Live Below the Line

13 members of VSA staff have taken up the challenge to Live Below the Line. They (along with Lesley's children, Eliza and Max) sent in their thoughts on the experience. Read More

Auckland-based actress Florence Korokoro, who plays Grace Watts in the movie Mr Pip, has signed up to Live Below the Line for VSA after being impressed by the VSA volunteers she met when she returned to Bougainville for several months in 2007. Read More

Dr Anne Perera was a VSA volunteer for two years working as a Food and Nutrition Advisor to the Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) in Tanzania from 2010-2012. Anne will be taking up the challenge to Live Below the Line from 24-28 September, and kindly volunteered to cook up a... Read More

Peter Gordon (photo by Jonathon Gregson). Read More

Education makes it possible for individuals to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better future. Read More

HAFOTI helps train rural Timorese women to make and sell products to earn additional money for their families. The products include banana and cassava chips, virgin coconut oil, tamarind sweets, and traditional handcrafts. Read More

As Laurie knows, schools in the Solomon Islands get very little professional support – it’s an economic and physical reality. But with almost half the country’s teachers being untrained, professional support for teachers and school leaders is very important. Read More

Shona Jennings was due to be travelling during the "official" Live Below the Line week (24-28 September), so she did the challenge early, from 10-14 September. Here's how she found it. Read More

Volunteer to Live Below the Line for VSA - and help us fight poverty with education. Read More

Take the challenge: Live Below the Line and help fund the education work our volunteers do in the wider Pacific. Read More