Smiling woman
Lisa Marie David

Annual impact report

Our impact report provides an overview and some examples of what we have achieved during 2022/23 and highlights the amazing impact that we are making in a wide range of contexts around the world thanks to supporters like you.

Mother and child fleeing conflict in Ethiopia

Working in fragile contexts

Working in fragile contexts requires a careful and sensitive approach to ensure that existing tensions are not inflamed. Over the last year, as part of this work, we have responded directly to nine emergencies in places like Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and the Philippines

Women sit in a row and applaud as they listen to volunteer Juliana at a community meeting
VSO/Tim Maynard

Helping communities hold their governments to account on sustainable development

While all countries have signed up to achieving the SDGs, they are not legally binding, and so when member states made commitments towards them in 2015, it was decided a space was needed for monitoring and accountability towards their progress.

Anu Kumarishah, 20, Big Sister, Parsa, Nepal.
Guilhem Alandry/Doculab

How the ‘Leave No One Behind’ consortium is pushing for policy change across the Global South

The ‘Leave No One Behind’ consortium, is a coalition of twelve NGOs working on gathering data on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to incorporate SDGs into national policies in five countries.

Mother and child fleeing conflict in Ethiopia

Supporting Ethiopians to participate in national development plans

In 2019, the Ethiopian Ministry of Women, Youth and Children set out to develop a ten-year sector blueprint for a new national development plan for Ethiopia, to run from 2021-30. VSO's involvement ensured that the voices and perspectives of the most marginalised were able to feed into Ethiopia’s future development plans.

New £27million funding partnership between VSO and the FCDO, announced at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

The UK Government aims to reach 2.5 million people across 18 low-income countries through new VSO partnership

Community volunteer Socrates visits a rebuilt home
VSO/Jeff DeKock

Life in Mozambique since Cyclone Idai

Three years on, the people of Mozambique continue to face challenges as a result of Cyclone Idai. Read how VSO volunteers are are playing a critical role in building back better.

Fatima creating biofertiliser
Lisa Marie David

Read Kin Magazine

Kin is a VSO magazine, sharing stories of hope and success that are made possible by your support for VSO.

A female teacher speaks passionately at the front of a room full of people sitting down listening to her
VSO/Gitika Saksena

India

We've worked in India for over 30 years, strengthening inclusive education systems and supporting people to develop sustainable and resilient livelihoods.

Seamstress helps a schoolchild put on a mask she made
VSO / Onye Ubanatu

Three ways VSO volunteers have adapted to COVID-19

Learn how in spite of the challenges of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased difficulty of working in communities, VSO volunteers have continued to support the most vulnerable throughout this crisis.

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