Viêt Nam Plus - Mekong Plus - visits and volunteering

Group visits

Better than reading about the projects, come and see for your self! We are so fortunate to live with the teams in the field and to spend much time in the villages: this is a fantastic encouragement to continue and intensify our efforts. We invite you to visit the projects!

We work in 2 different regions of Vietnam : along the mountains of Bình Thuân, next to the sea, and also in the Mekong delta. Accross the border, we work in one of the poorest regions of Cambodia, in a totally different cultural and political context.

Group? Between 5 and 10 people. Not less? No, so that the team could concentrate on its work and not be distratcted by too many small groups. Not more? Better not, otherwise the villagers are submerged. In any case the team will try to split visitors into groups of 3-4. Interested? Write to us soon! If we do not have a proper number we will propose you to join another group.

Options:

You are less than 5, join a group.

the complete tour, starting on the 3rd till the 14th.
1 or 2 of the 3 modules below, at the proposed dates.

You are 5 or more? We will design the program with you, at your preferred dates.

Dates: November-December-January. Why? To avoid the rains, the Têt holidays, the hottest months.

Transport is in a 15 seater Mercedes, air-conditionned. In the villages if you want to, you may opt for a motorcyle (with a driver).

And after? You will not forget this experience, and this is why we invite you! Like us, it will become difficult to say no after meeting extraordinary women, who, with an irresistible smile, struggle hard for their family and community. If you want to, we will be available to help you share your experience with friends (documents, videos etc.).

How much it costs (cost price), for transport, meals, hotels:
Module 1: 20 euros/person/day. Modules 2 or 3: 85 euros/person.

Module 1: 1 to 3 days
3 4 5	Departure from Saigon towards Bình Thuân (3 hours): visit ultra poor households who managed to get out of poverty, rabbit farms, vegetable gardens, new techniques for paddy -less chemicals but more profits, biogas systems, quilt handicrafts, production of incense sticks, action theatre for better hygiene, waste recycling, cashew nuts and fair trade… Share the life of the teams, stay in a local inn (clean and air-conditionned). Return to Saigon or move to the beach on the China Sea.
Module 2: 3 days
8 9 10	Departure from Saigon towards the Mekong (7 hours), stay in a local inn. Meet peasant households, pig farms, eal and worm farms: how the extremely poor, who survived with 2 euros/week, managed to improve their condition with micro credit. Health education in primary schools. The peasants build bridges and small roads to connect their village with the markets, the school etc. Action theatre against alcoholism...
11	Return to Saigon or travel by boat to Cambodia.
Module 3: 2 days
13	Arrive in Svay Riêng (3 hours from Phnom Penh or from Saigon). In the villages visit a "cow bank", irrigation, vegetable gardens... Night in a Svay Riêng hotel.
14	Visit a group who fights looters of their traditional forest. Return.

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