Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
Are you there Wellington? - Wendy Griffin
22.11.2019 - Twenty months in the glorious Santo, visitors, three, all my sisters at one go, worn our clothes, all, except a…
Refereeing the beautiful game in Kiribati
19.11.2019 - Working for VSA can take some unexpected, and very rewarding, turns as Trevor Johnston, Programme Manager, Kiribati…
Tony Binns appointed a Life Member of Volunteer Service Abroad
12.11.2019
Professor Tony Binns of the University of Otago has been appointed a Life Member of Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA…
International Volunteer Managers Day 2019
05.11.2019 Today is International Volunteer Managers Day 2019 - "Being a VSA programme manager (PM) is a not an easy task. It’s…
VSA helps develop the first ever global volunteering standard
29 October 2019
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) - Te Tūao Tāwāhi has had significant input in developing a newly launched set of…
Growing stronger together
25.10.2019
"We had our first volunteer, Mana Tanya, in April 2011. She worked closely with me to secure the funding and support…
Volunteer Service Abroad demonstrates value of strong partnerships
18 October 2019
Volunteer Service Abroad’s review of the past year showed we partnered with 190 national and regionally focused…
Moddie nanau – Voice of the nation
14.10.2019 - Referred to as “The Voice of the Nation” since 1952 the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) provides…
School resource launched
3 October 2019 Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) has launched its first online school resource, VSA for Schools.The resource has…
Resettling in Kiribati - Frances Hermann
23.09.2019 - Frances Hermann is on her third assignment with VSA, returning to Kiribati after two years to work with the Kiribati…
Motivated media in Solomon islands - Philippa Stevenson
16.09.2019 - Philippa Stevenson is an awardwinning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in print, radio, television and…
Second assignment - Danielle Petrie-Deely
09.09.2019 - Danielle Petrie-Deely is on her second assignment with World Vision Timor-Leste, working as a Design, Monitoring…
Back in Tuvalu
02.09.2019 - Denise Eddowes is one of VSA’s first volunteers to go to Tuvalu in 20 years. She’s working alongside the Ministry of…
Live and Learn and VSA Knowledge and Learning partnership launched
19.08.2019 - On Tuesday 30th July Volunteer Service Abroad and Live and Learn International celebrated the signing of a Pacific…
It takes a village to build a village
14.08.2019 - VSA volunteer Gordon Botha headed off to Papua New Guinea thinking he was going to be an administration adviser to…
Enterprising women in Bougainville
12.08.2019 - In 2015, the future was uncertain for five young women from villages near Chabai in Bougainville. Four years on…
Festival for the Future 2019
07.08.2019 - VSA attended Festival for the Future from July 26 - 28, and our staff were inspired, talking to hundreds of…
On the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Birth
20.07.2019 - July 20 marks the 100th birthday of legendary New Zealander, and VSA’s founding president, Sir Edmund Hillary. Sir…
Talk about Rainbow and Takatāpui Issues
28.05.2019 - For Pride this year, three of our Wellington staff who are part of the LGBTTQAIPPSN+ community get together to talk…
VSA goes to the Pacific Games - Samoa Language Week
27.05.2019 “Samoa, We On!” The rallying cry from the Pacific Games 2019 Organising Committee has pulled together the entire…
