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Celina was diagnosed with AIDS when she was just 18 years old. Now Celina leads a team of 35 who help the women who need it most

Breaking down HIV stigma in Mozambique

Every day, 410 people in Mozambique are infected with HIV. Celina was diagnosed when she was just 18 years old.
Midwife Ans is volunteering in Cambodia

Safe deliveries and healthier futures for women in Cambodia

Ans Ohms is a Dutch midwife and volunteer in Cambodia. She is supporting the development of midwife training across six hospitals. Thanks to these improvements, over 10,000 pregnant women have already benefited.
Dr Siobhan Neville and Sophia a medical attendant examine a very sick baby who has just been delivered by cesarian section.jpg

Every baby deserves a chance

Irish paediatrician Dr Siobhán Neville is volunteering in Lindi, one of the most deprived parts of Tanzania. Based across several local hospitals and health centres, she and partner, Peter O’Reilly, are supporting initiatives to improve newborn care and challenge the region’s high neonatal mortality rates. 
Sarah at Community Youth Concern in Zambia

Condoms, Christ and sex positions: Sarah’s work reducing teen pregnancy in Zambia

Young people in the UK and in Zambia have exactly the same needs. The difference is that in Zambia they face poverty on a whole different scale
Camp at Dhading Nepal following Nepal earthquakes

Nepal earthquakes: One year on

Many thousands of earthquake survivors are still living in temporary camps. Health services and other infrastructure will need ongoing support to recover and be able to support the rebuilding of a nation.
Dr Sam

One person doing their job right makes all the difference

Dr Samdemar C. Arias is a volunteer paediatrician in Nyangao, Tanzania. He is helping develop the skills of local clinicians and improving patient care. Here he talks about the urgent need for more qualified physicians to share their skills in Tanzania.
ICS awareness community action day

20,000 chances to change the world

We’re celebrating 22-year-old Tania Tuzizila from Croydon. She’ll be the 20,000th young person to volunteer through the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme.
Charlie Taylor on his placement in Papua New Guinea

Home: It will never be quite the same again

Returned volunteer Charlie explains how his amazing  experience has impacted his life and given him a totally different perspective on his home.
Jennifer Kamara, who survived capture by the rebels during Sierra Leone's long civil war and then went blind, finds solace in her family life. Her grandmother (r), Sama Mansaray, tells a joke provoking a cackle from Jennifer outside their house in Binkolo

What next for Sierra Leone?

Throughout the Ebola outbreak, people wary of health centres stopped accessing the services on offer with tragic consequences – including a 30% increase in maternal deaths and a 24% increase in newborn deaths.

Robyn Baker social worker in Papua New Guinea with volunteer nurse

Life as a social worker during "emergency epidemic" of violence

Robyn Borausiki, 25, is a social worker at Modilon Hospital in Medang where she works alongside VSO volunteer Catherine Bedford, a psychiatric nurse.

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