Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
On Assignment with VSA: Hugo Egan in Timor-Leste
21.02.2019 - Hugo Egan volunteered as a Marketing & Library Coordination Assistant with the Xanana Gusmao Reading Room in Timor…
Health and Wellbeing Programme in Tonga - Marg Armstrong
11.02.2019 - Marg Armstrong is volunteering with the Nishi Foundation in Tonga to help develop Mai e Nima, a programme to educate…
Christmas in Santo Vanuatu, December 2018 - Wendy Griffin
14.01.2019 - Wendy is currently volunteering as an Adult Literacy and Numeracy Officer with the Vanuatu Agriculture College. She…
Finn's takeover
19.12.2018 In November 2018, Finn Egan took over VSA's Instagram and Facebook pages to post his reflections on his assignment. If…
Kayt's takeover
17.12.2018 - In December 2018, Kayt Bronnimann took over VSA's Instagram and Facebook pages to post her reflection on her…
IVD in pictures
14.12.2018 - On December 5, volunteers all over the Pacific celebrated International Volunteer Day. New volunteer Shonagh Lindsay…
Reflections on a year with the UNDP Pacific Office
13.02.2018 - Reflections on a year with the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji’s women in politics programme.
Christine Ross volunteered…
International Volunteer Day 2018
05.12.2018 - Our volunteers do great work every day, but Wednesday 5 December is International Volunteer Day, our opportunity to…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Kevin McCarthy
03.12.2018 Kevin is volunteering as a Marketing, Communications and Fundraising Adviser with the Elwood J Euart Association in…
New MOU with Massey University
19.11.2018 - Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) today signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with Massey University to…
One step at a time in Samoa
15.11.2018 - Chris Barnes spent 20 years in the investment industry and then 16 years as a property developer. But it was his…
The family and diabetes
13.11.2018 - The family and diabetes - diabetes concerns every family.Suzanne Rockett is volunteering as a Diabetes Nursing…
On Assignment with VSA: Christine Ramsay
08.11.2019 - "Leitana Nehan’s story began with three women giving birth on the same day in 1990 (in an empty warehouse, hiding…
My Friend Lucy - Marg Armstrong
05.11.2018 - Marg Armstrong is volunteering in Tonga as a Programme Adviser (Healthy Communities) with the Nishi Foundation. She…
Meet Gina Kaiteplel
25.10.2018 - Gina Kaitiplel is Production Coordinator at Further Arts in Port Vila, Vanuatu. This year, VSA commissioned Gina to…
Joy in Tonga
24.10.2018 Accompanying Partners can have just as big an impact as the volunteers they accompany. When Dunedin’s Joy Atkinson…
Special education in Samoa
15.10.2018 - Since 1981, Loto Taumafai Society for People with Disabilities (LTS) has provided quality education, rehabilitation…
Remembering Sue Watt
02.10.2018 - VSA lost a valued member of its whānau in September when Sue Watt passed away.Sue’s career took her from New Zealand…
VSA's Suppliers Event
01.10.2018 - Last week, VSA hosted an event with our suppliers to thank them for their contributions to our work in the Pacific…
Bougainville Chocolate Festival 2018
28.09.2018 - Bougainville Chocolate Festival brings together cocoa farmers, chocolatiers, industry representatives and government…
