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Every day, billions of tonnes of waste are dumped, but how much do you know about waste and recycling? It's time to find out in our short quiz!

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This Christmas, will you help ensure women’s futures aren’t thrown away?

You can help change the futures of waste pickers who work on Kenya’s rubbish dumps. It’s an essential but dangerous job, yet women aren’t being paid enough to feed themselves or their families.  

VSO volunteers are helping waste pickers transform waste into wages, but we can’t do it alone. Will you help?

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Kenyan beef pilau
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Kenyan beef pilau recipe

In this blog, some of our VSO family share their favourite mouth-watering recipes and highlight the work they’re doing to promote sustainable farming practices and healthy eating. Here is a recipe for Kenyan beef pilau from volunteer Fridah.

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Bangladeshi tomato bhorta recipe

In this blog, some of our VSO family share their favourite mouth-watering recipes and highlight the work they’re doing to promote sustainable farming practices and healthy eating. Here is the Bangladeshi tomato bhorta inspired by Maleka’s vegetable garden.

Chicken biryani

Pakistani chicken biryani recipe

In this blog, some of our VSO family share their favourite mouth-watering recipes and highlight the work they’re doing to promote sustainable farming practices and healthy eating. Here is Pakistani chicken biryani from volunteer Khajida.