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Volunteer Job for “Giving Love” Project

02:06 PM

Hi there, we’ve come back.

After a period of absence in order to restructure and stabilize personnel, Free Hugs Hanoi is returning this summer with a new volunteer program called “Giving Love” with main activities is to visit old people who are living in the elderly nursing home in Hanoi area.

You want a really meaningful summer?

You want to have a chance to communicate, make friends and work with young, energetic and enthusiastic people?

You want to show your abilities in organizing activities?

You want to contribute to the community and society?

Free Hugs Hanoi will bring you one more chance to discover yourself and turn every day into a day of meaningful and really useful: x Joining us, you are not only helping the people in elderly nursing home but also have the opportunity to have direct participation in social activities thereby creating a new perspective on life. Besides, you will have chance to make friends with other young and active students.

As this program is supposed to be a long – term program, we always welcome all of you to join us, to become our volunteers. Let’s open your arms to warm up the hearts of the elderly as well as yourself. Let us make your life become truly meaningful!

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Project content

The program will be implemented long term starting July 07/2010 with the experimental model in two branches of Thien Phuc elderly nursing home located at Minh Khai, Tu Liem, Hanoi and Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi. Volunteer registration for this program will have the opportunity to go to one of these two nursing homes, have direct involvement in the daily operation of nursing as caring, helping the elderly in their everyday activities…..

The beginning of this project will be marked with an exchange session, held on Tuesday 27/7/2010 at Sacred nursing home at Minh Khai commune, Tu Liem, Hanoi. This exchange session will be held between nursing Sacred, the highest age specific clubs from UNESCO and the elderly members, as well as volunteers from Free Hugs Hanoi.

2. Requirements for volunteers:

Currently, we are recruiting volunteers for both programs on 27.7 and long-term program. Volunteers participating in the registration program must meet the following general requirements:
For programs on 27.07:

- Young people who are responsible, enthusiastic, patient and rich in love, in spirit for the community.

- Age: from 15 years old

- Prioritize: people who have artistic capacity to contribute to the program.

For long-term programs:

- Age: from 15 years old

- Having enough time to go to nursing home for at least 6 classes / 3 months.

- Young people who have responsibility, enthusiasm for work assigned.

- Prioritize: people who have experience in caring for elderly people.

Especially now, at the second branch of nursing at Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi, there is a very special case in need of your help. Currently there is elderly person who is Japanese and has worked at Japan’s embassy in Vietnam. Due to complications, he can only sit on the wheelchair and being cared for in nursing. However, in nursing, there is no one can speak Japanese or English so there is almost no one who can communicate with him. Therefore, we strongly hope people who have Japanese language capability can join the program to visit and encourage him when he is in this nursing house.

II. Communicating methods:

You can download the volunteer registration form at:  http://www.mediafire.com/?dmizzwnmjmv

Registration applications sent to: hr.hn@freehugsvietnam.com

Registration time volunteer for the program on 7.27 and for long-term programs are from 00:00 on 10.07.2010 to 24:00 on 17.07.2010.

If you have any questions please contact our hotline:

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan – 0164 973 2912

Do Quynh Huong – 0976 767 565

We always look forward to receiving your registration.

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Records about HOW trips

10:38 PM

From the trips with HOW, FHV volunteers have written very nice blog posts, expressing their feelings towards the experience. Please pay a visit to their posts to see some original documented records

Image from Xuân Quỳnh's Blog

Image from Xuân Quỳnh's Blog

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HOW’s Recruitment – Essay Round

10:23 PM

Hi all,
Firstly, again, on behalf of HOW and FHV, I would like to send my greatest appreciation to the 121 registered contestants for the recruitment this time. Without you guys, we cannot make such a great job!
Ok, for those who missed this time, dont worry, ‘cuz we will have super interesting events and activities in the upcoming time waiting for your active and enthusiastic participation.
For these 121 registered volunteers, an email has been sent to them about detailed information of the essay round.
By the way, here are the essay questions for all of our fans to have a look at :)

  1. What do you see as your best qualities? (please list 3)
  2. Why would you be the best candidate for our recruitment?
  3. (Optional) Tell us a funny story about yourself.

