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ActionAid is an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Founded in the United Kingdom in 1972, for over 30 years, we have been growing and expanding to where we are today - helping the poorest and most excluded people in 47 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas in securing their rights and eradicating poverty.

In Vietnam, ActionAid operates in rural poverty pockets of mountainous and remote regions, in urban poor areas of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and other cities since 1989 to promote human rights through issues of education, women’s rights, climate change, governance and food rights.

ActionAid International Vietnam (AAV) is seeking to recruit volunteers to join our child sponsorship team.

The AusAID-funded project ‘Sowing the Seeds of Change: Community-based Climate Change Mitigation through Sustainable Rice Production’ (SRI) supports small-holder rice producers to improve rice production systems which are more resilient, emit fewer harmful greenhouse gases and remain profitable for farmers.  This project will support and build the capacity of small holder rice producers and provincial agencies to meet these requirements by applying the System of Rice Intensification.

Position based in Hanoi, Vietnam

Contract position until March 31, 2014 with possibility of extension for a further twelve to fifteen months dependent on donor approval

The Program

Justice Initiatives Facilitation Fund (JIFF) is one component of The Justice Partnership Programme (JPP) funded by of the European Commission (EC), Sweden, and Denmark to support justice sector reforms in Vietnam. The JPP will address challenges in strengthening laws and policies by supporting the implementation of the Judicial Reform Strategy (JRS). JIFF is a grant-making programme designed to build the capacity of Vietnamese NGOs to contribute to awareness of rights, access to justice and judicial reforms.

East Meets West (EMW) is an international NGO headquartered in the United States, and has offices in seven countries in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia.  The Clean Water and Sanitation Program (CWSP) started in Vietnam in 1994, and currently serves about 350,000 people across rural areas of Vietnam.  In recent years, EMW has expanded the CWSP to Cambodia by developing clean water project at several schools, a rural clean water system for about 300 households, and a major sanitation program (Community Hygiene Output Based Aid – CHOBA) reaching about 25,000 families in two provinces.