Voluntary Service Overseas
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Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is a not-for-profit international development organization charity with a vision for "a fair world for everyone" and a mission to "create lasting change through volunteering".[1] VSO delivers development impact[clarification needed] through a blended volunteer model consisting of international, national, and community volunteers working together to develop the systems and conditions for positive social change.[2] In 2018–19, VSO worked in 23 countries in Africa and Asia.[1]
Formation | 1958 |
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Founders | Alec and Mora Dickson |
Type | International development charity |
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Volunteers | 80,000 |
Website | www |
VSO currently works in the following core programme areas:
- Inclusive Education
- Health
- Livelihoods
And through three core approaches that are relevant to all the areas:
- Social Inclusion and Gender
- Social Accountability
- Resilience
In addition, VSO has a youth focus in which young people are both the beneficiaries of social change outcomes as well as the primary actors in creating the change.