Volunteer Service Overseas
Volunteer Service Overseas, or Voluntary Service Overseas, is based on having high-skilled volunteers to work in other countries to help people and organisations to develop themselves. It is becoming more and more popular for companies to have some of their experienced co-workers to develop themselves by helping international development projects through a Volunteer Service Overseas. Companies like Accenture, SAP and many more send their people to other countries to help.
Also retired people are interested in staying useful through Volunteer Service Overseas. It is a great way to combine their skills, a good and interesting time abroad with being useful and helping organisations and people.
The best-known organisation for Volunteer Service Overseas is VSO, but more other volunteering organisations are focusing on this area, since it is considered better to help people helping themselves, instead of just sending money as charity. People want to help in the best way they can, and for skilled people it is more useful to volunteer through a Volunteer Service Overseas, than through giving money. And it is more fun too!