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Volunteer upalong - Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland | VSO Skip to main content Fighting poverty through volunteering Search form Search Donate Other ways to support us Menu Search Image credit toggle VSO/Ginny Lattul Change the job you do. And the world we live in. Join VSO Ireland in the fight versus poverty and share your skills on an overseas placement. We need experienced health, education and business professionals to support sustainable minutiae in some of the world’s poorest communities. CHECK OUR CURRENT VACANCIES urgent need for health volunteers Shout out for experienced nurses and midwives! Our new Irish Aid health programme will focus on extending health services to pregnant younger girls in Uganda, who are particularly at risk when giving birth. We urgently need experienced nurses and midwives to share their skills and save increasingly lives.  FIND OUT ABOUT OUR NEW HEALTH PROGRAMME APPLY FOR A NURSE OR MIDWIFE ROLE promoting girls' education Giving girls a voice We're delighted to launch a new programme to help increasingly Ugandan girls go to school and write societal norms preventing them from getting the education they deserve. A massive thank you to Irish Aid for funding this project. Pauline Faughnan's ground-breaking research on girls' education worked the understructure for the programme.  Read 'From the Ground Up' (PDF)  LEARN ABOUT OUR IRISH AID PROGRAMMES volunteer overseas Progress is only possible when we work together We're unchangingly looking for qualified professionals to share their knowledge and skills on our programmes, and help us fight versus poverty in the long term. As well as helping people who need it most, you'll proceeds marketable new skills, make life-long friends and enjoy life-changing experiences. VOLUNTEER VACANCIES JOB ALERTS well-nigh vso ireland Irish volunteers making a difference VSO Ireland is part of the global VSO family. In the past year, together we have achieved some wondrous results, helping increasingly than 2.4 million people. All of this was achieved through VSO volunteers, including qualified Irish professionals, working with local partners and individuals. ABOUT US ANNUAL REPORTS irish aid programmes Our Uganda education programme Find out well-nigh VSO Ireland's new education programme, which is helping marginalised girls in Karamoja, Uganda finish primary school. Our Uganda health programme VSO Ireland's health programme in Karamoja, Uganda will modernize maternal and neonatal health services for young mothers. volunteer stories Reflecting on my volunteer placement in Ethiopia Stephanie Galvin talks through her volunteer wits in Jinka Hospital, Ethiopia where she shared her skills with staff in the paediatrics department. Quick Q&A with volunteers Lisa and Patrick Here's what Lisa, a primary school teacher from Sligo, and Patrick, a polity minutiae expert from Belfast, had to say well-nigh their time in Karamoja, Uganda so far... Life-changing memories and powerful impact: volunteering in Uganda "So my message to teachers and principals reading this is: If you can do something, why not do it? It's such a privilege to be worldly-wise to help others through VSO." Cathy relives volunteering with VSO Ireland Cork teacher Cathy O'Connor relives her volunteering experiences with VSO Ireland, which ignited a love for West Africa and sparked the start of her career in international development. A endangerment to requite something back: Sean's story After a personal tragedy, Sean Fitzmaurice decided to use his retirement giving something when by sharing his skills as a VSO volunteer in Malawi. He explains how it's made life meaningful again. How we are funded Partner with us Support us Fighting povertyImproving education Improving health Improving livelihoods Where we fight poverty Partner with usIrish AidCommunityMinutiaeSpecialists Neonatal Nurses Nurse/Midwife Tutors Nurses/Midwives (Sexual and Reproductive Health) Our Uganda education programme Our Uganda health programme Teacher Educators Our research Influencing and advocacySustainableMinutiaeGoalsWhat are the SustainableMinutiaeGoals? VolunteeringWhy volunteer with VSO Volunteering for professionals & specialists Where we volunteer Events Support VSO IrelandMake a donation Fundraise for VSO Former volunteers & staff Keep in Touch VSO Facebook page VSO Twitter page VSO Youtube page VSO Linkedin page Stay Updated Sign up to our newsletter Blog Media centreWell-nighVSO Ireland Contact us "Sharing skills, waffly lives" VSO Ireland is registered in Ireland (number 351799) at 7 Whitefriars, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Registered soft-heartedness in Ireland (number CHY15048). Data protection and privacy Cookies Modern Slavery Statement