Nick Adie

19 ways volunteering overseas will change you

Volunteering overseas is one of the most rewarding things you can do. It will change the way you see the world. Here are just a few ways it can leave its mark…

13 beautiful pictures of mothers and babies

Around the world we're working to save the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Here are some of our most beautiful pictures.

Children from Murehe Primary School, Rwanda

2016 - a year of progress

2016 was a year of progress. Despite the negative events that have sometimes dominated headlines, we have seen huge shifts towards a healthier, greener and fairer world. Here's why

Education volunteer Fred van den Brug supporting children with Unlocking Talent resources

Using technology to improve education in Malawi

Education volunteer, Fred van den Brug, is one of our volunteers supporting innovative steps tackling some of Malawi's biggest education problems.

Celebrating volunteers around the world

One week after International Volunteer Day 2016, we look back at how it was celebrated by volunteers and VSO staff around the world.

Janet, 17, at home with her husband Jacob Maxwell Okellakwo, 18, feeding their son extracted breast milk. Their baby is still weak and weighs only 1.4 kilo's but his health is improving. The baby was cared for by VSO volunteer Gerieke Zanberg

I thought my child wouldn’t make it

Janet’s son was born two months early. He had a very low weight as well as breathing and stomach complications. Thanks to the work of the nurses at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, with the support of volunteer Gerieke Zandberg, Janet was able to bring her tiny baby home.

Celina Kisha Chibanda owner of Chi products with one of her jars of peanut butter

Despite the odds Celina turned her passion for food into a successful business

Celina Kisha Chibanda, 59, runs a small food processing business from her home in Iringa, Tanzania. But succeeding has not been easy.

Working for girls' education in rural Nepal

In rural Nepal, women and girls can often be excluded from social, educational and political roles that could help them make a lasting difference to their communities

Helping girls access school in Nepal

Abandoned by her father and the daughter of a mother forced to work abroad to earn money, ten year-old Prinsi lives with her grandmother on the outskirts of the dusty town of Surkhet in extreme poverty.

volunteer Arnoud Keizer teaches Anita Ayuban how to use a GPS mapping device

Making maps that save lives: Arnoud Keizer in the Philippines

In November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan tore a path of destruction through the Philippines affecting over 14 million people. Volunteer Arnoud Keizer has spent nine months supporting national efforts to use science and technology to prepare for and prevent future devastation.

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