Let’s wish all the best to our lovely contestants !
On behalf of FHV and HOW.

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HOW is coming back this May

09:52 AM

Hi guys,
This is Nga from Logistics Department. I am sure you guys are wondering what the heck I am doing here in this message. ^_^. Just a quick note to inform you that HOW IS COMING BACK THIS MAY/ JUNE. You guys feel excited yet???
For those who are still wondering who HOW is, let me give you a brief introduction of this organization. Helping Orphans Worldwide (HOW) is a non-profit organization working for the basic rights and benefits of the children in derived areas of the world. Their current programs in Vietnam are:

  • Feeding Orphans Worldwide. HOW addresses the nutritional needs of children living in various orphanages throughout Vietnam. HOW identifies needs, purchases food and nutritional supplements, and hand delivers supplies to ensure proper distribution of goods.
  • CHAP (Children’s Healing Arts Program). HOW is committed to enhancing the mental and emotional well-being of these children beyond the basic needs of food and hygiene. Through HOW’s CHAP program, children are able to spend one-on-one time with volunteers, allowing them to express themselves through art, music and dance. This will be an ongoing project for HOW.
  • Helping to build a sustainable future. HOW is committed to developing self-sustaining programs that seek to educate, empower and have positive and lasting impacts on the lives of needy children and their communities. With this goal in mind, HOW is developing road building projects to improve access in to and out of rural orphanages and clean water projects to improve the health and well-being of the children who live in them. Education can provide a path to self-sufficiency for many orphaned children. HOW is working to improve access to education by providing a broad range of elementary and vocational textbooks that will create opportunities and enhance the learning experience.

Last year, HOW made some interesting trips to Vietnam, visiting the orphanages and joining the Mid Autumn events of our Free Hugs Vietnam with our lovely members and they totally loved that. This year, HOW is back and going to give us another great volunteer opportunity this May and June. So, get ready for some good news.
Generally, HOW is going to need 3-4 volunteering interpreters this May/ June as following:

  • 4 volunteers for the first trip from May 3rd to May 9th
  • 3 volunteers for the second trip (May 28th to June 8th) and the third trip (June 11th – June 28nd)

The detail is as follow:
Requirements:

  • Fluent in English
  • Outgoing, dynamic, and friendly
  • Ability to follow direction and work well with others
  • Hard-working, having no problem with the early morning trips
  • Love working with children, especially children with disabilities
  • Blogging ability and camera available can be an advantage

Benefits: Successful candidates have opportunities to

  • Join in a dynamic working environment
  • Communicate with active and outgoing native English speakers
  • Improve English
  • Contribute in making a difference in the lives of many wonderful and needy children

Please note that HOW will cover lunch, snacks and beverages for all the volunteers. Moreover, each volunteer will receive a HOW T-shirt to signify their involvement with Team HOW.

Special notice: please make sure that you have got all the necessary approval. We really do not want you to sneak off from your house in some early mornings. FHV and HOW will not be responsible for any potential claims. Thank you!

Isn’t it exciting? Ok, if you find you are so interested in this great opportunity, wait no more, click here and fill in the form.
Please be noticed that the deadline will be 11:59pm Sunday, 25th April 2010 and we will have a small and warm interview at the end of April (you guys will decide it) to make sure you can comfortably work with HOW. So, what are you still waiting for? Don’t feel hesitate any more, click, register and be part of the wonderful Team HOW.
Hope to receive your responses soon.
Love,
Nga Doan Vu

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Update: FHV T-shirts, designers needed, and follow-up of Event Plan Competition

04:21 AM

Hi guys!
It’s been 2 weeks since FHV’s blog was updated with the “Free Hugs Vietnam Event plan competition 2009″.  We are now coming back with some important updates for everyone!

