Volunteers assist with providing physiotherapy and occupational therapy to children and adults with mental and physical disabilities in the Social Support Center in Da Nang city. The volunteer will work closely with the Volunteer Vietnam physiotherapist and will learn the therapy exercises. You will spend approximately 16 hours per week in the physiotherapy program. When you are not working in the physiotherapy program, you will be helping out with the other programs, such as the teaching program and care program.
Volunteers are given a weekly schedule of their physiotherapy times and activities. Volunteers will have a meeting each day with the Volunteer Vietnam team physiotherapist to discuss the therapy that will be provided for the patients. For physiotherapy, you will mainly be working at the Social Support Center which is a home for around 200 elderly and disabled residents. Many of them require physiotherapy and occupational therapy. The Social Support Center has two rehabilitation rooms with a variety of equipment. The Volunteer Vietnam physiotherapist will show you how to use the equipment and explain what exercises are required for each patient. You will always be accompanied by a Volunteer Vietnam team member and there are Social Support Center staff there to assist you as well.
The day starts at 7.30 am with breakfast at the volunteer house. At 8 am you will travel to your work place by car, driven by a Volunteer Vietnam team member. You work from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. You return to the volunteer house for lunch around 11 am. Your lunch time is from 11am to 2 pm. This time is your free time to do whatever you like. At 2 pm you will travel to your work place and finish at 4:30 pm. Dinner is served at the volunteer house at 5 pm. Some options are going out for coffee, going downtown, or getting a massage.
The volunteer's weekly work schedule is approximately 5 hours per day from Monday to Thursday and 3 hours on Friday.
During the weekday, volunteers will have some free time in the evening and this can be filled up with the following activities:
On the weekends:
Here are the steps for pick up:
We accommodate volunteers in a volunteer house called the Green House. The house is located 04 km from the city center. It is nearby the placement sites Social Support Center, the kindergarten schools and the school for the special needs children. It is a three storey house and there are 05 bedrooms equipped with AC, private toilets and bathrooms. Downstairs, there is a living room and kitchen area where the volunteers have meetings and meals. There is wifi internet, cable TV and laundry facilities. Some of our staff live in the house and are available to help you fix things or give necessary guidance.
Volunteers are provided 03 meals per day from Monday to Friday plus breakfast on Saturday morning by our cook Mrs. Hai. You’ll have a chance to enjoy both Western and Vietnamese cuisines in volunteer house kitchen. You should budget for all other meals during the weekend. We will recommend some local restaurants near the Green House where they serve Vietnamese food which is delicious.
The program is available around the year:
This program is paused due to COVID-19 and reopens September 2021. Apply Now!
Physiotherapy for children and elderly in Da Nang
Volunteers assist with providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social care for disabled children and adults at Social Support Centers in Da Nang, Vietnam.
$296/week
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