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VMM UK Office to Continue Work of Irish Office
It’s with deep regret that that the Board of Directors of VMM International, an Irish-incorporated charity, has decided that the company should be wound up in accordance with its Constitution, in a timely and orderly fashion. This follows a meeting of the trustees in Dublin in July of this year.…
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…
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…
The Power of a Short Term Volunteering Experience
Margaret Fitzpatrick volunteered with VMM on our short term programme in late 2018 as a nursery nurse in Uganda. Here, in her own words, follows the story of how she came to join VMM and the experiences she had on her placement which guided her journey to committing to the…
Open Role: VMM Chief Executive Officer (Dublin)
Overview VMM Chief Executive Officer – CEO Term of post Permanent – subject to satisfactory completion of nine months probationary period. Applicant to confirm legal right to be in paid employment in UK & Ireland. Salary and Conditions The salary is in the range of €45,000 to €50,000,…
VMM International Continuing to Safeguard and Protect Children
VMM International’s Safeguarding & Protection Programme The VMM International Safeguarding & Protection Programme and the work of Safeguarding Manager, Lucy Monari, and Positive Discipline Programme Volunteer, Eilís McDonald, continue to spread and support safeguarding training and activities, creating awareness and protecting the rights of children and vulnerable adults, at community level through our network…