Finally, I am in Vietnam - joining a bunch of enthusiastic people from different countries, going to do the best we can offer.
I am a part of a Volunteer Program called the Corporate Service Corps. We go through a self-application and a selection process, endorsed by the management. My team had 10 people ranging from 20+ Yrs experience to 3 yrs experience. The team consists of
1 Person each from Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, 2 people from USA and 3 from India. We are starting from tomorrow (Sep 21st) working with our clients and helping them without individual assignments.
https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/
The journey to this program has been so fast that I cannot believe I am finally here. Was excited to see the faces with whom I have been interacting for the past 4 months through calls.
Here, I need to mention about two important people who have made this possible for us - Sarah Patrick and Mark Warmington from Australian Business Volunteers. This is the NGO assigned to connect us to the clients in Vietnam and coordinate the logistics. Excellent people and have been taking care of us right from the time we landed (and even before with all our invite letters, VISA processing etc and getting our silly questions answered :-) ). It is not a simple task to coordinate 10 people, traveling from different countries, landing in Vietnam at different days and times. But right from the time I stepped out of the immigration into Vietnam, the journey has been flawless, thanks to the efforts of these two people!
Wait for further posts, day wise (or frequent enough to keep everyone posted of what I am doing here, of course with photos.).
Until then, Xin chào (Adios Amigos, Good Bye :-) )
