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Contact us to learn how we can assist your library to meet the increasing demands of patrons and administrators to do more with less.

Volunteers Services Association

http://www.vsa.org.nz/what-you-can-do/volunteer-overseas-hub/volunteer-overseas/

Volunteer vacancies

All VSA’s volunteering assignments are based on our principle of skills-sharing - committed volunteers from Aotearoa New Zealand working alongside committed local people. Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds, from accountants and lawyers, to carpenters and eco-tourism operators.
- See more at: http://www.vsa.org.nz/what-you-can-do/volunteer-overseas-hub/volunteer-overseas/#sthash.tXWCPyKF.dpuf

Volunteer vacancies

All VSA’s volunteering assignments are based on our principle of skills-sharing - committed volunteers from Aotearoa New Zealand working alongside committed local people. Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds, from accountants and lawyers, to carpenters and eco-tourism operators.
- See more at: http://www.vsa.org.nz/what-you-can-do/volunteer-overseas-hub/volunteer-overseas/#sthash.tXWCPyKF.dpuf

Connecting people – transforming lives

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA)

• What we're doing
• What you can do
• About VSA
• What's new

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Volunteer vacancies

All VSA’s volunteering assignments are based on our principle of skills-sharing - committed volunteers from Aotearoa New Zealand working alongside committed local people. Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds, from accountants and lawyers, to carpenters and eco-tourism operators.

Register your interest

Register with VSA to find out about new vacancies. Or if you are already registered, login to update your details.

Log in or register now

Support our work

It costs money to send volunteers overseas and every dollar you donate to VSA contributes towards programmes that really do work.

Donate now

Volunteer with VSA

Find out about volunteering overseas with VSA - how it works, your options and what's involved.

Volunteering with VSA

What makes a good volunteer?

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  Hear our partners talk about what makes a good volunteer.

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- See more at: http://www.vsa.org.nz/what-you-can-do/volunteer-overseas-hub/volunteer-overseas/#sthash.tXWCPyKF.dpuf

Connecting people – transforming lives

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA)

• What we're doing
• What you can do
• About VSA
• What's new

Home › What you can do › Volunteer › Volunteer vacancies

Volunteer vacancies

All VSA’s volunteering assignments are based on our principle of skills-sharing - committed volunteers from Aotearoa New Zealand working alongside committed local people. Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds, from accountants and lawyers, to carpenters and eco-tourism operators.

Register your interest

Register with VSA to find out about new vacancies. Or if you are already registered, login to update your details.

Log in or register now

Support our work

It costs money to send volunteers overseas and every dollar you donate to VSA contributes towards programmes that really do work.

Donate now

Volunteer with VSA

Find out about volunteering overseas with VSA - how it works, your options and what's involved.

Volunteering with VSA

What makes a good volunteer?

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  Hear our partners talk about what makes a good volunteer.

View Video

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- See more at: http://www.vsa.org.nz/what-you-can-do/volunteer-overseas-hub/volunteer-overseas/#sthash.tXWCPyKF.dpuf

Volunteers Services Abroad and my daughter Gabrielle

This is from my second daughter, as most of you live overseas, I am posting this for you to be aware of VSA, Volunteers Services Abroad. It is similar to the Peace corp that we were exposed to from USA.
What shall I say about my daughter Gabrielle? Even when she was in primary school, she was very aware of social issues. She volunteered in the Singapore Zoo.The first time she went, they gave her the worst job. Yet she persisted in going.

How should I feel when my daughter gives up a very cushy lawyer's job to become a volunteer in a remote pacific island? I trained her to have social consciousnesses. She had been to and helped me with my charity work. Now I just have to give my blessing and pray nothing bad will happen.

As a mum, am I happy for her to go.  That's her calling, and I am proud of her.

Ann
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I'm heading to the Solomons in July for 12-18 months with Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA).
To raise funds and awareness of VSA's work, I'm putting on a mid-week autumnal feast and would love for you to get some friends together to come along to a night of delicious food and drink, music and quality company.
The lush menu will be brought to you by my extremely talented friends: Meg Abbott-Walker (vino), Petra Galler (dinner) and Takumi Robert-Woodward (dessert).
$85 a ticket includes a 3 course meal and wine and is limited to 60 seats.
Please email me at gabrielle.chin@gmail.com to RSVP and let me know any dietary requirements (dinner is veggo-friendly).
If you can't make it along on the night I would appreciate any contribution! My fundraising page is at: http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/GabrielleChin/

A Fundraising Feast

Wednesday, June 3 at 7:30pm

Alleluya Bar & Cafe in Auckland, New Zealand

Nepal Earthquake 2015: Helping Hands

 Pasang and Prinka

Prinka is actively involved with the "Helping hands" for the aftermath of the Nepalese Earthquake.

They are trying to help remote affected places through "Helping Hands". The youths from Prinka's home, Pokhara. Prinka's sister and medical teams are involved. Her home village is affected with cracks in the houses but they have no where to go.

Prinka was in Mt Albert Baptist Church to man the donation buckets. Pasang came after working in the barista machine.

The funds will be used to buy medicine, tents and food. Tonight (Sunday evening) there will be a candle night at Aotea Square.

Ann's speaking engagements

Ann's writing has led to speaking engagements. Here Ann spoke at The New Zealand Chinese Association.

Ann has spoken on many topics from Asian Culture, bereavement, to doctors, to libraries,  to university students and high school students.

give domestic staff a day off ????

In my 16 years in Singapore, I refused to employ a full time domestic helper. I cringe when people talk about maids.

I have seen good employers, I have seen really bad employers. I even made official complaints.  No doubt there were bad apples in both parties.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201504231255-0024709

A new video calls on Singapore's employers to give their domestic workers at least one day off per week to mark Labour Day on May 1. The initiative IGiveADayOff.org was organised by migrant workers group Transient Workers' Count Two (TWC2) and marketing firm Ogilvy & Mather.

Interviewers ask mothers and their domestic staff a series of question about their children, with the children's answers shown separately. The video concludes, "Shouldn't we spend more time with our children? Let's give domestic workers their legal days off".

New Zealand Chinese Association Book Talk

 Thanks to Helen who organised my talk.

The New Zealand Chinese Association kindly hosted my book talk/presentation. I also showed the Youtube of the A Chinese boy in Sarawak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd0sylp3Zm4&feature=youtu.be 

I enjoyed myself and my audience had fun, listening to a talk peppered with my Quang Ning dialect which they could understand.