter and some volunteers attended the Tet celebration in Brussells organized by the committee of the Vietnamese people living in Belgium. they enjoyed an excellent evening with great food and shows.  Many young Belgian people attending the event were enthusiastic about the idea of volunteering with SJ Vietnam next summer.

The team were congratulated by the local Vietnamese authorities for the success of the Tet event.

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Chúc Mu+`ng Na(m Mo+'i to all the team of SJ Vietnam!!

We spent 3 months with SJ Vietnam in 2009 from January to April and it was an amazing experience!
We were very well welcomed by Xoan, Hang and all the team of SJ Vietnam in Hanoi. Then, we worked at Xuan Thuy National Park hosted by a very nice family for 2 months. We learned a lot about the Vietnamese way of life and we met a lot of Vietnamese people who were all very friendly and nice! So it was, for us, very interesting and we really enjoyed this volunteer experience.
After this volunteer experience, we travelled during the rest of the year. We are now back in France with our families and friends and we work again in our companies in Paris where we enjoy to go to the Vietnamese quarter to remember a piece of the fantastic atmosphere of Vietnam. The best experience of our trip was the volunteer work with SJ Vietnam because it was very interesting to meet Vietnamese people and to live in a Vietnamese family for 2 months!
So we 'd like to give you a big Thank you! And to wish you an happy new year! We spent the têt last year in Vietnam, ate a lot of Bánh chu+ng, so we know how important it is for you!!
Chúc Mu+`ng Na(m Mo+'i!!

Marie and Manu

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Thank you letter!

Spring was on, spring bring the laugh busy life, the fun and flavor of luxuriant convergence family! On the street are noisy air nu+.c Tet. And eye em poetry, faith keen to clear festival in the morning bright smiles.

Program "Chung Cakes for Sharing" is our implementation and success. The Regards have together brought plenty of joy for baby lying and treatment at Children's Hospital Central. Sincerely appreciate the funding support of your benefactors: Ngoc Toan Joint Stock Company, Joint Stock Company Thai Ha policy, the individual contributors and benefactors volunteers enthusiastic and the project's "Bring a smile, soothe the pain. We all should have done a "Chung Cakes for Sharing" meaningful and contribute more to air on New Year baby. Look radiant joy on the faces of the children. Where he was fun to germinate, and the shared power to overcome all.

 New years to come, wish you and your welcome Tet Canh Dan with much fun. Again sincerely thank and wish good health and an spacious, prosperity!

On behalf of SJ Vietnam


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“Chung Cakes for Sharing” Project

Tet, the most important traditional festival of the Vietnamese people, is coming soon. But in this cold winter, not everyone can return home for Tet, including the children and their parents at the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics.

So “Bring a smile, soothe the pain” – a voluntary group led by SJ Vietnam – have decided to raise the project “Chung cakes for sharing” at the hospital this Tet festival. This project aims to:

-Bring a warm and happy Tet festival to more than 700 pediatric patients in treatment at Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics
-Improve the business sector’s participation in social and charity activities
-Call for caring and sharing with disadvantaged groups from every social class  and age in society, particularly the young.

With Tet presents and hundreds of chung cakes made by SJ Vietnam volunteers themselves, along with a singing, dancing and comedy show also organized by these volunteers, the project will bring a lot of happiness to the child patients and their parents during this Tet holiday.

The project includes 2 parts:
Part 1: “Together we make chung cakes” : from 30/1/2010 to 4/2/2010 when all of our volunteers will get together to make chung cakes in preperation for the event.
Part 2: “Fill Tet with smiles”: from 17:45 to 19:45 on 5/2/2010 when the show will be held for the children and chung cakes given out

For the success of the project, we call for participation and contribution of individuals, enterprises and organizations. Let’s come together to warm up the children’s hearts and bring the joy to those lovely little angels

Please send all contributions to:
SJ Vietnam Office, Room 306, Block 1, C6, My Dinh 2, Tu Liem, Hanoi

Contributions can be made in 1 or both of 2 forms:
Money through bank account transference.
Please send to your account with:
ANZ Bank, Hanoi branch ( No 14, Ly Thai To Street, Hanoi):
Account name: SJ VIETNAM
Account number: 4054928
Swift code: ANZBVNVX

Cash and property.
Please contact:
Nguyen Ngoc Tung
Coordinator of the voluntary group “Bring a smile, soothe the pain”
Mobile: 0985984104
Email: bringasmile_sj@yahoo.com
Thanks from the heart!

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Host families needed in Hanoi

SJ Vietnam is currently looking for host families to welcome some of its long-term volunteers in Hanoi. For those who are interested in welcoming an international volunteer, the conditions are that at least one person of the family speaks well English and that the volunteer has his own private room. The families will get a supporting amount of money to cover the costs generated by the presence of the volunteer.

If you would like to apply to be a host family, don’t hesitate to contact us:
Phone: 0462872829 or 0422154993
E-mail: ltv@sjvietnam.org

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Letter of Appreciation

Dear Participants,
On behalf of SJ Vietnam Administration council, we are sincerely grateful for the presence of partners, friends, sponsors, donors and volunteers on the 5^th Anniversary of Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam held in Asean Hotel, Hanoi on December 31, 2009.

The presence of SJ Vietnam’s Administration council and staff as well as nearly 100 guests from domestic and oversea partners contributed to a fabulous and successful anniversary.

