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Change the job you do. And the world we live in.

Join VSO Ireland in the fight against poverty and share your skills on an overseas placement. We need experienced health, education and business professionals to support sustainable development in some of the world’s poorest communities.

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irish aid programmes

Our Uganda education programme

Find out about VSO Ireland's new education programme, which is helping marginalised girls in Karamoja, Uganda finish primary school.

Our Uganda health programme

VSO Ireland's health programme in Karamoja, Uganda will improve maternal and neonatal health services for young mothers.

Volunteer blogs

An open letter from an Irish education volunteer

"You change in ways you wouldn't have imagined, you do things you wouldn't have thought you would have done. You learn new languages and meet new people, and the new experiences change you for the better as a person."

One year down in Papua New Guinea

A year into his placement in Papua New Guinea, Eoin O’Maoileoin discusses his volunteer journey so far – why it has been so rewarding and what he misses most about Ireland. 

Empowering refugees in Burma

"In my experience, it is the best thing I have ever done. For anyone who is thinking of doing it, I wholeheartedly say go for it and don't hold yourself back."

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