Women solar engineers 'light the way'

For International Women's Day, we're celebrating the life-changing work of VSO volunteers in Tanzania. In collaboration with UN Women, we're working with rural communities to support illiterate women in gaining income-generating skills.

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Volunteer with ICS

International Citizen Service's (ICS) Youth Action program gives young people from the Philippines and the UK a unique opportunity to live, work and learn together, develop and share valuable skills, and make practical contributions to disadvantaged communities faced with challenging situations in the Philippines.

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Challenge

The rights of the displaced Karenni people in Thailand are largely overlooked.

Catalyst

VSO volunteer Zoe Latumbo, brings advocacy skills to the Karenni National Women’s Organisation.

Result

Lobbying the UN brings evidence of human rights abuse to light, while Karenni women prepare for a future Karenni State.

Opposing injustice: empowering Karenni refugees in Thailand

Driven from their homes by the Burmese military, Karenni women are striving for a better future while confronting a legacy of violence. For Zoe Latumbo, working with these remarkable people has proved humbling and inspiring.

VSO Bahaginan bares three-year plan

VSO Bahaginan is strengthening its commitment to poor and marginalized Filipino communities as it bares a comprehensive three-year strategy for fighting poverty in priority areas across the Philippines.

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Volunteer in Ethiopia

Twelve years ago there were only two public universities in Ethiopia. Now there are almost 30 and Ethiopia has a serious shortage of trained educationalists.

Are you an experienced higher education professional? VSO currently has a range of roles in Ethiopia starting in September 2012. For example, we need lecturers and professors in a range of subjects.

See the full list of roles available in Ethiopia.