Volunteer Projects in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We have several projects available in Ho Chi Minh City. With us you will be placed in different projects which will enable you to get a unique and fulfilling experience. If you want you can also be placed in just one program, just let us know. Your individual program will be organized based upon your preferences, skills & areas of interest and the needs of the projects.
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.
Soup Kitchen
About The Project
This is a charity in Ho Chi Minh City which provides free food to poor people at hospitals for cancer patients. They prepare and distribute up to 2000 meals per day.
Volunteer Activities
You will help in the food preparation and the cutting of vegetables. You can also join the delivery of the food to the poor. The volunteers at the project prepare around 2000 meals per day and deliver them by hand to poor people around the city.
Shelter for Blind Children
About The Project
This charity was established 15 years ago and there are there are more than 20 blind children who live here. The children are both boys and girls and are aged from 6 to 20 years old. The charity provides support and education to the children.
Volunteer Activities
There are a variety of activities for volunteers including teaching English, outdoor activities, arts and crafts activities, games, songs and social education. The staff is very friendly and speaks some English.
School for Children with Special Needs
About The Project
This is a school for children with special needs and learning disabilities. The children are aged from 3 to 18. The school has about 50 children, both girls and boys.
Volunteer Activities
There are many activities for volunteers at this school such as taking care of the children, teaching English, classes in drawing and playing games with the children. Your efforts will have a great impact on the children’s lives as you help contribute to their overall development. The children are very welcoming and very sweet!
Charity for Pregnant Women
About The Project
This is a charity providing shelter, food and career support for misfortune pregnant girls who can stay at this project until they give birth to their child. After that, they can continue to stay here if they want for some time. There are many cases of young girls or women who get pregnant without getting support from the father of the child and in many cases their family does not want to support them either as they are pregnant whilst not being married.
Volunteer Activities
This charity is good for female volunteers who can provide support, teach English and be a good role model for the girls. The volunteers who have a medical qualifications can provide help such as teaching the girls primary health care education.
School for Deaf Children
About The Project
This school helps and provides education to deaf children in Ho Chi Minh City. The school has about 130 deaf students from 3-22 years old.
Volunteer Activities
The volunteers help teaching English, computer skills, drawing or playing with the students. Volunteers can do these activities with the assistance of the teachers there or they can learn some sign language.
Orphanage for Children with Disabilities & Agent Orange Victims
About The Project
The Orphanage for children with disabilities and agent orange 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 at the orphanage.
Volunteer Activities
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.
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The WLS Coordinator in Ho Chi Minh City is Ms Hang
volunteer testimonial
I can honestly say this was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. Hang met me at the airport and then continued to be an anchor of support whenever I needed it. She went out of her way to make me and the other volunteers welcome. She is absolutely fantastic. The volunteering I did was such an enriching experience, All the people I met were so generous, happy to share their lives and experiences and really happy to spend what little time I had with them and so I thank them and your organization for enabling me to do this. I have recommended WLS International to many people and so I hope I can help to spread the good work you are doing.
Shilpa Mistry (UK)
volunteer testimonial
This was my first international volunteer experience, and my first experience traveling alone in another country. I couldn't imagine having had a better experience. The volunteer coordinator, Hang was incredible. The actual volunteering was incredibly rewarding. I felt appreciated by the kids and the workers at the orphanage and center for street children. The experience has truly been life changing for me, and I would encourage anyone interested in the program to pursue it! Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity!!
Carrie Reichert (USA)
volunteer testimonial
My trip to Vietnam exceeded all my expectations and more. It really was a truly amazing experience and I can not wait to go back. The atmosphere in the orphanage is so welcoming, the children are so happy despite their disabilities and the staff were very helpful. Ms Hang is the main reason why my trip was such an amazing experience. Nothing is too much for her and she is always on hand for support. I would certainly recommend WLS International also, from the first enquiry to booking the trip to everything while you are out there, i always felt i had an anchor of support and was able to have a truly life changing experience.
Lisa-Jane White (UK)