About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading independent, international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries.

Our high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all.

Since 1958, over 30,000 volunteers have served with VSO. Now we have development programmes in over 30 countries worldwide.

VSO recruits experienced professionals to work as volunteers overseas. Right now we are recruiting people from the areas of:

• management

• education

• health

• fundraising

• IT.

VSO volunteers live and work in a local community and have all their costs covered.

Volunteers are recruited from Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Kenya and India. We work in over 30 countries, and in each of these VSO has developed an integrated plan in line with existing governmental plans and local civil society groups to tackle exclusion and poverty.