Going overseas can be quite daunting especially if it is your first time overseas without friends or family. There are lots of different ways to stay in contact with your nearest and dearest so here are a couple of suggestions! Phone Mobile phone is obviously the easiest way to communicate whilst abroad, however not with […]
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Fundraising Inspiration
Not sure if you will be able to fundraise your contribution? It is not as hard as you might think and there are lots of different opportunities and ideas that will help you reach your target. A couple of past and current volunteers explain what they did to raise money: Eve Hadshar, India 2011 To […]
A review of 2011
2011 has certainly been a busy year for VESL… here are a few highlights from the year : Kerala We had great success with our new programme working in schools within fishing communities in Kerala (South India). All of this year’s volunteers did a magnificent job in helping to lay down the foundations of this programme. […]
Maltby Academy raise over £700 for Active Global Citizens Project
The students of Maltby Academy, near Rotherham, have raised over £700 for our partner charity (VeSSS) in India. The Year 10 students organised a non uniform day and cake sale to raise the money. The students were inspired to raise the funds after attending a VESL ‘Active Global Citizens‘ workshop (backed by Global Community Links) which was […]
THAI PROG. MANAGER UK VISIT
VESL’s Thailand Programme Manager (Nueng Yanarangsee) has just returned home after a very successful visit to the UK. Nueng travelled to the UK with one of our project hosts (Pongsri) and the Director of Mengrai school (Mr. Garan) and his wife. The aim of the visit is to enable the teachers to experience and learn […]
THAI TEACHER WORKSHOP SUCCESS
Our Teacher Workshop Team have just returned from our programme in Northern Thailand this summer and the feedback they received from the schools and Thai teachers who attended has been fantastic. We’d like to take this opportunity to send a huge thank you to the team for all the hard work they put into making […]
PAST VOLUNTEERS HELP RAISE MONEY FOR PROJECTS
We would like to thank Elizabeth Munns (VESL Volunteer 2007) for all her fundraising efforts over the last year to help raise money towards a project working in rural communities within Andhra Pradesh. The project is ran by Mr Bharavi (VESL in-country Manager) and his wife and aims to educate and support Jogini women and their children […]
NEW THAILAND IN-COUNTRY CO-ORDINATOR
VESL is pleased to announce the appointment of its Chiang Rai Coordinator – Mr Kiattichai Yanarangsee (Nueng) and his co-coordinator Ajarn Pongsi. VESL is delighted to welcome both to the team and looks forward to working with them over the coming years. VESL would also like to thank our representatives in Bangkok, Khun Noke and […]
