Together we can change our world

VSO enables people to share their skills and experience with communities throughout the developing world to tackle disadvantage and to realize people's potential.

We don't send money, equipment or aid. We send volunteers.

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A gift that changes lives and keeps on growing … Your support for VSO Canada will ensure that the volunteers you help send overseas make a lasting impact on the lives of those we ultimately seek to assist - the men, women and children living in poverty and disadvantage in developing countries. Your donation will help us send skilled, committed volunteers who have the training and support that will enable them to achieve meaningful change.

VSO volunteers share their skills with local people and work with them to achieve goals that benefit their communities. Our volunteers work as part of locally-managed programs, which means that the benefits continue to be realized long after VSO volunteers return home.

So when you support VSO today, your gift will help people get the chance for a better life- year after year.

Alternatively if you wish to make a donation you may download and print our donation coupon and return it to:

VSO Canada
806-151 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5H3, Canada
FAX (613) 234-1444.

If you wish to make a donation by phone or if you have any questions you may contact Donor Services by calling 1-888-876-2911 extension 229. You may also email us at

Information for US donors
All Canadian gifts made to VSO are eligible for a donation receipt. If you are living in the United States, please visit the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) America website and they will forward your donation to us. CAF America will issue a US charitable donation receipt to you.

Join our Circle of Friends!
All donors receive Marafiki (Kiswahili for "circle of friends"), VSO Canada's bi-annual newsletter, filled with stories from our overseas volunteers.

Call to Action:
Have you ever noticed that when you throw a pebble into a pool of water the ripples continue to spread, long after the pebble itself has disappeared? more

Your support at work:
  In Ghana VSO has helped to develop a National Volunteering Program where graduates from the cities of southern Ghana can volunteer to spend a year teaching in northern schools.
  VSO has been working with a network of social organizations in Sri Lanka since 2003. Since the tsunami disaster in 2004, VSO volunteers have worked tirelessly to support relief efforts and rebuild lives and livelihoods.
  People in Chifwima, Zambia call it the 'Canada Bridge'. They are able to walk to school, or to a health clinic, or take produce to a market thanks to a new community bridge and the work of VSO.