Partnerships between nongovernment organizations and the private sector are nothing new, but both sides sometimes struggle to find the right match.
To address that challenge, VSO International announced Friday it will be launching a new corporate volunteering hub in early 2015. The platform that would link businesses, NGOs and other organizations like government ministries seeking to harness each sector’s strengths — companies looking for volunteering placements for its employees and NGOs and other players needing specific skills set widely available in the corporate world.
The idea came about after the U.K.-based volunteering organization and its corporate partner Accenture realized the growing “appetite and need for business skills in development programs,” Michael Mapstone, head of corporate partnerships at VSO, told Devex.
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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.
