The Morning Star Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in December 1995 for the early detection and care of intellectual disabled children. Chaired by Professor Nguyen Tai Thu, it is a subsidiary of the Vietnam Relief Association for Children with Disabilities and has nearly 70 staff members caring for approximately 200 children ranging in age from 2 to 18.
The Center is located in Thanh Xuan district in South West Hanoi. Apart from the staff there are teachers, psychologists, nurses, doctors and physiotherapists whose mission is to promote charitable activities that help to provide opportunities for children with intellectual disabilities to receive an education, and to feel included with their local community. In particular, the center strives to provide assistance for those children suffering from developmental disabilities including Down's Syndrome, Autism and Cerebral Palsy.
In addition, the center also offers some vocational and pre-vocational training for teenagers before sending them to outside vocational schools. The courses help increase the children's independence and confidence, and their abilities to get enrolled in professional training centers outside. Having a coffee shop set up at the entrance of the center, the center provides opportunities for some of the children help out and in the process receive valuable experience in working and interacting with the public.
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Volunteers with experience or qualifications in the field of/related care for children with learning difficulties, Down's Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy or Autism can help staff with clinical and special educational assistance. While the others can still help with the following tasks:
- Caring for and playing with disabled children (including planning activities)
- Teaching kids drawing, painting, making toys, etc
- Feeding the children during lunch time.
- Fundraising
- Helping with drawing & making decorations for classroom and center
Working hours: from 8.30am to 4:00pm (Mon – Fri) with a lunch break from 11:00am to 2:00pm.
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Volunteers will stay in a dormitory with rooms shared with other volunteers. Living conditions will be Vietnamese standard with shared bathroom, shared room with bunkbeds. Mattress, blanket, pillow and mosquito net are provided.
Food will be provided at accommodation everyday except Saturday. Meals will be mostly local food, which vary from the daily cooking schedule. Volunteers, especially those who are vegetarian may be required to do some cooking by themselves. Sometimes, food is provided by the host project during workdays.
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Address: No. 6, ngo 9 Hoang Dao Thuy Street, Hanoi.
Travel to work from volunteer accommodation: about 1 hour by bus.