VSO runs a vast range of projects spanning our three global programmes; healthy communities, inclusive education and resilient livelihoods. Here are examples of our current and past work.
Examples of our projects in
Healthy communities
Improving health services for all and empowering the most marginalised to exercise their right to quality care.

Tackling sexual health taboos
Improving young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights in rural Zambian communities.

Doctors for Development
Reaching isolated communities in Sierra Leone with pioneering maternal health technology.
Ensuring Deaf young people aren't excluded from sexual and reproductive health services
Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights for marginalised and at-risk Deaf young people.

Reducing newborn deaths
Providing the skills and equipment to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Ethiopia.

Improving the health and wellbeing of prison populations in Southern Africa
Improving prison health through an innovative combination of volunteer peer support, skills training, and advocating for change.

Interactive theatre for justice
Using drama to empower marginalised groups.

Breaking with tradition: Male engagement
Making life safer for women and girls by challenging harmful attitudes and behaviours.

Combatting gender-based violence through democratic policing
Working with the police force, NGOs and civil society organisations to combat gender-based violence, and challenge longstanding attitudes towards harmful cultural practices in Pakistan.

Inclusive education
Making sure everyone gets the skills they need to live a fulfilled, dignified life.
Let’s Learn Through Play (Twigire Mumikino Rwanda)
Play is the most important way for children to gain essential knowledge and skills.

Numeracy for all
Developing low-cost, high-quality maths teaching aids.

Building Learning Foundations
Developing long-term, sustainable solutions to improve basic teaching for every child in Rwanda.

Sisters for Sisters' Education
Supporting vulnerable girls to succeed in school – and beyond.
Capacity Development Partnership
Supporting equal access to quality education in Cambodia through government capacity development.

Supporting Rohingya child refugees
Providing Rohingya child refugees with vital care, home-based education, and safe places to learn and play.

Accelerating child literacy and numeracy through technology
The Unlocking Talent project that provides tablet computers powered by solar panels, bespoke local-language apps for numeracy, literacy and English learning as well as 'Oneclass' learning centres where children receive interactive tuition.

Emergency education post-earthquake
Providing essential learning and psychosocial support after the Nepal earthquake.

Education in emergencies
Building resilient education systems in fragile spaces.
Resilient livelihoods
Ensuring people have the skills and opportunities needed to support themselves and their families.
Collective Action for Rights Realisation in Extractives Industry (CLARITY)
The CLARITY project is addressing the challenges that exclude women, youth, and people with disabilities from equally benefiting from the extractive sector in Tanzania's Lake Zone districts.
Encouraging grassroots growth in Tanzania
The GAC-funded Tanzania Local Enterprise Development (T-LED) project is supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to thrive, and increasing employment opportunities within them.

Empowering women and powering communities
The Solar Mama rural electrification project is simultaneously bringing electricity to rural communities, and empowering women in those communities through education and training.

Empowering Tanzanian girls and young mothers
Supporting marginalised young people in Tanzania - especially girls and young mothers - to develop the skills and confidence they need to secure reliable livelihoods.

Increasing profits for cocoa farmers
Cocoa Life is supporting cocoa-farming communities in Ghana to benefit from increased yields and bigger profits, thanks to our partnership with Mondelēz International.

Supporting poor farming households to make a sustainable living
Improving Market Access for the Poor (IMA4P) identifies high-impact value chains, transforming agricultural markets to make them work better for the world's poorest farmers.

Overcoming rural poverty through farming innovations
The Growing Together programme harnesses our collective expertise in agricultural techniques and value chains to grow smallholder farmer household incomes.

Training Uganda's young population
Equipping Uganda's large youth population with the skills they need to work in the country's growing oil and gas sectors.
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Inclusive education
Making sure everyone gets the skills they need to live a fulfilled, dignified life.
Over the past five years we have supported almost 3,500,000 children to access the quality education they deserve.

Healthy communities
Improving health services for all and empowering the most marginalised to exercise their right to quality care.
Over the past five years we have helped over 3,600,000 people access better healthcare.

Resilient livelihoods
Ensuring people have the skills and opportunities needed to support themselves and their families.
770,000 people have benefited from our work supporting livelihoods over the past five years.