Our history

VSO

VSO as an international charity has been in existence since 1958. Since then, we have sent over 40,000 volunteers to live and work in developing countries and tackle the causes of poverty.

VSO Ireland

The VSO office in Dublin was opened in 2004 with the purpose of recruiting talented Irish people to volunteer, and to raise much-needed funding for our programmes overseas.

Since its establishment, VSO Ireland has sent over 200 volunteers overseas and has raised substantial funds to support HIV and AIDS programmes in Southern Africa.

VSO Ireland is a registered charity in Ireland (registered charity no CHY 15048).