To bring people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all.

VSO is the world’s leading independent, international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all. Since 1958, over 30,000 volunteers have served with VSO. Now we have development programmes in over 40 countries worldwide.

Education
Health & HIV and AIDS
Fundraising
Volunteering