Moreover, we look forward to strengthening our partnership with you and welcoming your cooperation for sustainable development in Vietnam

Thank you very much!
Yours sincerely,
On behalf of SJ Vietnam
Director
Do Thi Phuc


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Press Release

The 5^th Anniversary of International voluntary organization Solidarités Jeunesses in Vietnam (SJ Vietnam)
Hanoi, 31^st
December 2009

In order to respectfully thank to close partners, friends and volunteers for their great contribution during the past 5 years, Solidarités Jeunesses Vietnam would like to celebrate the 5th Anniversary.
Solidarités Jeunesses is a youth organization in France which was set up in the international youth movement called “Youth Action for Peace” in 1923, and the movement had the initiative from one international work camp between young French and German volunteers who were hostiles in the 1st World War. This movement also created a wave of youth who live and fight for peace, overcome the difference of nations, religions, cultures to reach justice, solidarity, and to against violence as well as war. This 1st international work camp approved the truth that people in general and the youth in particular all over the world can live together in peace and work effectively for the social development.
Playing an active role in the movement of Youth Action for Peace, Solidarités Jeunesses welcomes volunteers without any distinguish of gender, racism, religion, nationalities, and position in society.
Every year Solidarités Jeunesses exchanges thousands of volunteers who attend in development projects as well as in international work camps cooperated with its partners and friends who have the same goals, mission and non-profit oriented direction.
In Vietnam, Solidarités Jeunesses has had its cooperation with local partners since 2004. The first activity was an international work camp sponsored by United Nation Volunteers with participation of Italian, Belgian, Russian, Korean and Japanese volunteers sent by the network Youth Action for Peace as well as other 20 Vietnamese volunteers, which had quite successful output. Those first volunteers tried their best with really high motivation to investigate and coordinated feasible, meaningful projects, which was a solid foundation for its next development.
In 2006 Solidarités Jeunesses officially had permission in Vietnam with the main function is coordinating & implementing projects, hosting volunteers, supporting for community development and disadvantaged people in society, encouraging the active attention of youth in voluntary projects. In Vietnam it is popular with the name SJ Vietnam. 
Since then, SJ Vietnam often hosts around 500 international volunteers every year and it has around 5000 local volunteers who together participate in 50 short-term projects & 20 long-term ones working on different fields to support disadvantaged children in National Pediatrics Hospital, Nguyen Dinh Chieu Blind school, Hold The Future center, Hai Duong welfare center; also it works with many Institutions/ center researching about society, education, environment, as well as cooperates with universities in the North & in the Central of Vietnam.
SJ Vietnam’s volunteers established a small school called Youth House to support for poor, street and disadvantaged children living under Long Bien bridge in equipping knowledge and self-confidence to integrate with official education and help them to find out a future job.
SJ Vietnam also often sends its coordinators, Vietnamese volunteers to join in trainings, exchanges, seminars, conferences….etc abroad, for example; in Belgium, France, Germany, England, Japan, Korea…etc
December 2009, SJ Vietnam is celebrating the 5th Anniversary to respectfully thank to both active and enthusiastic partners, friends and volunteers who have been cooperating, encouraging and contributing for its development in the past 5 years. The Anniversary starts with the film introducing main points, projects and impression images recorded by volunteers during their voluntary duration with SJ Vietnam. Gallery corner will have the most beautiful pictures of the children at Youth House, which not only expresses about their hard daily life but also their attempt for a better life/ future. The corner will bring meaningful sharing, voluntary chances.
The programme will include classical music organized by close partners and performances shown by SJ Vietnam’s local and international volunteers.
Ms Do Thi Phuc, SJ Vietnam’s director, said that “Having the impressive successes today, SJ Vietnam highly appreciates the invaluable contribution as well as faithful encouragement of partners, friends & volunteers. Everyday voluntary activities are happening everywhere, and with practical ones such as planting trees to keep the environment, taking care of orphans,

teaching for blind children, having campaigns for better environment, reducing discrimination with people having HIV…etc. We really hope that there will have more & more Vietnamese young people having chances to take part in movements, projects, work camps to support for community development, toward to disadvantaged people, which will create an impression on foreigners about the youth of Vietnam who have active, proactive and ideologist.
The Anniversary will start from 18pm to 21pm 31st December 2009 in Asean Hotel at No.8 Chua Boc street, Dong Da District, Hanoi. The representatives from local authorities, partners, friends and volunteers will join to congratulate the Anniversary.

For further information, please contact:
Ms Cao Thu Trang
SJ Vietnam’s coordinator
Website: www.sjvietnam.org
Email: info@sjvietnam. org

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Dear Volunteers,

SJ Vietnam started in Vietnam on 24th, December, 2004 by international and Vietnamese volunteers in a first work camp granted by United Nation Volunteers. The organization has promoted values of solidarity, peace, tolerance through young citizenship projects to improve society during and after the voluntarism. In 2009, SJ Vietnam officially hosts 500 international volunteers and counts 5000 local members for 50 work camps and 20 long-term projects around Vietnam to help less-fortuned kids and disadvantaged people. On 31st December, SJ Vietnam will celebrate the 5th anniversary. For this special event, we are going to organize a gala dinner to commemorate this special day in the evening of 31st. Therefore, we would like to invite all of you who are interested in joining this event through participating in many exciting activities:
1. Dancing: Any kind of dance
2. Music shows
3. Funny games

This will be a good chance for you to express yourselves, to share your ideas, to join a friendly community with all staffs, Vietnamese and international volunteers and guests from other organizations. Especially, you will have a special gift and enjoy a warm atmosphere with buffet party.
Let’s join with us to contribute your great ideas, express yourselves and receive lovely gift, and to see how you change!

Please contact us before: Friday 25th, December, 2009.
Ms Trang
Email: info@sjvietnam.org or (to CC): pr@sjvietnam.org

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