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VSO turns 50:
50 years of sharing skills, changing lives
Something big and exciting is brewing in the world of volunteering. And it’s not about another Hollywood star turning humanitarian activist. You guessed it… VSO is turning 50!
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Working with volunteers in the fight against trafficking in persons
VSO Bahaginan conducted the "Working with Volunteers in the Fight
Against Trafficking in Persons: A Basic Volunteer Programme
Development and Management Course" to twelve participants from seven
organizations implementing anti-trafficking programmes.
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Bahaginan Updates
The first KaBAHAGI fellow posted
Malawi health officials on Philippine tour tackle HIV & AIDS in forum
Young volunteers making a difference
Paper on Filipino volunteer’s work in Mongolia presented in international conference
Recruitment roadshows in Luzon
Volunteer Stories
Letters from Nepal
Experience Nepal through the stories of two Pinoy volunteers living and working for the first time in this mysterious country.
A Volunteer’s Travelogue
by Doods Abacajin
Making waves in Nepal by Noel Niervo
My time in The Gambia
August 2007 marks my six months as a VSO volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa. I came here as a Food Security Advisor working at the Agency for the Development of Women and Children (ADWAC), a national NGO, formerly Save the Children.
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Nothing In This Life Comes For Free
Nothing in this life comes for free
Everything we decide and do have a price to pay
A mother experiences pain to give birth to a baby
An example of this, as I think about it today.
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Filipino volunteers share their skills in developing countries, working in places unknown to them to bring about lasting change. They need your help in preparing for their placements overseas. Or you can choose to support our national volunteering efforts where we help to strengthen various local organizations.Make a donation now.
CURRENT VOLUNTEER POSTINGS
We’re recruiting professionals with these skills to start placements in the next six months. If you’re qualified and experienced in a profession listed below, we want to hear from you.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- MIS (Management Information Systems) Adviser
- IT Specialist:
Will establish internal communication systems in the district and regions. Preferably with experience in database systems and language programs and knowledge of GIS - IT Trainer:
Will train others on applications, programming, network administration, hardware maintenance and troubleshooting
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
- Organizational development advisers
- Monitoring and Evaluation specialists
- Small business advisers
- Business development advisers
TECHNICAL & NATURAL RESOURCES
- Agriculturists (with extension/livelihood experience)
- Vocational skills instructors (in mechanics, carpentry/woodwork, craft product design)
- Environmental management specialists (coastal, upland)
COMMUNITY WORK & RESEARCH
- Social work managers
- Researchers on macroeconomics
HEALTH
- Public health specialists in environment health/ maternal and child health / community development
- Doctors (surgeons, pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists, GP/hospital doctors, family medicine, internal medicine)
- Midwives
EDUCATION
- Education Managers
- Special Education Teachers (with module development experience)
- Special Education Teachers (specializing in visually impaired)
FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Fundraisers
- Advocacy specialists (Gender, Human Rights, HIV & AIDS)
OTHERS
- Livelihoods (fisheries) adviser
- Eco-tourism manager
- Small business & tourism adviser
For further information and inquiries, visit www.vsobahaginan.org.ph, email us at bahaginan@vsoint.org or call 3746450 to 52 loc 21. Or write to us: The Director, VSO BAHAGINAN Unit 505 Pacific Corporate Center, 131 West Ave., Quezon City 1105.
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