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Shelter for Street Children

Volunteering in Vietnam at this Shelter for Street Children

About The Project

This is a shelter for street children in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. The charity provides accommodation, education, recreational activities and opportunities for street children and orphaned children so they can get a job when they grow up and go back home to integrate with their own families or build their own live. There are 20 children at this shelter from the age of 6 years old. This project is very popular with our volunteers. The staff is very friendly and the kids are just wonderful!

Volunteer Activities

Volunteers at this project offer valuable support and education to the children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. You will be teaching conversational English to the children and offer support to the children whilst being a positive role model for the children. You will become involved in a variety of activities, including teaching English, outdoor activities, helping with their homework and playing with the children.

Project Location

This charity is located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City close to the famous Ben Thanh Market. You can reach the project by taking the bus near our volunteer house which drops you very close to the project.

 

Orphanage for Children with Disabilities and Agent Orange Victims

Volunteer in Vietnam with WLS International. Volunteering in Vietnam at the Orphanage for children with disabilities cares for abandoned children with mental or physical disabilities and agent orange victims and helps to educate them to the fullest extend of their capabilities, both physical and intellectual, and to help them, as much as possible, towards independent living.

Volunteer in Vietnam

Volunteering in Vietnam

 

Shelter for street children in Vietnam

Volunteer in Vietnam at this is a shelter for street children in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. The charity provides education, recreational activities and opportunities for street children so they can get a job when they grow up and go back home to integrate with their own families.

Volunteers at this project offer valuable support and education to the children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. You will be conducting English classes and offer support to the children whilst being a positive role model for the children. You will become involved in a variety of activities, including teaching English, outdoor activities, arts and crafts activities, games, songs and social education. Volunteers will also helping with domestic duties. This charity is located in the center of Saigon close to the famous Ben Thanh Market.

 

Volunteer with agent orange victims in Vietnam

Volunteer in Vietnam at the Orphanage for children with disabilities cares for abandoned children with mental or physical disabilities and agent orange victims and helps to educate them to the fullest extend of their capabilities, both physical and intellectual, and to help them, as much as possible, towards independent living.

There are about 400 children. Volunteers can talk/play with the children, help the physiotherapists when they do the therapies for the children, feed the children and teach some children to feed themselves and take them on their wheel chairs for a walk in the orphanage’s front garden.