VSO Community

Welcome

The VSO online community is a virtual meeting place for anyone who would like to be involved with VSO in the Netherlands in an easily accessible manner. Within this online meeting place, you can get in touch with all kinds of people who care about VSO. From individual givers to (former) volunteers.

Are you curious about the experience of a volunteer in Malawi? Do you want to offer your skills as a peer supporter, by helping people who are working abroad as a volunteer? Or are you thinking about working as a volunteer for VSO in the Netherlands, but you don’t know exactly what suits you? On the platform you can find members who can help and inspire you. The community platform is there for you!

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Active members

76

The number of countries our volunteers have worked in

Why you should sign up

  • Find other VSO community members
  • Contact each other easily
  • Share your skills & experience
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Why Sarah joined the VSO community

I strongly support VSO's vision and mission. We do not transfer knowledge and experience through means, but through people. This is how we really bring lasting change to people's lives. It is also very special to be part of such an international group and be able to commit myself to development cooperation from the Netherlands as well. Thanks to the VSO Community, I stay involved with these people and with VSO. However, I am pleased that it is not only an online platform. The genuine encounter remains the most valuable for me.Read more

Why Chris joined the VSO community…

The VSO community gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with VSO as an organisation, but especially with the people behind it as well. The great thing about VSO is that it's really about the people in the field. I signed up because I'm curious about the current work of VSO staff. I think it would be interesting to see the developments in Namibia, for example. I also hope that people who are currently in the field and new volunteers can benefit from my experiences.Read more

Why Jasper joined the VSO community…

What makes the community interesting is that volunteers from all sorts of different disciplines are deployed. In this way you can learn from each other, meet like-minded people, inspire each other and interesting interaction can develop. You help each other out from your own network. It is great to be involved with VSO in this way and to meet fellow volunteers via the platform and of course at live events.Read more

About VSO

We bring people from different backgrounds, expertise and experiences together to fight poverty. Last year 7,475 volunteers worked alongside partners, communities and institutions to support 1.5 million people across education, health and livelihoods initiatives.

In 2017/18:

  • We supported over 900,000 people to access better healthcare.
  • Our work improving access and quality of education reached over 325,000 people.
  • We helped improve access to food and income for 115,000 people.

We make a difference in 23 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, focusing on improving the health, education and livelihoods of the most marginalised in society.

You can visit our Dutch website or the International website.

FAQ

  • What is the VSO community platform?

    The VSO online community is a virtual meeting place for anyone who would like to be involved with VSO in an easily accessible manner. Within this online meeting place, you can get in touch with all kinds of people who care about VSO.

     

  • Who can join the community platform?

    Everyone who supports the mission, vision and values of VSO and acts according to them, is welcome to join the VSO community. All VSO employees, workers, volunteers, consultants and agency workers act according to the Global Code of Conduct.

  • How can I contribute to the community?

    You can contribute to the VSO Community in many different ways. By creating a profile, you can indicate which skills and experiences you want to share. You can simply participate as a community member, however if you would like more commitment you can also ask for the available vacancies in order to become part of one of the volunteer pools.

  • Why do I need to register?

    In order to make the VSO community platform a useful, interactive and valuable place to interact with other VSO volunteers, supporters and staff members we need to collect certain data from you. This data enables us to make a platform where you can present yourself and find others based on skills or common interests.

  • How do I sign-up/ create a profile?

    To create a profile go to sign up and fill in the registration form. The registration will take around 5 minutes. At the end of the registration form, click complete registration. Following the registration a confirmation email with your username and password will be send to your email address. You can then log in on the platform with the username and password provided to you.

  • Why is the platform in English?

    The platform is entirely in English, in order to be accessible for international community members.

  • I forgot my password, what do I do?

    If you have forgotten your password please send an email to the community manager Judith Boekel (community@vso.nl).

  • How can I come in contact with fellow community members?

    By signing up, you can easily find your fellow community members. You can use the search filters provided or simply type in your search into the search bar and find members on for example their name or the country in which they volunteered. Try to fill in your profile as complete as possible in order to get the most out of the platform.

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