Mekong Delta Service Learning Program
CAS as sustained participation
This program is structured as a CAS experience where service is understood as sustained participation rather than short-term contribution. Students work over multiple days on a house-building project in the Mekong Delta, alongside local builders and the host family.
The emphasis is not on output alone, but on process: showing up consistently, working within constraints, and understanding the relationship between effort, time, and outcome.
The program is designed to create conditions where reflection emerges from experience, rather than being added as a separate activity.
Students engage with key CAS strands through direct experience: collaboration on site, communication across language and cultural differences, and self-management in physically demanding conditions.
Reflection is anchored in lived situations — uneven progress, misunderstandings, fatigue, and small successes — rather than abstract prompts.
This creates a more grounded understanding of service, responsibility, and impact.
How learning takes place
How the experience is structured
Preparation
Urban orientation and introduction to context before entering the field.
Sustained engagement
Multiple consecutive days working on one project.
Community interaction
School visits and local engagement beyond the building site.
Closure
Final handover and reflection grounded in completed work.
From preparation to reflection
Orientation
Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City and contextual framing.
Field engagement
Daily work and interaction in the Mekong Delta.
Reflection and closure
Final completion and return to the city context.
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