International

Encouraging health workers to speak out for their rights

VSO Uganda's Pete Barnard (left) and Prof George Kirya

Last Friday I attended the official launch of VSO’s ‘Our Side of the Story: Ugandan health workers speak up.’ The event took place in Kampala, in the gardens of VSO Uganda’s office. Some of the guests included officials from the Ministry of Health, civil society, professionals associations, health workers, donors… Read more »

Living below the line in Ghana

VSO Ghana Country Director lives below the line

Reading about Magnus and his ‘living below the line’ challenge had me wondering if it was possible  to feed myself on the equivalent of £1 a day here in Accra. I asked my Ghanaian colleagues in the office if they thought it was possible. They thought it would be but only if it wasn’t… Read more »

Tackling our assumptions about volunteering

Participant at workshop

I felt fortunate at the end of last month to join a group of VSO volunteers who were at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to learn about systemic action research, and how they will be able to apply this methodology to VSO’s Valuing Volunteering project.

You may remember Violeta Vajda… Read more »