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Response to Indonesia landslide
(9 March 2006)
A series of landslides in the Manggarai district in Flores, Indonesia, has caused an estimated 40 to 130+ fatalities, with four entire villages destroyed. VSO staff, volunteers and Indonesian partners are assessing the potential for VSO's involvement in the longer term recovery of these communities.
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Life and work of VSO volunteers in China shown on the Central TV station
(07 February 2007)
Paul Hider and Lesley Tidmarsh, two VSO-China volunteers were the subjects of a live TV programme on China’s Central TV Station just before the New Year.
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Rebuilding Education in Rwanda
(25 September 2006)
Two thirds of teachers were killed or exiled and much education infrastructure was destroyed during the 1994 genocide in the east African country. VSO volunteers are helping the redevelopment process.
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Volunteers help communities feed themselves by working together
(1 September 2006)
Food shortages in Mozambique combined with a growing HIV & AIDS pandemic are exacerbating a cycle of poverty. Read how two VSO volunteers are helping to change this.
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Indonesian earthquake response
(29 May 2006)
Following the earthquake in Indonesian, VSO can confirm that all volunteers working in Indonesia have been accounted for and are safe and unhurt.
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Preserving fish proves an effective way of preserving the peace
(25 May 2006)
VSO marine biologist Edwin van Helmond has discovered a surprising link between natural resources management and preventing conflict on the island of Mindanao.
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East Africa food crisis
(12 May 2006)
A look at how VSO volunteers are working towards long-term solutions to the drought and potential starvation affecting East Africa.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown meets VSO Volunteers in Mozambique
(12 April 2006)
Chancellor Gordon Brown meet VSO volunteers at a Teaching Training College as part of his trip to Mozambique this week.
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