Rabina Tharu (20), was born with a disability in Banke, a western Terai district in Nepal. Due to poverty and her disability, Rabina could never attend school. Through the ENGAGE project (Empowering a New Generation of Adolescent Girls with Education) Rabina was able to receive an education. Read about Rabina’s story here. DUTCH VERSION Rabina could never attend school because of her family’s...
Bofya hapa kwa toleo la Kiswahili / Click here for the Kiswahilian version Activities In the My World of Work programme, carried out at Zanzibar in several years, more than 100 participants and stakeholders were involved in one or more activities in this part of the VNA project. During the first period the activities were: Management meeting of Vocational Training Authority and Vocational Training...
DUTCH VERSION I was in high school when I first realized that I was never allowed to participate in decision making processes. I noticed that some things in the education system didn’t work for me, but I was never asked what would work better, and so everything remained as it was. Apparently, the adults figured that they knew what was right, without considering listening to us. But why wouldn’...
Afgelopen najaar ging ik als fotograaf voor VSO naar Ethiopie. Samen met een klein team verzamelden we voor VSO de beelden en verhalen van het project in Benishangul-Gumuz. Hier werkt VSO aan het toegankelijk maken van het kleuter- en basisonderwijs voor 10.000 kinderen. De werkwijze van VSO inspireerde me enorm. VSO haalt niet een simpel trucje uit en is dan weer weg. Nee, VSO werkt aan blijvende...
Following the presentation of our 2021/2022 Annual Report, we proudly highlight some of our last year’s results, giving an insight into a year that was once again dominated by the impact of COVID-19. How did that affect our Volunteering for Development approach? VSO’s programmes have not been paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead activities were redirected to respond to the pandemic, ai...
Dutch version Matrika Yadav is a young man living in Nepal who choose to stand up against violence in his community. His story is one of several case studies that aims to show the initial outcomes of the Strengthening Access to Holistic, Gender Responsive and Accountable Justice project (SAHAJ) to a broader audience. This is Matrika’s story. Matrika Yadav was born in a small village in Nepal...
Meer kans op werk en inkomen In 2005 begon Accenture met VSO samen te werken aan Making Markets Work for the Poor (MMW4P). Dit programma trainde tienduizenden mensen in de onderste bevolkingslaag van Nigeria, Cambodja, Tanzania en Malawi, zodat zij meer kans maakten op werk en inkomen. Zij leerden vaardigheden op het vlak van bijvoorbeeld landbouwtechnieken, business development, marketingstrategi...
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In Tanzania, tailor Felister suffered the consequences of the corona pandemic. With support from VSO, she managed to change course and to successfully play into the changes that the pandemic brought about. DUTCH VERSION Felister Matoke is a single mother of two children. When she was 16 years old, her parents forced her to get married. After three years, she divorced her husband. From that moment...