Help on our training project for children with Autism in Ha Noi

Higher chance of approval: This host has recently approved volunteers and is looking for more applications.
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 5 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Connect with the locals: 4 travelers recommend this host to have close contact with locals
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

23h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

Additional Fee: This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.

Additional fee required

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Amount

US$ 5

Per day

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Benefits for travelers

Description

We are a newly established non-profit organization and the purpose of supporting children with autism is still very new in Vietnam. Why do we charge? Your cost will be considered as a support for our meal. Volunteers contribute $5 per day to cover expenses for food.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 3 weeks

Stay up to: 8 weeks

The Experience

Our Story' is a career model for children with developmental delays and Autism. We decided to implement a career and support model for kids with developmental delays and Autism through learning, playing and improving skills.

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Vietnamese
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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7 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Non Profit Project

4.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

5 Immersing in the local culture
4 Meeting locals
4 Meeting international travelers
3 Developing social awareness
3 Creating true social impact
2 Practicing English

Bethany

United States

I absolutely loved the students at Our Story center! We worked about 10-15 hours per week teaching, then some extra hours making lesson plans. Every weekday we ate lunch and dinner together with the staff, which was always delicious!! However, on the weekends we did not get meals and were actually locked out of the house from 9am to 10pm every Saturday and Sunday. This was communicated to us last minute, so it was quite unexpected. We also had to be home by 11pm every night during our stay, or else we're locked out. Besides this, it was a good experience & so fun teaching such sweet kids!

13 days ago

Samnang

United States

Was a good experience. Worked with various groups of students: one with severe the project disabilities, neurotypical children ages 7-12, and adults. You get a schedule for the week on Sunday nights. Loved working with the students. Especially our Friday excursions! The program is very informal and go with the flow. On weekends they expect you to be gone mostly from 9am-10pm. Only workers of the center have keys to the place and if they leave, you need to leave to leave also or get locked in. (Our first week we were notified about this abruptly and had to leave the building on the spot)

3 days ago

Katie

Australia

This experience was great to be immersed in local life in Hanoi! The host family and employees made me feel so welcomed and at home. I felt really supported when it came to lesson planning and any questions I had.

9 months ago

Nguyen replied

Hi Katie,
I would like to say thank you so much for your help. That’s great with
the lessons you have taught in our house., we have been impressed by your teaching as you are hard-working, enthusiastic, and friendly. All students still talk about you as a great teacher. You never refused to help whenever we had any difficulties.
Once again, thank you so much for volunteering with us, we have some amazing memories that we will never forget and we always welcome you whenever you return.

Yerl

Belgium

I had a lot of fun during this experience. I enjoyed having a lot of responsibility in the classes. It was a challenge for an unexperienced teacher, but a fun one! Ms. Thu is a kind and cool person, and so are the other staff and family members. Us volunteers spent the weekends hanging out with other Vietnamese volunteers and students, which was a great way of experiencing the local culture. The only thing that caused me some discomfort was the difficulty in communication. I stumbled in the first class not knowing I was the main teacher and should have prepared something, which was stressful.

about 1 year ago

FELIPE JOSE

Argentina

The program director, Ms. Thu, is one of the most kind and beautiful person that I met in my life. The job that she and her stuff is doing over there is amazing. I highly recommend this place. You will learn a lot with everybody and they will be so nice and kind with you. Thank you for everything Old Story Center!!!

almost 2 years ago

Nguyen replied

Felipe, thank you so much for taking the time to write us feedback. We love having you! you are simply a really wonderful wholesome and generally really great people.
Dedicated, hardworking, responsible and enthusiastic. You were a pleasure to host and a joy to have in our organization. We had a good time, smiling all the time, and with a mind that can think fast and resolve problems, I will remember all funny stories that we shared about culture. I have only good things to tell about you and is highly recommended. Thank you so much and we so hope to see you again as soon as possible.

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