Helping Link – Mot Dau Noi

First of all, i absolutely agree with the first review. The volunteers are amazing but the leader/​owner Minh Duc is horrible. She takes advantage of her volunteers, who majority are mainly there to fulfill their community service criteria for college courses. She knows her end of the quarter evaluation regarding their performance affects the volunteers’ grades and abuses it by making them do WAY more than they have initially signed up for. Most volunteer to help tutor young children, as seen in the description of this place but they end up having to do non related things like go around town, passing out flyers or call different numbers for donations (basically telemarketer tasks). If you refuse to do these things because you want to do what you’ve initially signed up for, she will write a bad review for you at the end of the quarter regardless of the hard work and effort that you’ve put into tutoring others throughout the quarter. I would not recommend this place to anyone. Description is completely misleading and you can tell that the owner is not genuinely sincere about the children or adults that come here for tutoring. Although they claim Helping Link is a non profit organization, the students here are reminded through phone calls to make «donations» if they continue to attend. I have no idea where the money goes but the equipments are outdated, the white board is broken and the markers are out of ink. Majority of the time, the volunteers have to bring their own supplies. This place relies on volunteers but i don’t understand why the owner would treat them so poorly, they’re doing all the work FOR FREE! In addition, there are no snacks or water offered here, even if you’re volunteering for 5+ hours. This place is a complete nightmare. If you are a student and in need of a place to fulfill your community service hours, i STRONGLY recommend going else where, an organization where you’ll be appreciated and your passion put to good use, because you won’t get any of that here.