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Health and climate change: Our health, our responsibility
Southwest Bangladesh is a coastal region that suffers from frequent natural disasters, mainly tropical cyclones and floods. This has been worsened by climate change. Intense cyclones have become more frequent and floods are now an annual event.
Many local people are shrimp farmers, but in the event of floods and storm surges, most farmers lose… Read more »
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The peace volunteer: “A good start is half the work”
VSO Bahaginan works in the Philippines, where one of the most difficult issues is the intractable peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) . Bahaginan recently arranged a visit from Irish Member of Parliament Dominic Hannigan who serves as Chair of the Implementation of the… Read more »
Men who have sex with men often overlooked in Africa HIV and AIDS policies
Earlier this week I represented VSO at a conference about men who have sex with men and HIV in Africa. This was part of the annual ICASA (All-Africa AIDS Conference) pre-conference so had good attendance from important global decision makers. Very few international NGOs were present, and I was proud to demonstrate that… Read more »
Another big step
Today VSO staff were in the UN General Assembly in New York, for International Year of the Volunteer – 10 years on.
VSO influenced member states with a position paper on a UN Resolution passed this morning. Our chief executive spoke at the NGO forum on volunteerism. Images of VSO’s work… Read more »
A big thank you on International Volunteer Day
I want to take this opportunity, on International Volunteer Day 2011, to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone – volunteers, staff and partners alike – who have contributed so much to making volunteering and volunteerism such a powerful force for good in the world. Volunteering goes to the heart of what it… Read more »
