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How we are funded | VSO Skip to main content Fighting poverty through volunteering Search form Search Donate Other ways to support us Menu Search You are hereHomeAbout VSO Ireland How we are funded VSO Ireland’s work would not be possible without funding and support from Irish Aid, trusts, foundations, private companies and the unstipulated public.  Transparency and value for money is important to VSO Ireland. Read our most recent yearly report and financial statements here. Irish Aid © VSO/Ginny Lattul VSO has successfully set up a Neonatal IntensiveSuperintendencyUnit to provide higher standards of superintendency to newborn babies. Irish Aid funding enables VSO to develop and run sustainable minutiae programmes. Since 2013, VSO Ireland and Irish Aid have had a strategic partnership. It leverages the skills and wits of VSO volunteers to improve: Maternal and neonatal health in Ethiopia Inclusive education in Uganda Good governance in Zambia Volunteers embedded in these communities work to modernize and proffer the reach of services. In Ethiopia, our neonatal intensive superintendency units (NICUs) have reduced newborn death by up to 40%. In Uganda, pass rates in programme schools have gone up. Literacy and numeracy teaching standards are higher. And in Zambia, local government officials have learnt how to include the community in planning and development.  In June 2017, VSO Ireland launched its new girls' education programme in Karamoja, Uganda, which is moreover stuff funded by Irish Aid. This project aims to remove the barriers stopping girls from finishing school or peekaboo it in the first place. We squint forward to seeing the powerful impact Irish volunteers and national volunteers have working side-by-side on this important programme. VSO Ireland is single-minded to promoting volunteering for minutiae as outlined under the Volunteering Initiative in One World, One Future (Ireland’s policy for international development). This recognises the huge contribution Irish volunteers have made, and will continue to make, toward the victory of global sustainable development. It aims to strengthen support for volunteering at each stage of the volunteer process – from providing relevant information to helping returned volunteers settle back into Irish society when they return home from a placement.  VSO Ireland moreover participates in Irish Aid events, including Africa Day and the Volunteering Fair. Corporate partners   On a project funded by Bentley Systems, VSO worked with local partners to install a micro hydroelectric dam in Chitunga, Mozambique, which benefitted local businesses and people. Progress is only possible when we work together. VSO Ireland partners with organisations whose values are in line with our own. They share time, resources and knowledge to ensure our programmes are the weightier they can be.   One such example is Bentley Systems International. Together we created a project that brought round-the-clock electricity to Chitunga in Mozambique. Our hydro-electric dam produces renewable energy that powers local households, businesses and services. Other partners have included IBM, Accenture, Mondelēz International and Ben & Jerry’s. VSO Ireland and Mondelēz International, as part of the Cocoa Life Partnership in Ghana, sent TV Star Lucy Kennedy to Ghana to make a documentary well-nigh the 'Story of Chocolate: from Bean to Bar'. Trusts and foundations Funding from Irish trusts and foundations has reverted the lives of marginalised people in some of the world’s poorest communities. Achievements include: Enabling women in Zimbabwe to reduce the time they spend collecting fuel through the provision of energy-efficient stoves (Bishop’s Appeal) Improving neonatal mortality rates on a healthcare project in Ethiopia (Electric Aid) Supporting a mangrove project in Mozambique (Dublin City Council). Irish public VSO Ireland is extremely grateful to the Irish public who protract to support our work year on year. We have a large number of individual supporters who make regular monthly donations to VSO Ireland to help us in our mission. Without their generosity, some of our work in health, education and livelihoods would simply not be possible.  We are moreover very thankful to our network of returned volunteers who remain engaged with our work and protract to fundraise for VSO. Volunteer fundraising activities provide both reliable financial support and a way of creating awareness of what we do at VSO Ireland. 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