Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
Kevin McCarthy – Number One
28.05.2018 - Kevin is volunteering as a Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Adviser with the Elwood J Euart Association in…
Life begins in Vanuatu - Wendy Griffin
21.05.2018 - I arrived, hot and excited at midnight on May 3rd after, can you believe, 18 hours of travelling, starting a Timaru…
Bougainville’s heroes
10.05.2018 - Mary-Ann Hardcastle volunteered as a Nurse Trainer in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s. She and her husband have…
Making jewellery in Malaita
23.04.2018 - Sophie Lewis-Smith returned from her assignment as a Jewellery Making Adviser at the Malaita Institute of Technology…
Plogging for plastic in the Cook Islands
22.04.2018 - Hilary Boyes has found a way to take her assignment with her on her morning run.Hilary, who’s volunteering as a…
Hip-hop for life
19.04.2018 - VSA’s first hip-hop assignment is on a roll – trainer and choreographer Josh Mitikulena, who’s been working with Wan…
Healing Bougainville's wounds
18.04.2018 - "Leitana Nehan’s story began with three women giving birth on the same day in 1990 (in an empty warehouse, hiding…
Celebrating Student Volunteer Week
28.04.2018 - In 2017, we celebrated 10 years of our UniVol programme. This year, we've sent another 15 UniVols to countries…
The First Month - Leesa Roy
16.04.2018 - Leesa Roy is accompanying her partner, Kevin McCarthy, who's on assignment as a Marketing, Communications and…
Counting down - Leesa Roy
16.02.2018 - Leesa Roy is accompanying her partner, Kevin McCarthy, who's on assignment as a Marketing, Communications and…
Why I Volunteer - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol
14.02.2018 - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol was on a one year assignment as Support Officer with the Samoa Association of Sport and…
My First Month in Samoa - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol
14.02.2018 - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol was on a one year assignment as Support Officer with the Samoa Association of Sport and…
Willingness - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol
14.02.2018 - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol was on a one year assignment as Support Officer with the Samoa Association of Sport and…
Stop the Constant Questioning - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol
14.02.2018 - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol was on a one year assignment as Support Officer with the Samoa Association of Sport and…
You time - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol
14.02.2018 - Thoraya Abdul-Rassol was on a one year assignment as Support Officer with the Samoa Association of Sport and…
Seaside kindies
25.01.2018 - Wendy Griffin undertook her second VSA assignment from 2014-2017 (her first was in Bhutan in 1993-1994). Working…
Blast From The Past
31.11.2017 - In Solomon Islands, Danielle Jones is accompanying her partner, Nid Satjipanon, a legal adviser for the Ministry of…
Fresh water in remote Timor-Leste
14.11.2017 - Trevor and Alison Gatland were based in the coastal town of Baucau, three hours’ drive east of Timor-Leste’s…
Final reflections - Stephen Soole
13.11.2017 - By Stephen Soole in VanuatuIt’s incredible how fast the time has sailed by. What happened to the time I thought I…
Volunteering is a reward in itself - Stephen Soole
13.11.2017 By Stephen Soole in Vanuatu Time has flown by, and in so many ways, lots has happened, yet in others, so very…
