Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
Dreamcast in the Spotlight
Ayesha Evans and Antony Church are on assignment with Dreamcast Theatre in Honiara to help young creatives turn their passion into a career.
Qualified Child Nurse in Rarotonga
Like many experiencing the rippling effects of the global pandemic, Molly says the lockdown gave her time to assess her current priorities which then lead to exploring options that would fulfil her desire to connect with communities.
Kate Wareham Samoa Visit
VSA’s recently appointed Te Tumu Whakarae (CEO) Kate Wareham, and Marketing Communication Manager, Sarah Maxwell, travelled to Samoa and connected with VSA’s Samoa Programme Manager, Lagi Natanielu.
SWAG empowering women in business
Samoa Women's Association of Growers (SWAG) are a group of women who share a collective ambition to build a positive future for themselves and their fanau/whānau.
Sports 4 Life
We spoke to UniVol, Lauren Turner, about the phenomenal mahi she is achieving in partnership with the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee.
VSA volunteers over the years
We wish to acknowledge the volunteers and their accompanying partners over the last 60+ years.
COVID Calls for Connection
Volunteer Service Abroad has nine local volunteers working within COVID-19 response groups in Solomon Islands.
Real Economic Benefit
A Cook Island farmer's dream to process kuru breadfruit into flour for local consumption, and to export, is one step closer thanks to help from Volunteer Service Abroad.
Communicating through a storm
Despite the challenges of remote work, Grace Loftus's assignment has given her the opportunity to meet many interesting people living all over the Pacific.
Like Building a Ship at Sea
VSA volunteers and South Africa’s first non-racial, democratic election
60 years of volunteering
VSA President, Dr Simon Mark reflects on the last two decades for VSA.
Fight against COVID-19 in the Solomon Islands
Supporting and enabling volunteering is what VSA knows how to do, and these skills are helping with the COVID-19 outbreak in the…
Pacific Tourism Organisation partners with VSA
2.1.2022 - The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) and Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) are now collaborating to support tourism in…
Getting Tonga’s crops buzzing
Debra Allan never thought she’d become a beekeeper, but that was before her and Uili Lousi’s concerns about climate change and passion for their Pacific home led them to establish OHAI.
Life as an Emergency Doctor
Having worked in Emergency Departments for many years, Dr Mandy Masters is the ideal doctor to be onsite at Northern Provincial Hospital Luganville, developing procedures and training to make the department run efficiently.
Students Abroad
More than a decade and a half from when he first floated the concept with VSA staff and on the eve of his retirement, Otago University Professor, Tony Binns, looks back on the UniVol programme and the hundreds of students it has placed on development assignments abroad.
