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Make a big gift...
...make a big difference: Help us double our impact
VSO’s 50th Anniversary AppealVSO has ambitious plans to scale-up its work to reach those people still living in desperate poverty – but we cannot do this without your help. That is why to mark VSO’s 50th Anniversary we are launching a special appeal to raise the funds to expand and extend our work to significantly increase our impact where it is most needed. Here’s just a few ways you can help us achieve this:
Fund a volunteer – more volunteers will change more lives
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Supporting a VSO volunteer in sharing their knowledge and skills changes lives, communities and nationsSkilled international volunteers are in ever-increasing demand. Volunteers share knowledge and skills that are fundamental in bringing about lasting change to people’s lives and sustainable development in the communities in which they work. - A donation of c£10,000 could fund a short-term volunteer’s recruitment and 6-month specialist placement
- A donation of c£30,000 could fund a long-term volunteer’s recruitment, training and two-year placement
VSO volunteers at work: Changing the future of an entire nationIn Ethiopia, two VSO volunteers David Spinney and Deborah Jordan worked in teacher training for higher education. As a result 400 teacher trainers were trained in the first year, 1,000 in the second and eventually every teacher educator in the country will be trained. Each of these Ethiopian teacher trainers will train thousands of student teachers over the course of their career. These teachers will, in turn, go on to teach millions of children who represent the future of Ethiopia. |
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Fund a Global Xchange programme – engage the global citizens of the future, from the UK and developing countries, to work together to tackle poverty
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Supporting World Youth Global Xchange engages young people in volunteering on a global scale with local impactThese are reciprocal exchange programmes where young people from paired countries live and work together on community projects in both countries. These young people are the global citizens of the future. Their lives are changed by the work they do, and they will change the lives of others. - A donation of £100,000 could fully fund a 6-month exchange programme
Global Xchange at work: Scottish and Nigerian volunteers working togetherVolunteers worked on a wide range of community placements including one with the HIV and AIDS Carers and Family Service Unit in Glasgow. Volunteers worked alongside qualified staff to organise awareness-raising events, visit families and manage a resource and information database relating to HIV & AIDS issues. It is estimated that volunteers had a direct positive impact on more than 2,500 people and an indirect impact on thousands more. |
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Fund a new HIV & AIDS programme – scale-up our fight against the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa
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Investing in VSO’s HIV and AIDS work will save lives today and will go on saving lives in the futureVSO runs 22 HIV & AIDS programmes - combating stigma, increasing access to treatment, care and support and prevention - working to tackle both the causes and the symptoms of the pandemic. However, AIDS still kills nearly 8000 people every day, devastating families and economies and so VSO knows it must do more and scale-up its work significantly. - A donation of £400,000 could fund the start-up costs, volunteer supply, staff support, and local grants for a community-based HIV & AIDS programme in Africa
VSO’s HIV & AIDS programme at work: Increasing food security and saving livesIn Kenya the government is giving everyone with HIV & AIDS lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs. However without enough food to eat, they won’t work; instead they’ll make people sicker. VSO volunteer Robin Bacon is an expert horticulturalist who, by working to share his skills with local farmers, has helped increase yields on farms by 70 per cent. So people living with HIV & AIDS now have the food they need to make their drugs work and the skills to help them to earn a living and feed their families. The programme aims to reach 60,000 people, and to roll out across other countries in Africa. |
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Fund a National volunteering scheme – harness the support of thousands of people to volunteer within their own country to work with us to reach millions of people
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Supporting a National Volunteering scheme will enable VSO to support people to volunteer in their own countryVSO believes that people working together out of community responsibility and shared commitment can be a powerful force in reducing poverty and promoting development. Furthermore, VSO recognises that huge impact that can be delivered when the power of people volunteering within their own country is harnessed. - A donation of £100,000 could fund the feasibility study, set-up costs and ongoing support for a new National Volunteering Scheme
National Volunteering at work: Giving girls in Ghana access to an educationVSO is working with the government in Ghana to train and supply national volunteers to teach in the Northern region of Ghana - to reach girls who would not normally have access to education. The programme began with 53 national volunteers in 2003. To date 13,500 volunteer teachers have been supplied to schools, nationwide. With an average class size of 80 pupils, VSO has reached around 150,000 students in this region alone. |
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Our appeal is the chance for you to make a special gift in support of VSO’s work and have a direct and significant impact on the lives of people living in poverty. How do I find out more and offer my support?If you would like to find out more about making a special gift towards the appeal and how you can work with VSO to make a difference, please contact Joanna McCullagh at email: Joanna.McCullagh@vso.org.uk or Tel: 020 8780 7285.
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