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22.03.2019 - It is now one week on from the horrific and tragic murder of innocent people in the Christchurch mosques, and the…

20.03.2019 - UNICEF and Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) signed a global partnership in March, which will see VSA volunteers work…

12.03.2019 - In 2018, Hugo Egan took up a VSA assignment with the Xanana Gusmão Reading Room in Dili, Timor-Leste. Hugo told VSA…

08.03.2019 - In her debut speech to the UN General Assembly last year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern noted that "It seems…

21.02.2019 - Hugo Egan volunteered as a Marketing & Library Coordination Assistant with the Xanana Gusmao Reading Room in Timor…

11.02.2019 - Marg Armstrong is volunteering with the Nishi Foundation in Tonga to help develop Mai e Nima, a programme to educate…

14.01.2019 - Wendy is currently volunteering as an Adult Literacy and Numeracy Officer with the Vanuatu Agriculture College. She…

19.12.2018 In November 2018, Finn Egan took over VSA's Instagram and Facebook pages to post his reflections on his assignment. If…

17.12.2018 - In December 2018, Kayt Bronnimann  took over VSA's Instagram and Facebook pages to post her reflection on her…

14.12.2018 - On December 5, volunteers all over the Pacific celebrated International Volunteer Day. New volunteer Shonagh Lindsay…

13.02.2018 - Reflections on a year with the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji’s women in politics programme.
Christine Ross volunteered…

05.12.2018 - Our volunteers do great work every day, but Wednesday 5 December is International Volunteer Day, our opportunity to…

03.12.2018 Kevin is volunteering as a Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Adviser with the Elwood J Euart Association in…

19.11.2018 - Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) today signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with Massey University to…

15.11.2018 - Chris Barnes spent 20 years in the investment industry and then 16 years as a property developer. But it was his…

13.11.2018 - The family and diabetes - diabetes concerns every family.Suzanne Rockett is volunteering as a Diabetes Nursing…

08.11.2019 - "Leitana Nehan’s story began with three women giving birth on the same day in 1990 (in an empty warehouse, hiding…

05.11.2018 - Marg Armstrong is volunteering in Tonga as a Programme Adviser (Healthy Communities) with the Nishi Foundation. She…

25.10.2018 - Gina Kaitiplel is Production Coordinator at Further Arts in Port Vila, Vanuatu. This year, VSA commissioned Gina to…

24.10.2018 Accompanying Partners can have just as big an impact as the volunteers they accompany. When Dunedin’s Joy Atkinson…