Volunteers — and the institutions benefiting from their time and skills — want to change how the volunteer role fits into global development.
“Going forward, I see a hybrid model,” Philip Goodwin, CEO of VSO International, told Devex.
VSO — which deployed volunteers in 25 countries in 2015 to work on projects related to education, health and poverty reduction — is known for its unusual and thus far successful practice of deploying mostly local and regional staff in its 2,500-strong volunteer workforce.
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Molly Andersmollyanders_dev
Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
