Building Community through English education, cultural exchange, cuisine exploring and charity.

Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

Description.
Founded in 2014, VCV is a Non-profit organization for educational development, cultural exchange, and charity based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
VCV specializes in helping Vietnamese students of all ages improve their English language skills. We aim to provide our students with the opportunity to improve their conversational English and learn the correct pronunciation of English words. Additionally, through our classes and activities we hope to improve our student's overall well-being by increasing their confidence and creativity with the English language and opening doors for them to find well-paid jobs.

We are humbled by the fact that since opening in 2014, we have hosted over a hundred volunteers per year and are proud of the positive impact that we have made in the community. We are excited to continue enhancing the lives of both the volunteers and the students who participate!
Who are our students?

Volunteer's help
1. Help with teaching English in our non-profit classes in Hanoi center.
1.1. Teach English to kid in Hanoi centre
Age: 4-15 years old.
Class size: 6-15.
Material: teaching assistants, detailed lesson plan, list of games, whiteboard, flash cards (4-8 years old).
Throughout your class, our Vietnamese-speaking assistant will be on hand to help you explain lesson plans to the children.
The children are very nice, enthusiastic and eager to learn.
They have some experiences with learning English previously.

1.2 Teach English to adult in Hanoi centre.
Age: 16+ years old.
Class size: 6-15.
Material: teaching assistants, general lesson plan, list of games, whiteboard and computer.
Throughout your class, our Vietnamese teaching-assistant will be on hand to help you explain lesson plans to the beginner students.
Help with pronunciation, speaking, listening.
The students are enthusiastic learners, very friendly and always eager to help out our volunteers.

2. Help with FREE activities surrounds in Hanoi.
Besides teaching students inside the class we aim to increase their confidence, conversational abilities and skills in the workplace. This is done by having a cultural exchange between volunteers and students, including kids and adults on Sundays (which are optional for volunteers to attend). We focus on activities such as free talk, picnic, team building, day trip, charity, food tour, monthly meet-up, football, clean-up etc. This is a great way to share experience, explore Vietnam and participate in cultural exchanges through the local people, foods, and customs. If you have any work experiences/skills to share with the students. They also are happy to share with your local culture.

How will travellers benefit from a cultural exchange and what could they learn?
Volunteers can expect to make lifelong friends and learn about the friendliness and openness of Vietnamese culture. You can also expect to meet lots of new people from all over the world. In doing such valuable work, you can also expect your communication skills, confidence and cultural awareness to improve. These are all skills that you can take with you onto the next stage of life; making you a well traveled and better overall person.

Accommodation
Free accommodation, includes 3 meals per day. Food for vegetarians/vegans are available
Free Wi-Fi, laundry, hot water, AC, smart TV. Free drinking: Coffee, Lipton tea, green tea.
A shared bedroom (3-4 volunteers per bedroom) but a private bed with own mattress, pillow, blanket, and sheet. 2 toilets with showers.

Our location
Only a 3-5 minute walk to the bus station to get to Old Town and around Hanoi ($0.4 for a ticket), or 15 minute walk to the bus station to catch the bus/car to travel around Vietnam.
Everything you need is in our area. Surrounding our area are lots of banks with ATMs, supermarkets, a local market, a taxi, a hospital, a clinic, a pharmacy, a mall, gyms, yoga centre, bowling, a swimming pool, etc.
There are two nice cinemas ($3.5 for a ticket), restaurants, and lovely coffee shops with different styles ($1-2 per a drink)
Only 20-30 minutes by motorbike to the Old Quarter or walking to the bus station (5 minutes) to get to Old Quarter and around Hanoi.
It’s also easy to go to My Dinh station (1.5kms from the apartment) to catch the bus/car to travel Vietnam.
Close to the National Sports Stadium (My Dinh stadium). Nearby is Hanoi museum and National Convention Center.

Learn more about us
Websire: http://vcvvietnam.org
Facebook: http://facebook.com/vcvvietnam
Please send us your CV/Resume if you want: [email protected]

Building Community through English education, cultural exchange, cuisine exploring and charity.