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Tackling our assumptions about volunteering
I felt fortunate at the end of last month to join a group of VSO volunteers who were at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to learn about systemic action research, and how they will be able to apply this methodology to VSO’s Valuing Volunteering project.
You may remember Violeta Vajda… Read more »
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The power of children’s voices in advocacy
Steve Lewis was recently visiting the VSO programme in India. For this week’s blog we have invited one or our partners, Vedika Jiandani, from the national volunteering programme in India to write for us.
I work for Sweccha, which is a youth-run and youth-focused organisation that provides a platform for people to ‘be the… Read more »
Focus on the whole community when treating HIV
Last month I attended an important pan-African meeting organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Zimbabwe. The consultation’s theme was “Optimizing HIV Treatment Access and Retention in Care: Linking community level interventions with health care delivery systems.” WHO, which is mandated to advise governments on different interventions, has realised that… Read more »
Promoting the role of marginalised communities in development
I attended an excellent event yesterday in London where VSO and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) formally launched their new partnership to promote innovation in volunteerism, strengthen volunteer action and to improve practices. Crucially, the partnership will promote the role and voice of volunteers from mariginalised communities in development.
In the ornate… Read more »
Go for gold in education in 2012
London is preparing to host the 2012 Olympics in July. Athletes from around the world will perform to the best of their abilities to make their country proud by winning medals at Olympics. A recent BBC survey suggests that people in developing and middle-income countries get the greatest lift from Olympic achievements… Read more »
Youth raising their voices with Members of Parliament
Climate change affects all members of society in Bangladesh and VSO works with youth clubs in Bangladesh to find ways to combat the effects climate change.
In January we organised an open sharing event which involved four youth club members from Khagrachari presenting case studies to Members of Parliament from All… Read more »
