The Voluntary Services Overseas International has been quietly implementing wide-ranging changes over the past few years.
The aid agency has been putting in place measures to diversify its sources of income, and save up where it can. It moved its headquarters from Putney to Kingston (both in southwest London), allowed several staff members to work remotely, and increased its fundraising budget to 10 percent as part of its goal to expand its donor base and reduce reliance on strategic grants coming from the U.K. Department for International Development.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
