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I'm a woman who is the owner and manager of a homestay. My family has been living here for a long time. I have 2 brothers, who are working for the government. Ha Giang doesn't have a lot of tourists right now, but we are trying to change that. You will stay with us, free accommodation and food.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I will introduce you to my family and other local people, and share with you the culture of the local minority peoples. You will study the local peoples' lives and their culture. I will show you how to get closer with the local people and with other travelers. You will visit villages and beautiful waterfalls, work in the fields with minority peoples, and visit the local market then cook with the minority people. I hope you will like being a local tour guide. We can work together to improve tourism here.
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Help
We are currently looking to fill six different positions in our homestay. Each position requires a minimum stay of 1 month. If you arrive and we decide together that you are better fit for a different position, you can change. The daily hours of work will depend on the amount of customers and how much they need from you.
Homestay and hostel help: We are looking for an English speaking volunteer to help out at our Hostel. No experience is necessary, we are just looking for someone who likes to meet and speak with people from all over the world! Fluency in any additional languages would be helpful, but is not necessary. In addition, you will help hostel guests with check-in/out, renting motorbikes and any other hostel services we provide. You will also help give travel advice. You will mainly volunteer in the mornings starting at 7am until around 9am, and then return to help at 4pm to help with guests that are arriving. In the evenings you will help us to set up and be friendly and sociable, making sure everyone who stays at our homestay feels as if they are staying at a friend’s house. Our motto is “We are home”, and we hope that this volunteer will follow that motto in everything that they do!
Reception/Tour Guide: You will mainly be a tour guide at the hostel, talking with guests and giving them information. We are especially interested in people with biking experience. After getting to know the local area, you will help tourists by letting them know how and where to travel around Ha Giang province. Sometimes you will take the tourists to local villages, where you can have lunch at a waterfall and swim. I will share with you everything that you need to know, such as local history, local culture, some advice for trekking with tourists and local people, etc. As this position is not always required, when you are not doing this you will be acting as the Homestay help. We have recently acquired some very nice new mountain bikes, and are planning on starting a half or full day bicycle tour of the surrounding area including visits to local villages, lunch at a nearby waterfall, and excursions to the Chinese border. If you enjoy biking, this position would be a great fit for you. We are looking for someone who can help us develop the tour as well as serve as tour guide when guests sign up. In the evenings you will take guests on a short tour of the local market and Ha Giang town, teaching them about the local food and lifestyle (which we will teach you about!). Afterwards, we will have a nightly family dinner using produce from the local market.
The rural communities of Ha Giang have many children suffering from the after effects of Agent Orange, so many babies are born with disabilities. Because of fear, stigma, and lack of money, many parents abandon their children and the community is unable to care for them. The government cannot afford to help all the children due to the budget constraints of accessing the rural mountain communities, so we decided to start a foundation here at the homestay. We're looking for a volunteer with computer skills who can help us start! The first step we are focusing on is creating a website for the foundation, a GoFundMe account , and manage a social media account to promote the fund. Our end goal, in the near future, is to have a children's center where kids can come get support, play, and learn English.
Mechanic: You will mainly work with motorbikes and need the necessary skills to maintain and keep the motorbikes/bicycles in good condition( changing engine oil, washing, fixing minor problems).
IT: You need the necessary skills to maintain and create new content for a website. You need to have basic knowledge in Wordpress, HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
Babysitter/Cleaner: You will look after a small baby and you will mainly play and take care of him for around 4 hours / day.
If you have read this far then we can assume you are still interested! If so, there are few things we must agree on before you begin your help here:
-The work period is at least 1 month so that you'll have time to get to know the area and can give tourists advice on where to go and what to see.
-You will be provided with food and accommodation (staying in the dorm with guests). We have family dinner each day which you will be expected to help set up and clean down.
-You will be the face of the homestay, so a positive attitude is a great asset.
If you're ok with all the above, we would love to hear from you!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Dutch, french
Accommodation
Dorm room with guests addition
What else ...
