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.