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Short term roles in Tanzania

VSO is piloting a flexible new way of volunteering for a range of placements in Tanzania. Rather than going for a full 12 months, we ask you to visit for 2-3 weeks every 2-3 months. Does this sound like the type of opportunity you’ve been looking for?
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Why volunteer with VSO?

VSO sends experienced professionals like you to share your professional skills with people living in poverty in developing countries. In doing so, you can bring about lasting change in their lives... and yours. By volunteering with VSO, you’ll also get to use your experience in a new, challenging environment.
Why volunteer with VSO?

VSO sends experienced professionals like you to share your professional skills with people living in poverty in developing countries. In doing so, you can bring about lasting change in their lives... and yours. By volunteering with VSO, you’ll also get to use your experience in a new, challenging environment.
 
What's Stopping You

By volunteering you'll make a lasting change. You'll help lift people out of poverty, learn new skills, and have a life changing experience. VSO works to make sustainable improvements in some of the world's poorest countries. So what’s stopping you?
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Volunteer with VSO

In Africa or Asia your knowledge will be vital to helping combat poverty, and improving the quality of life for people who need it most.


 

Opportunities

We are now looking for skilled people from many different backgrounds. So whether you’re in education, business management, IT or engineering, VSO may have a placement for you in one of over 30 developing countries.

Most of our placements require at least two years’ professional experience.

VSO ICS has placements for 18-25 year-olds that don’t require professional experience.
 

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Find out what it’s like to be a volunteer

Volunteering with VSO offers you the opportunity to use your professional experience in a different context; a different country, community and culture, with new challenges and adventures along the way.

You’ll develop new professional skills, which can add a different perspective to your work - and improve your career prospects upon your return.

For many volunteers, working abroad for VSO is a truly life changing experience. Read our life-changing stories or see our volunteer FAQs

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Making a difference

Personal, professional financial support and training

VSO offers you something that few other volunteering organisations can – the opportunity to make a lasting difference to people’s lives, simply by passing on your knowledge that will last for generations.

Read about the impact our volunteers make

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