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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
19 Apr 2024
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90.1 %
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Description
Not far from the city of Ha Giang (about 6km), you can feel the taste of the countryside of Vietnam.
There are no vast fields, but unique terrace fields, jungle and green palm trees.
This is the home of Tay ethnic group. Although there are unique sceneries and favorable natural conditions, but the life of people here is difficult. They are farmers, with a low level of education, still following ancestral working methods.
We are a small local economic cooperative group, we mainly propose hometsay accommodation for tourists who want to experiment to stay with locals, but we also make and sell handicrafts and propose help and advices to tourists. We are constantly developing the homestay to improve the quality of our services and attract more guests. So we welcome all the volunteers from all over the world to come to us.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn about the culture of ethnic minorities in Vietnam, working on many different projects and support the community.
During your free time, you can visit and explore the surroundings; participate in teaching English classes to earn extra income or help and exchange with locals from the village.
Help
The help here include mainly bamboo and wood building, basic carpentry, DIY and sometimes some gardening. You will have to do manual work, including the use of tools like grinder, driller, handsaw, screwdriver or machete. Tasks like cutting, polishing and carrying wood or bamboos are frequent and we are looking for skilful and fit people.
However there is also a part of daily housework like cleaning, cooking, washing dishes and we also sometimes need help with the reception of tourists.
We prefer skilful and fit volunteers who already have some experience in carpentry, bamboo work or simply used to DIY, but because we have different types of work, we accept all profiles as long as you are motivated and ready to learn.
Any marketing and communication skills or original ideas are also welcome to help us to promote our homestay and products.
The helping time is around 5 hours per day but it doesn’t include the daily tasks like cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, etc. You can enjoy 2 days off per week.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Vietnamese: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Volunteers are provided free bed, tea, coffee, as well as fresh and healthy food in the homestay for the duration of their stay. There are two bathrooms you can use. We have an open kitchen; volunteers can cook & have a fridge to store food.
What else ...
TO READ BEFORE APPLYING.
There are some important points that you need to consider before contacting us:
You will be hosted by Tay people with their own culture and way of life. We ask you to make an effort to try to adapt as much as possible to this way of life, which could mean changing some of your habits.
We want proactive volunteers who never hesitate to do anything they can to help us and not just wait for instructions.
We don’t want to repeat ourselves or remind the rules.
Cleanliness and tidiness is a very important thing in Vietnam and we don’t want messy people. Moreover it’s important in our quality requirement. We will ask you to keep, all the time, everything clean and tidy, even your own bed and personal space.
We can sometimes need some hard work, but if you are tired or you don’t feel comfortable with the task we are asking you, you should tell us and we will allow you some rest or can find you some other tasks more suitable for you.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (26)
Công and Tien are two wonderful people, they welcomed me in their homestay and made me discover a lot about their culture and traditions.
Công was pretty busy, so I didn’t help him a lot, except the first days, moving wood planks and fixing some wooden stuff. My work… read more
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Accuracy of profile:
(4.8)
Cultural exchange:
(4.6)
Communication:
(4.1)
Công and Tien are two wonderful people, they welcomed me in their homestay and made me discover a lot about their culture and traditions.
Công was pretty busy, so I didn’t help him a lot, except the first days, moving wood planks and fixing some wooden stuff. My work… read more
Thank you for… read more
The scenery around the village is beautiful and the people are so friendly. Locals come to the homestay throughout the day so you really get to see how they live.
The work was quite varied which I liked. It ranged from construction work, painting, farming, gardening, cooking, and… read more
Tien took us on trip with her motorbike so we could explore the area and the chinese border.
Kong lend us his motorbike and we could discover the… read more
If I don't put the five stars, it is only because we would appreciate that Tien introduce herself, the family, the project...the first feeling was a bit "cold".
But during the week we were happy to learn about her, her family,her culture. They are so brave, courageous, generous people.
I… read more
The work we did was not particularly hard as there were many volunteers in addition to us. There was a lot of dishwashing, cooking and helping around the 'house', but also other activities such as… read more
I spent nearly three weeks there and my experience was more than a voluntering experience.
I arrived as a volunteer but I leave as a friend and leaving this… read more
Our work was mostly helping with cooking, washing dishes, working with bamboo, cleaning the kitchen.
Tien made sure that we experience the life of the people in her village. Nearly everyday we had… read more
Jobs were varied from teaching English, sweeping, general cleaning… read more
We are so, so glad that we did.
Though we did not stay for long (4 days), we grew very fond of our dear host, Tien, other friends that we made from the village, and the location outside of Ha Giang city amidst the mountains.
This… read more
