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Update from VSO in Pakistan following monsoon floods

18/08/2010 00:01:00

Devastating floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan. The flooding, triggered by monsoon rains, has already claimed an estimated 1,600 lives and 4.5 million people are still stranded in remote areas of the country. The floods have also impacted the economy, with an estimated loss of Rs 40 billion in the agriculture sector.

VSO Jitolee's Global Education team launches photography competition

30/07/2010 11:07:00

The VSO Global Education Committee has launched a climate change photograph competition on Facebook. The VSO Global Education Committee has launched a climate change photograph competition on Facebook. Enter the competition and you could win copies of Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai’s books Unbowed and Challenge for Africa signed by the lady herself.

VSO welcomes UN decision on women’s agency but calls on swift decisions to agree budget and mandate

16/09/2009 14:51:00

VSO welcomes the positive steps the UN General Assembly has taken in expressing unanimous support for the creation a UN women’s agency to be headed by a new Under Secretary-General (USG).

VSO officially opens new programme office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

24/06/2009 00:01:00

VSO officially opens its programme office in Tajikistan on 25 June 2009 following its official registration in Tajikistan last September. The British ambassador, His Excellency Mr. Trevor Moore, will host the official launch of VSO’s newest country programme.

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