Annual Report and Financial Statements - VSO

VSO at a glanceVSO is different to most organisations thatfight poverty. We fight poverty throughthe lasting power of volunteering. We senddoctors, midwives, teachers and other skilledprofessionals to work with communitiesworldwide, sharing knowledge and expertiseto save lives and create positive change. Mostimportantly, this change continues long afterthe volunteers have returned home, and localpeople are empowered to lift themselves out ofpoverty. At VSO, we believe in finding lasting,sustainable solutions to fight poverty. We canonly do this by working together.VSO works with and supports partner organisations atevery level of society, from government organisationsat a national level to health and education facilities at alocal level. In 2012/13 we supported 725 partners acrossour six development goal areas of education, health,HIV and AIDS, secure livelihoods, participation andgovernance, and disability. This was achieved through arange of interventions including international volunteers,national volunteers, youth volunteers, small grants andinternational study tours.Where we workVSO international volunteers can be of anynationality, but applications are currentlymanaged by one of eight recruitment bases:China, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya,Netherlands, Philippines and the UK.We have programmes in the following countries:Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon,China, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Indonesia,Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Mongolia,Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan,Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, SierraLeone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka,Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand/Myanmar, Uganda,Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.Income 2012/13 Expenditure 2012/13See Misi’s story3%7%3% 1% 4% 2% 12%Expenditure22%8%46%10%Income2012/135%2012/1313%29%DFID core grantOther governmental incomeOther charitable organisationsIndividualsCompaniesTrusts and foundationsOther grants and donationsEvents and community8%18%EducationHealthHIV and AIDSSecure livelihoodsParticipation and governance9%DisabilityPayments to ICS partnersFundraisingGovernance costsLucy and her mother Natalia.Turn to page 23 to find out more about how VSO helped Lucy,a 9-year-old disabled girl, attend school and actively participatein the classroom.©VSO/Tim Maynard“I wouldn’t be around now, I’d be dead… that’s the truth,I got the treatment, extra care and support from Dr Simon…now every time I see him or think of him, I take him to be myreal father, as I have no parents.”Misi, a tuberculosis (TB) survivor from Uganda, describes thedifference that VSO volunteer Dr Simon Blankley made to his life.©VSO/Jenny Matthews2 Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013Annual Report and Financial Statements 2013 3