  1. Fakoon – an electronic selling service providing individuality with lively patterns designed by a community of professional designers and customers themselves and whose  products ranging from T-shirts, cups, cushions, and others design-to-measure; now will sponsor FHV’s T-shirts. More information on Fakoon’s products and services can be obtained here http://fakoon.com
    Since patterns have not been finalized yet, we are now looking for designers who will be responsible for designing the T-shirt.
    There are also some draft versions of our T-shirt uploaded on Facebook, please have a look to vote for the one you like and make other suggestions.
    Not only that, we would like to find designers for FHV’s website as well. Talents are much needed; if you feel capable for this role please contact admin@freehugsvietnam.com right away ^_^
  2. In addition to the mentors for FHV Event plan competition we have mentioned before, there are 2 news guy we want to introduce to all of you:
    • Huy Zing: He has worked for Telecom and Silion Valley start-ups. In Vietnam he has taught programming at RMIT Vietnam, helped organize Barcamp Saigon 2008, and launched the innovative educational project MultiUni. Trivia: Huy speaks five human languages and dozens of computer ones, is a graduate of Caltech, and was once the top user on Orkut.
    • Pham Le Nguyen: born in 1985, this talented girl has working experience with Vietnam Communications Corporation & Channel 14 and received scholarships from Institute of Potential Leaders (IPL) as one of the best 36 potential leaders all over Vietnam and from Foreign Trade University Vietnam in 2004. In addition, she won many outstanding awards, some of which include Creative Prize in the competition “Innovative plan for the development of Ha Noi” held by the Ha Noi Young Business Associatio and the Communist Youth Union, and Certificate of the first deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for valuable voluntary service during the meeting of APEC Vietnam 2006.
  3. FHV Plan Competition: Hopefully by now most of you have finished forming teams of 3-5 people and been preparing well for your event and marketing plans. Remember that the deadline for submitting the plans to quang.luu@freehugsvietnam.com is 12pm, Sunday November 15, 2009.
    Right now, please open this form and start filling in all the required details of your team as instructed. When the leader of each team submits the plans, don’t forget to include your team’s details as well.
    Many teams have contacted us to obtain supportive information to prepare their plans better. It’s good to see everyone trying hard for this competition, having fun, learning essential soft skills, meeting experienced business guys, and winning certificates & valuable rewards. Feel free to contact us should you need!

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Full Moon Festival 2009

08:59 AM
The whole gang

Welcome to FHV!

A very good point this year is the weather. In Viet Nam it’s irritatingly likely to rain when we are going around having fun with lanterns, but today is different. It did rain a little, but the weather soon cleared up, which means none of us got wet, even though we have been going nonstop. And there are good reasons why we kept on going even as rains seemed to be coming…

It took quite sometime to gather around at Youth Cultural Center, because there were so many of us. Apart from FHV members there were also volunteers from HOW, so it was a real crowd. From 5pm, our volunteers started to stick FHV logo onto their shirts and get to know each other (by the way, FHV T-shirts are coming real soon). Dozens of carton boxes were prepared, ready to carry presents to unlucky children near the center of Ho Chi Minh city. Around 100 people were divided into two groups, starting from Youth Cultural Center to various spots such as the Municipal Theater, Turtle Lake, Notre Dame Cathedral, Bến Thành Market. Throughout the trip, we pay special attention to children that we were passing by…

Group 1 headed from Youth Cultural Center towards Notre Dame Cathedral. Group 2 headed from Youth Cultural Center towards Turtle Lake. We each learnt different lessons on the way…

Here are some pictures from our photographers:

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Volunteer Opportunities in September

04:25 AM

Hi guys,

If you are interested in working with very very lovely international volunteers and practice your English, we have good news of a chance for you!

HOW – Helping Orphans Worldwide is a non-profit charity committed to providing hope, health, and security to abused, abandoned, and neglected children living in the most deprived areas of the world. They are coming to Vietnam next month and FHV is very proud to be their partner here.

