VIETNAM ANIMAL AID AND RESCUE
VAAR is a vegan animal rights organization that has a rescue shelter and farm sanctuary in Hoi An. They are part of a growing non-speciesist global animal rights movement that works to protect all sentient beings. Their rescued animals live on the shelter and farm sanctuary property in Hoi An where VAAR’s education programs also take place.
These programs include education, grassroots activism, vegan advocacy, animal rescue, monitoring and campaigning against the cat and dog meat trade, as well that involving wildlife.
Website: http://vietnampetsandvets.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vietnamanimalaidandrescue/
Info: https://www.givingway.com/organization/vietnam-animal-aid-and-rescue
Location: Hoi An
LIFESTART FOUNDATION
Lifestart Foundation is a grassroots, not-for-profit charity that helps disadvantaged Vietnamese people and their families to become self-sufficient. Founded in 2000 by Australian Karen Leonard and supported by a team of dedicated volunteers, the Foundation applies a holistic approach to helping those in need through proven working programs and initiatives which are designed to effect a generational change.
Website: https://www.lifestartfoundation.org.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheLifestartFoundation
Info: https://www.lifestartfoundation.org.au/donate/volunteer/
Location: Hoi An
KIANH FOUNDATION
Kianh Foundation works in Dien Ban, Central Vietnam, which has one of the highest levels of disability in the country. It runs a day centre for children in the district that provides special education, physiotherapy, life-skills training and basic healthcare. One of the main aims of the centre is to prevent children with disability being placed into institutional care because of a lack of services and support.
Website: http://www.kianh.org.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Kianh-Foundation-90466841087
Info: http://www.kianh.org.uk/how-you-can-help/volunteering/
VOLUNTEER VIETNAM
Volunteer Vietnam seeks to connect with and assist local people in need in Vietnam. They do this by placing volunteers to help orphanages, social support centers and schools in central Vietnam. They focus on helping vulnerable children, elderly people and young adults.
Website: http://www.volunteervietnam.vn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vnvolunteer.org/
Info: http://www.volunteervietnam.vn/p/overview.html#
Location: Da Nang
CHILDREN’S HOPE IN ACTION
Children’s Hope in Action is a non-government organisation providing a wide range of services for disadvantaged children in central Vietnam. Based in Hoi An, they provide a range of services for children in the wider Quang Nam province where many families are barely surviving on less than three dollars per day.
Website: http://www.childrenshopeinaction.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHIA.VN/
Info: http://www.childrenshopeinaction.org/how-you-can-help/volunteer-in-vietnam/
Location: Hoi An
REACH
REACH is a local non-government and non-profit organisation which specializes in providing vocational training, career advice and job placement services for Vietnam’s most disadvantaged youth. They serve the most vulnerable youth who are in need of accessible, affordable skills training by targetting disadvantaged young people living in the cities and neighbouring provinces of Hanoi, Hue and Danang.
Website: http://reach.org.vn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/REACHVietnam
Info: http://reach.org.vn/en-US/Get-involved/Volunteering-at-REACH/Volunteering-at-REACH.htm
Location: Da Nang (also Hanoi & Hue)
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