Impact Stories: What RSIS Vietnam 2024 meant for these participants
Students from our recent RSIS project in Vietnam reflect on their experiences. They discuss how the program helped them become more open, improve teamwork, tackle challenges, and, of course, develop a fondness for Vietnamese Pho. If your students would benefit from an incredible adventure, where they can work with the local community and develop key […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Photos
Please see all the photos from RSIS Vietnam 2024 below:
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Last Day
To finalise our trip, the group had their last dinner together as a whole, a celebration marking the end of our demanding but rewarding service project. The group had a lovely dinner in Ha Noi, and a cake was brought out to mark and celebrate the occasion of Steffi’s 16th and our guide Sunny’s 26th birthday. This […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Look What We Did
Today was our final wrap up of the project. As a group of young adults, we not only installed 110 light poles but also built a dam. This is an outstanding achievement in which every member can feel proud of. This is because we we all had a major contributing factor to our end result. […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Message from Ben
Good evening everyone and Xin Chao from Vietnam! Our students have been a bit busy today and haven’t had time to write a blog, which gives me the opportunity to share what an amazing job they have been doing. As the project coordinator from Round Square, I wanted to take the space in the blog […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: The End is Close
As we are wrapping up our service adventure, we’ve been reflecting on how far we’ve come, as well as the journey we continue. On our first work day we immediately bonded as a team, not only as hard workers, but as a family. We’ve come together through both organised team activities, and the little moments […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Homestays
The RSIS Vietnam 2024 team give us tours of their homestays and why they feel lucky to be where they are.
RSIS Vietnam 2024: Sticky Mud and Rice Fields
Xin chao (Hello in Vietnamese) Today, day seven of the trip, we dove deep into Vietnamese culture. We began with visiting a local rice field and we met a few lovely Vietnamese ladies who are expert rice farmers. We were instructed to put on some gum boots and helped to plant a winter crop rice […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: ‘Rocky’ The Hole
We were woken up by our natural alarm – being the wildlife we are surrounded with – keeping us on schedule and being a vital part of our daily routine. Luckily we arrived to a delicious fresh breakfast, sore but satisfied from the day before. Our meal rejuvenated our body’s and spirits in preparation for […]
RSIS Vietnam 2024: First Day on Site
Today was our first day in the job site. It was challenging, hands on work, but we enjoyed it. 😁 Starting off, we trekked an easy path to receive instructions about our workday. 🥾Each member of the group had a different role, Meg and Lillian being concrete layers, 😎🆒 Abby, Eliza and Ida moving rocks […]