1,500 VSO volunteers are working together with local colleagues and communities throughout the developing world (see yellow areas on map).
The country profiles provide a snapshot overview of VSO's programmes, placing the work of volunteers into the context of the development needs and priorities of each country.
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Bangladesh
Cambodia
Cameroon
China
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Malawi
Maldives
Mongolia
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Tajkistan
Tanzania
Thailand/Burma
Uganda
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh - 10 facts
Bangladesh - 5 Minutes with...
Bangladesh - Karen Dahlgren
Bangladesh - Matan Hasda
Bangladesh - Meredith Alexander
Bangladesh - Sarah Barnett
Bangladesh - Tim Sowula
Cambodia - Tricia Sloan - 5 minutes with…
Case Study - Loide Mpinge - Namibia
Case Study - Bola Ojo
Case Study - Dave Sternberg - Bangladesh
Case Study - Oliver Jefferis - Malawi
Case Study - Patricia Flynn
Case Study - Seamus Bennett
Case Study: Julie Wilson - Nepal
David Whittaker - Fundraiser in Zambia
Eritrea - 5 minutes with Yohannes Tesfamichael, Country Director
Eritrea - John and Janet Mellor
Eritrea - Josephine Querido
Eritrea - Richard Bates
Eritrea - Sandy Biggar
Eritrea - Steffen Ferweda
Eritrea - Ten quick facts
Ethiopia - 5 facts
Ethiopia - 5 minutes with Country Director, Patricia Sellick
Ethiopia - Julian Bass, IT Trainer
Ethiopia - Richard Taylor
Five "unpopular" countries
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Gambia - Angela Spielsinger
Ghana - Ruth Law
Guyana - Marilyn Brophy
Guyana Gallery
Happy 10th Birthday VSO Ethiopia!
Indonesia - Jo Clements
Indonesia - Katrina Smith
Kenya - 10 facts
Kenya - 5 minutes with
Kenya - Elwin Wolters
Kenya - Remi Thackrey
Kenya - Remy Thackrey - Business
Kenya - Robin Bacon
Kenya - Sjoerd Spaanjaars
Malawi - 5 facts
Malawi - Anne Sanderson
Malawi - Anne Sanderson, Occupational Therpaist
Malawi - Eric Taylor
Malawi - healthcare programme
Malawi - Katrien Deschamps
Malawi - Margie Sembereka
Malawi - Pam Wilson
Malawi - Pam Wilson's story
Malawi - Scotland - Global Xchange
Malawi - Vester Chisale
Malawi - Vester Chisale.
Maldives - 5 facts
Maldives - 5 Minutes with Country Director, Shiva Aryal
Maldives - Angela Norman
Maldives - Gill Howeson
Maldives - Keith Mellor
Mongolia - 10 facts
Mongolia - Carlito Esmas, VSO Business Development Adviser
Mongolia - Maija Elina Paasiaro, Fundraiser and Capacity Builder, Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia - Maria Wells, VSO Education Management Adviser, Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia - Spend five minutes with Alison Rusinow, Country Director
Namibia - Caroline Webster, NAHT Partnership
Namibia - Derek Angood, NAHT Partnership
Namibia - Jill Hudson
Namibia - Jill Hudson - NAHT Partnership
Nepal - Rutti Goldberger
Pakistan - 10 facts
Pakistan - 5 minutes with Arif Jabbar Khan, Country Director
Pakistan - Abdul Qayyum
Pakistan - Gillian Thornton
Pakistan - Irene Daguno
Pakistan - Shaista Rashid
Papua New Guinea (case study) - Laura Carse
Papua New Guinea Gallery
Rwanda - 5 minutes with Alex Bisanukuli, Country Director
Rwanda - Antonia Eastman
Rwanda - Emma Hayward
Rwanda - Laetitia Jan
Rwanda - Mary McCarthy
Rwanda - Meg Fletcher
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - 50th anniversary
Sierra Leone - Maria Hernandez
Sierra Leone - Stuart Malcolm
Sierra Leone - The happiness factor by Maro McNab, YFD volunteer
Sri Lanka (Case study: Katherine Allen)
Talk the Tok
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Ten facts about Kazakhstan
Ten facts about Mozambique
Ten facts about Nigeria
Ten facts about Rwanda
Ten facts about The Philippines
The Ghana Volunteer Experience: 10 Fascinating Facts
Three generations of Forshaws
UK - April Pearman
UK - Terence Ward
UK - Vicki Clark
Vietnam - Richard O'Brien
Zambia - June Mcintyre
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