Voluntary Service Overseas

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent (non-governmental) volunteer-sending organisation in the world.

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VSO has offices in the UK, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands, Kenya and the Philippines and a recruiting partner in India; as at December 2004, it has volunteers of 14 different nationalities on placement. Since its founding in 1958, VSO has placed over 30,000 volunteers (2004) in developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

Related Topics:
UK - Ireland - Canada - Netherlands - Kenya - Philippines - India - 1958 - Volunteers - Africa - Asia - Caribbean - Eastern Europe

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