Trúc Tâm Mélanie

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Hi!! I’m a first year architecture student and I‘ve traveled for a year in 2022-2023! Looking to participate in new volunteering projects for my next vacations!!😊🥰

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Hello HellOooO!! 😊🐙
My name is Tâm Huynh and I'm from Switzerland. I was born in Lausanne and I've been living there since then. Currently, I'm in a gap year (from August 2022 until July 2023) with the aim to travel, gain experiences, discover new cultures, meet new people and participate in volunteering projects !

- Aug - Sep 2022 🇦🇹
I‘ve been helping in a farm in Austria. Helping with many tasks such as building, gardening, cooking and taking care of the kids as well! It was my first workaway :)
• 1 month

- Sep - Nov 2022
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I’ve been travelling alone by train through Europe (interrail pass)
• 2 months

- Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 🇿🇦
I’ve been volunteering in a hostel in South Africa (Wilderness Beach House Backpackers). Worked in hospitality while helping with reception/ bar and kitchen duties. (Reference letter from the manager in my pictures)
• 2 months

Then backpacking along the Garden Route from Addo to Cape Town.
• 1 month

- April 2023 🇻🇳
I’ve been travelling with my family in Vietnam. Visiting family members and discovering a bit more about the country of my origins ☺️
• 3 weeks

- May - July 2023 🇨🇦
I’ve been backpacking through Quebec and did 3 different volunteering projects!
• 2 months and half

1) Helped a farmer in Sainte-Marie-Salomé in a typical Quebec house with gardening, planting, cooking and local environmental and social workshops.
• 1 week

2) Woofing in a community in Brownsburg-Chatham. Helping with gardening, wood chopping, cleaning, cooking and taking care of the chickens.
• 1 week

3) Volunteering for a Quebec landscaping company “Fleuris ton décor!”. Helping with designing gardens, preparing the soil, choosing plants, planting and watering.
• 1 week and a half


**I'm fully vaccinated against COVID-19**


Through Workaway, I want to get involved in projects that take me out of my comfort zone and enrich my life with new encounters and cultures. I really want to learn new skills while improving my English and German speaking skills.

Travelling allows me to discover more about myself and the world around me. Every trip I have made so far since I was young has given me many memories and experiences ! 🌍

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
English: Intermediate
Vietnamese: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
French is my mother tongue and I can speak English and German with an intermediate level. When I was younger, I used to speak fluently Vietnamese with my family but I lost most of it with time since I started to learn French/German/English at school : I still have very good listening skills so I’m ALWAYS down to practice more this language and the others as well!!!

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

General Maintenance

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Some knowledge of:  

Languages

Art Projects

Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills

- Don't really have any experience in farming, gardening and construction,
BUT I am very motivated and curious to learn new skills and help as I can ! I did learn lots of new skills in building and gardening while staying one month in an Austrian farm though😊!

- Love cooking and learning new recipes at home

- Like participating in creative activities (drawing, photography, audiovisual, painting)
In high school, I also carried on the elaboration of the yearbook by writing some articles and I created a website for the school’s art collection with interviews, audioguides and magazines.

- Coached for the past two years a volleyball team of 20 children aged 8-13.
It was an experience I really enjoyed. (So I would also be open to share one of my childhood hobbies through some volleyball sessions hihi😝😝)

- Love trying and learning about new skills I'm not used to

- Laugh really easily 🤭!

- Open-minded about diversity of culture and people 🌸💫🌏🌈

Age

19

What else ...

In my free time, I love practicing sport! I have played several sports such as :
- a Vietnamese martial arts for more than 10 years
- tennis for 6 years
- skiing since my 3 years old
- volleyball for 4 years as a coach, player and referee

A short anecdote…💫
I went on a trip to Siberia when I was 11 years old with a group of ten children aged 8-15 years old with a professor at the EPFL and a journalist from RTS (Swiss Radio Television). You can still find some interviews on the internet !
https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/detours/7524073-voyage-en-siberie.html

At the moment, I'm creating my personal website to retrace my journey with pictures and videos :) If you’re curious, you can have a look on : tamhuynh.ch

Feel free to contact me ! I’m keen for new encounters and projects hihi 🥰

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