Blogs

Anisa Hay, 32, raised in the USA and now UK based, is volunteering with VSO’s Let's Learn Through Play project in Rwanda, where she applies her experience of international volunteering and her work at a UK school for children with special educational needs.

Volunteering is too often badly misunderstood. Too often, it is seen as a “worthy” activity undertaken by people with time on their hands. However, it really is a fundamental part of any country’s development journey and when done properly, it can be a tool for creating a fairer world for everyone.

Around the world, people with disabilities face additional barriers to getting quality healthcare. Brown Niyonsaba is a young deaf woman volunteering to change this in her native Rwanda.

In Migori, Kenya, catch-up classes are helping girls who’ve dropped out of school learn and laugh again.

Children with learning difficulties and disabilities are vulnerable to being excluded from education opportunities. Hear from four Rwandan-based volunteers making sure these children aren’t left behind.