Founded in 1958, VSO is a leading independent international Non-Governmental development organisation which works through committed volunteers and with international, national, regional and local partners to build capabilities and fight against the causes of poverty.
VSO has been working in Ethiopia since 1996. In 2012, VSO Ethiopia has developed a new five year Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2012 – 2017) with a vision of “an Ethiopia without poverty where individuals and communities are able to realise their own potential and that of Ethiopia and improve their quality of life”. Our mission is “to bring people together to work in partnership; share skills, knowledge, and experience; build capabilities; and fight the causes of poverty in Ethiopia”. VSO Ethiopia programme focuses on improving the quality of access to basic services through implementing holistic programme in three key areas of Education, Health, and Secure Livelihood with gender, Climate-Change and ICT as cross cutting themes.
