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    A Guide to Daily Life at the Shelter

    Meals

    Lunch is served at 11am and dinner at 6pm. The tables are usually segregated by age group and sex. As a volunteer, try to learn everyone's names. Mealtimes are a great place to start.

    Afternoon Naptime

    Noon to 2pm in the summer. This schedule varies when school begins. If you are not accustomed to taking a nap in the middle of the day yet, feel free to use this time to familiarize yourself with the books in the library (there are some English ones) or talk to one of the older children. Naptime is mandatory for the youngers ones (~12 and below) so encourage them to head off to bed at noon.

    Vietnamese phrases

    Hello

    Chào bạn. Sin chow.

    How are you?

    Bạn khoẻ không? Ban kweh kong?

    Thank you

    Cám ơn. Cahm uhn.

    You're welcome

    Không có chi. Kong caw chee-ee.

    Goodbye

    Tạm biệt. Tam Be-yet.

    I would like to go to...

    Tôi muốn đi tới... Toy moong dee toi...

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Volunteer

Global Volunteers Program from Quinn Vu on Vimeo.

Volunteering with FHF

Every summer the Friends of Hue Foundation is happy to host a large group of interns from North America, South America, Asia, and Australia. These interns and volunteers (typically graduate and undergraduate students) engage in specific projects that include assessments evaluation, the development of business models, medical outreach, and the mentorship to our children. Many of our volunteers have left our program with a solid idea of what international development entails.

For more information regarding volunteer opportunities, please contact us at info@friendsofhue.org

Past Volunteers

FHF has welcomed a wide variety of volunteers from a range of backgrounds. Just from the past few years, FHF’s Global Volunteers Program has hosted volunteers from Stanford University, Occidental University of Sydney,  Volunteers in Asia, the Vietnamese Medical Outreach (VMO) at UC Berkeley, and the French Boy Scouts. In the summer of 2009, three students from Monta Vista High School volunteered at the Friends of Hue Foundation’s Children’s Shelter at Xuan Phu for two and a half weeks.

They now share their experience with you

 



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    Our Impact

    Find out how our work here at Friends of Hue Foundation affects the people we help.

    Global Volunteers Program from Quinn Vu on Vimeo.

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Thriive Program

Learn about how we address the economic problems, while encouraging sustainable growth and community service.

Children’s Shelter

Explore more ways you can help the children at our Children's Shelter at Xuan Phu grow into successful, contributing members of society.

Health Initiative

Discover how FHF addresses both short term and long term problems in healthcare and sanitary habits in village communities surrounding Hue.

Disaster Relief

See how FHF has assisted the Hue community in recovering from the 1999 Vietnam Floods and continues to help members of Hue cope in the face of the region's relentless flood season.




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