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1969 – 2019: VMM’s Enduring Mission with the Diocese of Lodwar, Turkana, Kenya
VMM Volunteers Helping to Bring Services to a Forgotten Land In Turkana county, north western Kenya, since the early days of the Diocese of Lodwar, VMM volunteers have been at the heart of implementing health and educational services and empowering vulnerable members of the community to improve their prospects,…
VMM Safeguarding & Protection Programme Initiates New Child Rights Clubs in Kenya
Child Rights & Responsibilities Clubs Empowering Children In July, VMM International Child and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding and Protection Manager, Lucy Monari, travelled from Nairobi to join Project Assistant, Dalmas Obora, in Kitale, Kenya, to hold a teachers’ workshop with the aim of initiating Child Rights and Responsibility Clubs in schools…
‘Too Hot to Handle’: An Extract from the ‘VMM Stories’ Book
Sally Graham went as a volunteer maternity nurse with VMM to Uganda, in 1986. For VMM’s 50th Anniversary celebration in Dublin last September, she wrote for the book ‘VMM Stories’ of her experiences in such trying circumstances; of the nerve, resolve and cool heads required when you arrive just as…
Short Term Volunteering is an Exchange: Sharing, Learning and Reflecting in a New Community
VMM Short Term Volunteering: A Memorable and Addictive Experience Noel and Eileen Ryall, a couple from Midleton in Cork, have returned from their short term volunteering placement with the Justice and Mercy Community in Oyugis, southern Kenya. One of VMM International’s partner organisations, over the last twenty-five years JAM has…
Volunteering as a Couple: for Community and the Sustainable Development Goals
A Couple in a JAM Are Called on to Volunteer across Multiple SDGs The Justice and Mercy Community in Oyugis, southern Kenya, is a community development organisation which has grown from a small seed over the last twenty-five years to offer a range of health, education and livelihoods services and…
VMM Volunteers and Local Staff: Working for Community
Occupational Therapy Community Services in Arusha, Tanzania Salome Mushi is an Occupational Therapist at the Faraja Pallotti Centre in Esso Parish, Arusha, Tanzania. Faraja provides free therapy services for 200 children and 75 adults, plus 30 to 40 service users who attend on a weekly basis, including training sessions for…
VMM 50th Anniversary Celebration: Liverpool September 9th!
You Are Invited to VMM’s 50th Anniversary Celebration SAVE the DATE for VMM’s 50th Anniversary Celebration September 9th, at Liverpool Hope University Many, like founder Edwina Gateley, will be travelling from afar to join in the festivities commemorating 50 years of VMM. This is an opportunity to hear her speak…
Volunteering Offers A Unique Insight On Cultures, On Life
Volunteering: Fully Immersed in Your Role, As Well As Your Community In 2018 Melissa Scott was a long-term Volunteer in Chilanga, a small town outside of Lusaka, Zambia, in a community school for orphaned and vulnerable children. Her official title is ‘Teacher Mentor’ but this included covering classes, teaching computer lessons, providing…