VSO Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
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VSO Ireland is a charity based in Dublin, Ireland working on education, health, employment & skills +2 more.
VSO Ireland is an Irish charity, constituted as a company limited by guarantee, that works through volunteers and partners to advance education and relieve poverty in developing countries. Its charitable purpose, set out in its constitution, is to advance education and aid in the relief of poverty anywhere in the world. Its work focuses on education, health and livelihoods, with a volunteering-for-development approach that prioritises the most marginalised people. It operates in countries including Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Mozambique, and is a subsidiary of VSO, an international development organisation registered in England and Wales. VSO Ireland is governed by a Board of Directors that meets three times a year and holds an Annual General Meeting to approve its statutory accounts.
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Inclusive and resilient education programme
Education · Uganda, Pakistan
Supports children and girls to build literacy and numeracy skills and removes barriers to school attendance, including for children with disabilities.
Resilient livelihoods programme
Employment & Skills · Kenya
Helps women waste pickers in Dandora, Nairobi, to increase income through skills training, safer working conditions and fair pricing for recyclable waste.
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Health · Ethiopia, Sierra Leone
Works to improve health services and rights for marginalised people, including neonatal care and adolescent and youth health and wellbeing.
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Irish Aid, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Bentley Systems, IBM, Accenture, Mondelēz International, Ben & Jerry's
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