Interviews

New Zealand-born, Samoan-raised in Auckland, Junior Ulu, was VSA’s Pacific Programme Officer from 2003-2011 and is now the Country Programme Manager for Polynesia. Originally a secondary school history teacher, Junior has swapped his classroom for a life working in development with VSA volunteers. Read More

Karen Horton talks about living and working in Timor-Leste as a VSA Country Programme Manager. Read More

Hannah Stewart talks about living and working in Papua New Guinea as a VSA Country Programme Manager.  Read More

Nicholas Latty studied Law and Geography for five years at Otago University and then went on a UniVol assignment to Tanzania.  On his return he came to Wellington to take his professional studies for law – which was when he was snapped up by VSA in search of a new... Read More

Camille Kirtlan has recently started working in our Wellington office as a Programme Officer supporting volunteers in Timor-Leste and Polynesia. Camille has a long history with VSA. She spent four years in South Africa as a volunteer; she then became VSA’s South Africa in-country programme officer, and has just finished... Read More

Like hundreds of current and former VSA volunteers, a little piece of Debbie Snelson’s heart belongs to Africa. Read More

VSA’s Field Officer in Timor-Leste, Jason Weise, was on a 12 month volunteering assignment with the East Timor Development Agency in Timor-Leste when he saw the VSA post advertised. Originally from Brisbane, Jason has been volunteering and working in the development field for the past two years.  Read More

Peter Swain, VSA’s Pacific programme manager, had a dramatic start to his job just over 10 years ago. Read More