Celina Chibanda smiles as she holds a large jar of the peanut butter she produces
VSO

From a passion for food to a successful business

After receiving specialist skills training as part of the T-LED project, Celina Kisha Chibanda has overcome many challenges to develop a successful food processing business.

A female police officer sits behind her desk in the police station

From a violent marriage to independence

Our partner Rozan is supporting women like Sara to escape domestic violence and rebuild their lives.

Women participating in a sewing workshop at Panah shelter
©Panah shelter

This Pakistan shelter is helping women escape violence and rebuild their lives

As part of the Pakistan Forum for Democratic Policing, Panah shelter in Karachi is offering hope to women facing domestic abuse.

A female police officer sits across a desk from a civilian woman, in the police station
VSO

Engaging the police in Pakistan on gender-based violence

We're supporting local partners to improve the police response to gender-based violence in Pakistan, in the face of patriarchal attitudes that discourage women from seeking justice.

Peer educator with his family at home in Zimbabwe
VSO/Cynthia Matonhodze

Life in prison inspired me to give back as a volunteer

JK found a fresh sense of purpose and perspective as a VSO volunteer peer educator in prison, and a new lease of life upon his release.

A man waters seedlings
VSO/Cynthia R Matonhodze

The food revolution that could transform life behind bars

Poor nutrition makes prisoners more vulnerable to infection - but grow-your-own initiatives could be a simple, innovative way to improve health behind and beyond bars.

An inmate stands in front of a sign for Chikurubi female prison clinic
VSO/Cynthia R Matonhodze

Using scorecards to improve accountability for health in Zimbabwean prisons

We've been working with the Zimbabwe Prison and Correction Services (ZPCS) to empower inmates to identify areas of improvement in prison health services - and hold authorities to account where they fall short.

A female nurse smiles at a newborn baby she's holding in the neonatal intensive care unit
VSO/Ginny Lattul

Developing a centre of best practice at Arba Minch General Hospital

Thanks to funding, support and expertise from VSO, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Arba Minch General Hospital has rapidly become a regional centre for best practice for the care of premature or sick babies and their mothers.

A midwife smiles gently as she holds a newborn babby swaddled in a colourful blanket
VSO/Peter Caton

Bringing ultrasound to midwives and mothers in Sierra Leone

Midwives in northern Sierra Leone now have access to portable ultrasound technology, thanks to the Doctors for Development project.

Schoolgirls in Nepal
Suraj Ratna Shakya

Weathering the storms

James Russel, education volunteer on Sisters for Sisters, explores how resilience is at the heart of the project.

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