You will have fun in the evening and can talk with guests or local customers. Sometimes we will prepare an event or party. You can walk around visit some local places.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
depend the guests in one days maximum 25 hours a week
Feedback (20)
It was super fun helping them around their huge hostel in any way possible.
We enjoyed the family dinners with them ( always super tasty!) and we could use the motorbike on our time off to explore Hagiang.
Thank you Dung and… read more
Everyday is an exciting learning journey for me, work involves assist setting up the hostel in the morning ,mann the reception counter for all kind of enquiry, at time to assist in motor cycle practice for tourists,… read more
First time, we was wondering about vegetarian volunteers but then everything was be great time with Lucas and his girlfriend. They always try to share work with me and help me anytime when I need their help . Lucas very clever and quickly understood how to run a hostel.
Only one day show him all need to do house… read more
I learned a lot and meet people all around to world. Dung is a very hardwork woman, that have a lot of knowledge about her business, how to deal with people and still be present to give attention to her family and guests. It… read more
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It was super fun helping them around their huge hostel in any way possible.
We enjoyed the family dinners with them ( always super tasty!) and we could use the motorbike on our time off to explore Hagiang.
Thank you Dung and… read more
Everyday is an exciting learning journey for me, work involves assist setting up the hostel in the morning ,mann the reception counter for all kind of enquiry, at time to assist in motor cycle practice for tourists,… read more
First time, we was wondering about vegetarian volunteers but then everything was be great time with Lucas and his girlfriend. They always try to share work with me and help me anytime when I need their help . Lucas very clever and quickly understood how to run a hostel.
Only one day show him all need to do house… read more
I learned a lot and meet people all around to world. Dung is a very hardwork woman, that have a lot of knowledge about her business, how to deal with people and still be present to give attention to her family and guests. It… read more
Neil, He was like my brother . He supported me all times even in the morning to check motorbike . For sure all my customer get good ones and ride safe . Not only that, my Mom also apprieciate when he join with us 1 month at Mama. Not too much volunteer can do that for E-visa and He did.
I don't don't know how to say,… read more
I used my experience of motorcycles and riding to help more with checking over the bikes before and after the tours to look for anything that could need repairing.… read more
I got to work at the reception and show the guest how to ride a motorbike. The work was fun and easy. I had to help people by answering their question about… read more
I got involved with helping out at reception and also helping son out with getting the motorbikes ready before and after the guests went on… read more
We have short time work together during Tet holiday in Vietnam. My hostel no staff and Blanaid did support for us a lot during the time stay with us. She have power energy to take care customers and nice with every ones. I don't know how to handle without her during this time .
Thank you so much Blanaid, It was great to… read more
Thank you Romance for… read more
We have a met up in Seoul ( South Korea ) before he come to Vietnam to help us. It's was really nice to hanging out with him and had BBQ for dinner , listening many his stories.
He was young but don't in trust it. He knew much more than us thinking. His experiences was amazing and I am sure you can study a lot from this… read more
Thank you so much for all your help Joe. My family looking forward to welcoming you back in the near… read more
Levi really great guys. He studied vietnamese quickly. He is a smart and clever to help us at homestay. Washing bowl, make beds, chat with guests and teach them how to drive motorbike... he very open and lovely. If he send you a request, do not hesitate to host him at your place
I was so happy when host her at hostel. only one month stay with us but seem like Rebecca have more friends in the town more than me. She help us manage hostel and teach English for local people in Ha Giang town. WHen I absent at home for holiday, she often comes visit my mom and my family, even my cousin close with… read more
Working at the hostel was a lot of fun- although very busy, the hostel has a very laid back feel to it; most of the work… read more
Highly… read more
We love Adam a lot, one… read more
Thank you so much for all your help. Your responsible help far exceeds what we could ever ask for from a volunteer, We are truly appeciate your help at the Hostel and miss you a lot. We hope to meet you again soon, not after 60 year after like our joking story .
Best wish for you
Paige and Tamara is a lucky stars of my hostel, seem like since they join to help us, that time almost my Hostel full guests. I understand work full time at hostel very hard while I also busy working at office but you can believe 100% everything at home still running well in their hands. they… read more
