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Volunteer Stories
Hear first hand about the life of a VSA volunteer overseas. Volunteers share their challenges and successes on assignment and the insights gained from the people and communities we work with.
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VISTA
VISTA is VSA's flagship magazine giving you an entrée into the lives of our volunteers and the people they work with. It also incorporates development issues and background to VSA's work overseas. VISTA is published twice a year.
Download | View online (PDF | 32 Pages | 3.5mb)

Volunteering Overseas
Get some questions answered. This VSA produced booklet is for young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a guide to volunteering in developing countries, and is aimed at helping you work through some of the decisions you'll need to make when thinking about volunteering overseas.
Download | View online (PDF | 26 pages | 2.8mb)

VSA Annual Report
Get a snapshot of VSA's operation over the last financial year.
The VSA Annual Report 2008-09 includes an overview of the year, financial summary, and VSA's overseas volunteers and partner organisations 2008-09.
Download (PDF | 6 pages | 1.2mb)

Impact of VSA's work: Case Studies
Get a snapshot of VSA's operation over the last financial year.
The VSA Annual Report 2008-09 includes an overview of the year, financial summary, and VSA's overseas volunteers and partner organisations 2008-09. Click here for case studies >>

Strategic Intent
Find out about VSA's strategic direction for 2007 -2011. In this document you can read about our intentions, how we plan to reach our goals, and how we will monitor our progress. Our strategic intent builds on VSA's 45-year old history as an international agency and the many lessons we have learned from our work, our partners, our volunteers and members.
Download (PDF | 2 pages | 2.4mb)