Here is an overview of HOW’s work at the orphanages in Vietnam:

  • Feeding Orphans Worldwide: HOW addresses the nutritional needs of children living in various orphanages throughout Vietnam. HOW identifies needs, purchases food and nutritional supplements, and hand delivers supplies to ensure proper distribution of goods.
  • Cu Chi Orphanage Renewal Project: HOW discovered an orphanage in a remote area of Cu Chi, Vietnam, where the children are living in desperate conditions. The ability of local staff to provide even basic needs, such as food and clean water is severely hindered due to a lack of funding and the absence of a proper training program for caregivers. HOW has begun the complex process of renewing this facility. We are developing a program that will address everything from nutrition and hygiene, to providing doctors, therapists and other trained professionals to educate caregivers in order to provide long-term sustainability.
  • CHAP (Children’s Healing Arts Program): HOW is committed to enhancing the mental and emotional well-being of these children beyond the basic needs of food and hygiene. Through HOW’s CHAP program, children are able to spend one-on-one time with volunteers, allowing them to express themselves through art, music and dance.

And here are the volunteer opportunities for FHV’s members:

  • We need 1 member to work as HOW Director’s assistant from September 21 – October 19. This person must have excellent english language skills and must be able to basically work as her assistant.
  • We need 3 more members to work with HOW volunteers as interpreters from September 27 until October 4. It will not be for every single day, but make sure that you will be available during this period.

Any transportation costs incurred by any volunteer will be covered by HOW. HOW will also cover lunch, snacks and beverages for all the volunteers. Moreover, each volunteer will receive a HOW T-shirt and bag to signify their involvement with Team HOW.

Registration will be closed on September 8 and we will have a small interview on September 13 to make sure that you can comfortably work with HOW.

Hope to see you soon!

Sorry guys we have enough participants, see you in another campaign.

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Volunteer at Huyen Trang Pagoda – Aug 9

08:59 PM

Yesterday (Sunday, 9th August), FHV had a volunteer trip at Huyen Trang pagoda which shelters around 50 orphans, and wow, we had such a great time! This program called “Nutritious meals for Orphans” is to call for society’s attention to daily life of less fortunate children. The first trip was sponsored by Baomoi.

We had many activities there including cooking, raising a collection of books and stationery, playing with the orphans, and giving each child a small gift. The children were all so lovely and our volunteers were very enthusiastic and friendly. We hope to carry out this program every other week.

Here are some pictures from yesterday. Millions of thanks to our photographer Hung Tran. (more…)

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HCMC members meetup on Sunday

11:04 AM

Hi everyone,

Can you believe it? We have had almost 50 new members registered in the last few weeks!!!!!!!

We have to thank you myriad times for your enthusiasm and support, and we are terribly sorry for our late response. There is bunch of work to do, and H1h1 is sweeping all over Vietnam. But well, finally, FHV is going to kick off with our first members meetup this Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City.

Here is detailed information about the meetup:

Time: 3pm – 6pm, Sunday, 26th of July, 2009

Location: Hoa Huong Duong (a bubble tea shop), 339 Nguyen Tri Phuong, Ward 5, District 10, HCMC.

Agenda:

- Introduce Free Hugs Vietnam Organization, Management board, FHV’s vision and mission.

- Members’ introductions.

- Introduce “Nutritious meal for orphans” program which will start at Huyen Trang Pagoda, 456/35 Huynh Tan Phat, Khu pho 7, Nha Be, HCMC on Sunday, 9th of August, 2009.

- Start Books & Stationery Donation program.

- Introduce our partnership program with HOW (Helping Orphanage Worldwide) on September

You can confirm your attendance either by setting your RSVP as “Attending” to our event on Facebook (click here), leaving a comment here or contact:

Quang Luu Ngoc

Vice President – Head Representative of FHV in HCMC

0938107017

quang.luu@freehugsvietnam.com

Notes:

(1) This meetup will be held in English; we are sure that our volunteers are all comfortable with using it. If not, it’s a great chance to practice!

(2) Feel free to bring along your friends who you think might be interested in volunteering and meeting new friends.

(3) And please bring along something that will help us understand you better. I myself am coming with my favorite Michael Jackson’s hat!

Thank you very much, and hope to see you on Sunday!

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