Why fundraise?
It costs £15,000 to recruit, train and send a volunteer overseas. Although much of VSO’s funding is obtained from DIFD, last year VSO's fundraising department raised £9 million and the target and demand is even higher next year.
The money you raise could help volunteers fight global poverty and disadvantage in the following ways:
- £50: provides HIV and AIDS training for a VSO volunteer to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in local communities throughout Zambia.
- £250: helps a VSO volunteer to train 20 local teachers in special teaching methods and in the management of Special Needs Units in Kenya in order to support children with disabilities.
- £1000: helps to fund a community-initiated project in The Gambia that, with the support of a VSO volunteer, could help to set up small enterprises run by local communities.