Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
The family and diabetes
13.11.2018 - The family and diabetes - diabetes concerns every family.Suzanne Rockett is volunteering as a Diabetes Nursing…
On Assignment with VSA: Christine Ramsay
08.11.2019 - "Leitana Nehan’s story began with three women giving birth on the same day in 1990 (in an empty warehouse, hiding…
My Friend Lucy - Marg Armstrong
05.11.2018 - Marg Armstrong is volunteering in Tonga as a Programme Adviser (Healthy Communities) with the Nishi Foundation. She…
Meet Gina Kaiteplel
25.10.2018 - Gina Kaitiplel is Production Coordinator at Further Arts in Port Vila, Vanuatu. This year, VSA commissioned Gina to…
Joy in Tonga
24.10.2018 Accompanying Partners can have just as big an impact as the volunteers they accompany. When Dunedin’s Joy Atkinson…
Special education in Samoa
15.10.2018 - Since 1981, Loto Taumafai Society for People with Disabilities (LTS) has provided quality education, rehabilitation…
Remembering Sue Watt
02.10.2018 - VSA lost a valued member of its whānau in September when Sue Watt passed away.Sue’s career took her from New Zealand…
VSA's Suppliers Event
01.10.2018 - Last week, VSA hosted an event with our suppliers to thank them for their contributions to our work in the Pacific…
Bougainville Chocolate Festival 2018
28.09.2018 - Bougainville Chocolate Festival brings together cocoa farmers, chocolatiers, industry representatives and government…
Changing young lives in Timor-Leste
26.09.2018 - Jeanette Daysh is volunteering as a Small Business Adviser with the Nazareth Foundation in Dili, Timor-Leste. Six…
Changing young lives in Timor-Leste
26.09.2018 - Jeanette Daysh is volunteering as a Small Business Adviser with the Nazareth Foundation in Dili, Timor-Leste. Six…
How VSA volunteers helped secure clean water in Timor-Leste
18.07.2018 - How VSA volunteers helped secure clean water in Timor-Leste
Stretched health services in East New Britain
27.06.2018 - With government health services thin on the ground in Papua New Guinea, volunteers and NGOs step up to fill the…
Small Island Cultural Experience - Wendy Griffin
18.06.2018 - Wendy is currently volunteering as an Adult Literacy and Numeracy Officer with the Vanuatu Agriculture College. She…
Volunteering to improve water supply in the Pa Enua, Cook Islands
06.06.2018 - Access to a reliable water supply is something we here in New Zealand take for granted. However, in the Pa Enua…
VSA secures core funding for five years
Tuesday May 29, 2018Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is delighted that the Government has agreed to provide it with core funding to…
Lesley Dee tribute
29.05.2018 - VSA sadly lost a member of the whānau this month, when Lesley Dee passed away. For many years, Lesley donated her…
So why am I here anyway? - Heather Ware
28.05.2018 - By Heather Ware in VanuatuIt is strange how things happen. Our children left home, my husband’s work is in Auckland…
Everyday artistry - Stephen Soole
28.05.2018 - By Stephen Soole in VanuatuVanuatu abounds with natural beauty and rich culture; it’s a country where western and…
New MOU with the University of Otago
28.05.2018 An initiative that has enabled more than 100 students, many from Otago University, to carry out voluntary work abroad…
