Young volunteers experience local mountain life
Twenty Vietnamese and Canadian young people have arrived at Nam Mau commune in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan, to live and work with local ethnic families.
The home-stay programme, which will last from August 2-November 2, is the result of the cooperation between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the International Organisation for Adolescents.
The young people will assist the local youth union to organise such activities as cleaning up roads and public places, planting trees and helping poor families.
They will also teach English to local children and talk with local people on issues of gender equality, domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.
The programme aims to improve the capacity of volunteers and diversify voluntary activities while bringing the two countries’ young people closer.