The government believes the investment will deliver three key outcomes: to have a real and lasting development impact on sustainable development projects; to help the volunteers, both those from the UK and from developing countries learn key life-skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication and project planning; and to instil in these volunteers a life-long commitment to development, becoming active citizens, engaged in their communities and tackling the causes of poverty.


The scheme was preceded by a pilot phase, in which over a thousand UK volunteers took part. Initial findings show there is ‘clear evidence of profound and positive impacts’. Analysis from March – December 2011 shows:


576 UK volunteers worked with 557 national volunteers on 204 programmes in 27 countries.


Over 214,933direct beneficiaries and 976,853 indirect beneficiaries were reported.


Examples of the kinds of activities demonstrating development impact taking place overseas include:


Working with local young people, to start the first school club for disabled and vulnerable children in southern Ethiopia; Working with a local organisation in La Paz, Bolivia, to establish ‘Ludotecas’ –creative schools –giving 120 young people aged 5 – 18 a place to meet, learn and find support on prevalent local issues such as gang crime, alcohol abuse and finding a career. Organising over 800 young people in Kenya to spread the word on how to reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS, by creating and promoting a network of informative, interactive ‘Community Action’ days in schools


Running a major research project which uncovered a range of problems in hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone. One of the volunteers who conducted the research were invited to present their ground breaking findings at the Global Health Conference in Montréal last November.


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