Volunteers 4 Community Development Organisation

Volunteerism for Community Development & Environment Education(V4D) is a non-government, non-profit organization in Vietnam with a mission to build global community events through local environmental and community services. As the first local Non-Government volunteer organization in Vietnam with official status to have volunteer programs, we provides opportunities that make a difference to the lives of people from all parts of the world. The organization also works to setup sustainable projects to protect the environment, provide basic education for vulnerable groups, and encourage community development and cultural exchange. V4D is managed by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) with the support of Youth in Action program of European Commission in capacity building, and CCIVS (Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) in the volunteer management. What we do The projects we offer can be undertaken on either a short or long term basis and focus on traditional education, environment education and community development. There are numerous projects for volunteers at V4D both in urban and rural areas. We also have tailor-made internship programs to suit the volunteer’s interests and skills. BUILDING CAPACITY FOR ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP We endeavours to promote ethnic minority empowerment through Capacity Building Programme for Ethnic Minorities was designed especially for ethnic minority group with vocational training classes and community development activities are undertaken through the coordination of field facilitators. The programme focuses on thematic areas which particularly and appropriately address the needs of learners and their communities as determined through community-based needs assessment surveys. These include: Income generation projects, for example, poultry farming and business skills training in marketing and micro-credit management Healthy living education focusing on HIV/AIDS, sanitation, nutrition, reproductive health and family planning, diseases prevention Agriculture, for example, home gardening, animal and poultry farming, integrated farming Gender equity (including women's empowerment) Environment: conservation, for example, tree planting and appropriate use of natural resources. Promote poverty alleviation through community development. IMPROVING CAPACITY FOR RURAL YOUTH We believe Education is fundamental to human progress, enabling individuals and communities to acquire skills and knowledge essential for improving their quality of life. But for vulnerable groups like rural teenagers access to high quality education is limited. while this teenagers must be a major part of any equation dealing with immediate and long-term solutions to sustainable development. As an informal education program, Our objective is to help these teenagers realize more of their potential and enjoy expanded capabilities to address the increasing global social, economic and environmental challenges we face on. This will be done in real work situations, and organize training courses about the Essential Successful Living Skills. BUIDING CAPACITY FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATION With support from V4D through the project “Capacity building for Viet Nam Non-governmental organization ” V4D will work with local NGOs to fill the current capacity in building effective partnerships, improving coordination, information sharing and networking in an effort to better meet the needs of V4D’s partners. INTERNSHIP IN BUILDING CAPACITY 4 SOCIAL ENTREPRISE PROGRAM Building capacity 4 social enterprise is replication of the STEPs4NGOs to support local social enterprise about: International collaboration; Marketing; Mobilizing human resource; Designing innovation education program to develop young people. It is a great opportunity to receive in-depth knowledge of and practical experience with social work as well as a certificate from V4D Responsibilities Intern will be working very closely with the Management team, under the overall supervision of the Project Manager. Participants will be mostly responsible for providing support to the project activities which the community specialist - Project Advisor will be engaging in. YOUNG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The Young Professionals Development Program (YPDP) is replication of the STEPs4NGOs project in Vietnam(The project was fundedby Youth in Action Program of the European Union, Action 3.2 – Youth in the world)of Volunteers 4 Community Development & Environmental Education Organisation YPDP is a social, creative & learning playground for youth and is aimed at shaping think globally-act locally, in which every individual will take initiative, develop solutions to social needs, and drive change. Helping them realize more of their potential and enjoy expanded capabilities to address the increasing global social, economic and environmental challenges we face on. This will be done in real work situations making them believe in exploring all possibilities and opportunities to encourage learning, creativity and discovery through play to overcome challenges in their lives and deal with conflict and decision making sometimes on their own. Actual they need to be given opportunities to see the bigger picture of life, to realize their own potential and here at our program,