Money matters

Recently selected volunteers are proving to be an inventive lot when it comes to fundraising for VSA before they leave to go on assignment. Read More

The Top of the South Branch raised $1,673 at a screening of the film The First Grader and a raffle held in Nelson on 27 November. Read More

Our June appeal raised $6,355.00 to support VSA volunteers working alongside local tourism operators in the Pacific. Your donations help send volunteers such as Linda Bennie who helped set up the training restaurant at the Torgil Rural Training Centre in Vanuatu. A great example of locally identified, locally relevant and locally delivered development. Read More

Thanks for generously supporting our March appeal: Rebuilding communities in the Pacific.  The appeal raised $11,198.60 with the highest donation of $1,200 coming from a Christchurch couple who told us to "keep up the good work". Read More

It costs money to send volunteers overseas, so we ask all volunteers to raise at least $2,000 for VSA before beginning their assignments. Fundraising is not compulsory, but it is strongly encouraged. Every dollar raised is used to keep our programmes in action and support future volunteers. Read More

'Send a Kiwi this Christmas' our first appeal that gave supporters the opportunity to buy volunteer days for family and friends for Christmas was launched in November 2010. Read More

A decade of civil war disrupted the lives of a generation of Bougainvilleans. You can help them rebuild their communities. Read More

This October, we tried something new by using the work featured in Vista magazine as the focus for our appeal. Many of our VSA volunteers are working with our neighbours in the Pacific to bring about positive change. Read More

Each year VSA runs two development appeals in March and October. The money raised from these appeals is used to help meet the in-country costs of our 100 volunteers who are in the field at any one time. Read More