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.

Himalayan Permaculture Centre
Chris Evans

My permaculture journey: A sustainable approach to small-scale farming

VSO e-volunteer Chris Evans outlines how a tiny pilot permaculture scheme in Nepal successfully spread environmentally friendly farming practices and ideas in line with existing cultural traditions.

Group of women smiling
VSO/Paul Wambugu

Education Summit 2021: volunteers transforming girls’ education in Kenya, Malawi and Nepal

Our flagship girls’ education projects, in Kenya, Malawi and Nepal have been helping girls to access the education that they deserve.

A VSO trained Big Sister with her Little Sister in Nepal
©VSO/Suraj Ratna Shakya

Leading the way for girls' education in Nepal

Stories from the role models who are making a brighter future for girls' education in Nepal.

A VSO trained Big Sister with her Little Sister in Nepal
©VSO/Suraj Ratna Shakya

The heroines leading the way for girls' education in Nepal

Stories from the role models who are making a brighter future for girls' education in Nepal.

Inside the world’s classrooms

Open the door of classrooms around the world and you’ll find a surprising range of challenges – as well as some truly incredible teachers dedicated to changing children’s lives.

Between the earth and the sky: Devna's story

In Nepal, suicide rates among young married women are very high. Devna* shares her experience of a surviving a forced marriage, and how she and her family came to be involved in a VSO project to reduce levels of violence in families in Baglung.

Success? Have I made a difference?

Education volunteer Ann reflects on her time working in Nepal on a project to promote girls' education.

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