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COVID-19 response
… representatives and partner organisations to support Deaf people across the country, by adapting accurate …
Improving sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Lesotho
Evaluation of twinning partnership: Nyagatare District Hospital (Rwanda) and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (UK)
… Appointing 2 nursing ‘champions’ at LGT to work with the deaf community and make SRHR services more inclusive. These …
Five female achievements you might not know about
… Spray, explores the question "what does it mean to be a Deaf woman in Rwanda?" As a Deaf woman, Brown experienced discrimination growing up. Now …
Empowering a new generation of adolescent girls with education (ENGAGE)
… to act. Suraj Ratna Shakya A volunteer teaches a young deaf girl sign-language. At the heart of the ENGAGE project …
Our awards finalists 2022
… to learn basic Kenya sign language to ensure that the deaf community are able to easily access sexual and …
COVID-19 response: Healthy communities
… community representatives and the Rwanda Union for the Deaf to adapt official information into sign language videos …
In photos: The power of volunteering
… to learn basic Kenya sign language to ensure that the deaf community are able to easily access sexual and …
The right to education for girls with disabilities
… is left behind in her education. Girls like Izna*, who is deaf. Izna's story Izna, 13, was born with a hearing …
2020: The difference you've made
… language translator, who has been able to communicate with Deaf people in his community, and ran additional training …
Make Way
… Paralympic Committee (NPC), Rwanda National Union of the Deaf (RNUD), Impanuro Girls Initiative (IGI), Save …
5 ways our youth champions are fighting climate change
… illustration demonstrating using sign language to include Deaf people in conversations around climate change. In their …
Coronavirus: UK Volunteer opportunities and ideas for action
… has created British Sign Language videos to help Deaf users either working in charities or receiving support. …
Looking back on VSO in 2023
… which explores the question "What does it mean to be a Deaf woman in Rwanda?" You can enjoy the film here . 4) VSO …
Struggles in paradise: Do the world’s poorest actually benefit from tourism?
2022: The year in review
… were there, speaking about her work in Rwanda with deaf communities. She was even presented with a prestigious …
The volunteer helping Rohingya refugee children regain their childhood
2022: The year in review
… were there, speaking about her work in Rwanda with deaf communities. She was even presented with a prestigious …
Back to school: Closing the education gap for generation COVID
… even providing sign language lessons to children who are Deaf. The work of these community volunteers is under …
The power of regrowth
Life in Mozambique since Cyclone Idai
The role of youth in development
Meet the VSO volunteer unleashing the power of education to combat climate change
From destruction to dressmaking - the story of two inspiring women
Is teaching the world's toughest job?
… has encouraged some of the parents who were hiding their deaf children at home to look for me wherever I am.” The …