A responsible travel to Coi village Phu Tho Viet Nam (Viet Nam, ID)

A responsible travel to Coi village Phu Tho Viet Nam

PROJECT OVERVIEW The responsible travel abour education and community development in Coi Village Xuan Son National park is a program belonging to a project Maintaining Dao people s cultural identity and promoting community tourism in Coi village by Volunteer For Education Organization (V.E.O). The program draws many participations of Vietnamese volunteers and experts or international volunteers to support and build up a firm background for sustainable development of Dao people whose living conditions are still poor and difficult in Coi village. At the same time taking part in the program volunteers will have a chance to experience in a great life of North-West area with Dao people s culture a new land or a village bounded with beautiful nature and the mountains of Xuan Son national park. The program aims at keeping different culture exchanges with Dao people s traditional identity. Furthermore volunteers will contribute to teaching training and developing communication in community tourism service in Coi village. Because Coi village has good conditions to develop community tourism it is an opportunity for ethnic minorities to preserve the local cultures as well as bring lots of economic benefits to the local people for the sustainable development. Hightlights Participarte in teaching for primary school students about forest protection and basic living skills Take part in teaching English for the local people with international volunteers to improve and develop communication language to foreigners in the future Support for decorating reparing facilities for some households joining the project Developing community tourism Participate in teaching the class Decreasing illiteracy for some disadvantaged women Establish and implement communication for Community tourism in Coi village Experience natural life with Dao people s featured culture Enjoy climbing trekking visiting landscapes etc. About Coi village Xuan Son national park In Coi Village of Xuan Son commune there are 82 households including 81 Dao people ones and 1 Muong people one with over 400 people. With natural geographical features Coi Village is located nearby Ten Mount. towards Southern East. Ten mountain is over 1 000 meters above sea level like a natural gem bestowed to Xuan Son. Coi Village s inhabitants live mainly on agriculture one-crop cultivation on terrace fields and self- raised livestock and poultry especially multi-spur cocks only Xuan Son owns and protected until now. Along with production and labour customs Coi Village keeps almost full of featured traditional cultures of Dao people like house architecture built with Gianh grass roof and mud rituals (wearing ethnic clothes in some festivals sleeping in other houses to find a wife Ban Vuong rituals etc.) traditional dancing (Chieng dance Turtle dance Lap Tinh dance etc.) traditional local foods or handicraft jobs (wine dying etc.) Information about the trip The project Maintaining Dao people s cultural identity and Promoting for community tourism development in Coi village is a community development made by Volunteer For Education Organization (V.E.O). The project will support and contribute directly to ethnic community development mostly Dao people in Coi village and maintain Dao people s featured culture. At the same time the project aims at objective of developing living conditions along with protecting sustainable nature to reduce harmful actions to our environment. The project made and organized in a characteristic cultural area is a chance for volunteers to experience a new culture a new lesson about nature and people. Moreover with the participation of Vietnamese volunteers and international volunteers the project brings a foreign exchange environment and a big volunteering network to promote the community for ethnic minorities in general as well as a personal skill development in specific. Link for registration goo.gl forms jMtKImCSar Details bit.ly 18krM2X Webside volunteerforeducation.org