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Thought-provoking debates at volunteer action conference: part two
The second half of the Southern Africa Volunteer Action for Development Conference in Johannesburg focussed on links between volunteerism and regional development. This was from the perspective of regional bodies such as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, higher education institutes and the corporate sector.
Speakers talked about the… Read more »
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Thought-provoking debates at volunteer action conference
VSO partners and staff from across southern and east Africa were in Johannesburg last week, to attend the first regional conference dedicated to volunteering for development. The Southern Africa Conference on Volunteer Action for Development took place on 17-19 October.
The first day started with great excitement, as colleagues, partners, donors, government representatives gathered… Read more »
Health workers issue heard loud and clear at UN
In New York, the issue of health workers was heard loud and clear at the UN General Assembly last month, through the actions of a wide ranging coalition of NGOs including VSO. The aim was to bring attention to the global shortage of health workers and to encourage world leaders to be… Read more »
Learnings from the UN High Level Meeting in New York
“I was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (Northern Uganda) when I was a young girl. When I managed to escape and return home after two and a half years, it was discovered I was HIV positive. That time, there were no free ARVs [antiretroviral drugs] and being HIV positive was like a death… Read more »
Conflicting emotions at the conference
Tuesday evening – I’m writing this at the end of another stimulating and passionate day at the International AIDS conference. The conference is huge in all respects, and exhausting. Whilst I am resting my sore feet and writing this message, other VSO staff and thousands of other activists are on a human rights march through Vienna, being… Read more »
