Volunteer comings and goings

Check out who has returned to New Zealand over the past three months and the latest group of volunteers heading out on assignment.

Bill Hardie – working with a microfinance organisation in Timor-Leste, ASIA

Published on 27th March 2012

Bill worked for a microfinance organisation called Moris Rasik. It is a local NGO that is now in the process of becoming a corporate. It started from nothing in 2000 and now employs 130 staff and has 12,000 clients throughout Timor-Leste. They have loans ranging in size from US$50 to US$10,000. Read More

Fleur de Souza – Working with farmers in Svay Chrum, Cambodia, ASIA

Published on 6th March 2012

Fleur worked for Cambodia Farmer Economic Development (CFED), a local grassroots NGO helping the poorest of the poor farmers in around 19 villages, working with more than 900 families in the district of Svay Chrum, Cambodia. Read More

David Redman – Supporting the rights of Tanzanian miners, AFRICA

Published on 6th March 2012

David worked for a local organisation, HakiMadini (Mineral Rights) in northern Tanzania. HakiMadini started off representing small scale miner rights abuses in the late 1990s and has now become a leading civil organisation in mineral resource governance, working extensively with mining communities. Read More

Catherine van Gessel – Setting up a Tanzanian kindergarten, AFRICA

Published on 6th March 2012

Catherine worked in a small rural village at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Kindergarten. Read More

Anna Ravendran – Sexual health for youth in Vanuatu, MELANESIA

Published on 6th March 2012

Anna worked with Vanuatu NGO, Northern Care Youth Centre (NCYC) – a free health clinic based in Santo, focusing on sexual health for young people. Her role was to help staff develop IT skills to allow them to be more effective in their roles. Read More