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Voluntary Service Overseas
Mission: "Our vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfill their potential. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world."
In China since: 1981
Number of staff: 8 national and 5 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Michelle Brown
Country Director, VSO China
Room 803 CITIC Building
19 Jianguomenwai Dajie
Beijing 100004
Tel: +86 (0)10 8526 3851/52
Fax: +86 (0)10 8526 2769
International Contact:
Mark Goldring
Chief Executive
317 Putney Bridge Road
London SW5 2PN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 8 780 7200
Fax: +44 20 8 780 7300
Activities in Other Countries:
74 countries around the world.
Since its founding in 1958, VSO has sent more than 30,000 volunteers overseas to work in 70 developing countries, and it is now the world’s largest international volunteer agency. It originally recruited mainly young people but has progressively placed more emphasis on finding skilled volunteers with more experience. The average age of volunteers is now 38 and most placements are for two years. Volunteers are also now recruited globally, rather than just from the UK, and current volunteers include professionals from Canada, India, Kenya, the Netherlands and the Philippines.
VSO recruits and places volunteers in response to requests from partner agencies. These local partners normally contribute to the in-country costs of the volunteer, including provision of accommodation and a small stipend. Volunteers can range from nurses to agricultural economists. Their placements are always intended to transfer skills, and never to substitute for skills that can be identified and sourced locally.
China has been one of VSO’s largest programme countries, with more than 100 volunteers in place at any one time. The majority of these work in education, notably in training of English language teachers in colleges that supply teachers to schools in the poorest areas of China. However, in recent years volunteers have also worked in the fields of agricultural technology, HIV/AIDS and disability.
In 2003, VSO raised a total of EUR 46 million. Around 75% of this was provided in core funding from the British government Department for International Development, and a further 12% was donated by individuals and corporations .
Links
http://www.vso.org.uk
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