Arriving Where We Started
25 years of Voluntary Service Overseas
In 1958 the first eight VSO volunteers arrived in Ghana and Sarawak. Since then over 20,000 others have worked overseas through VSO, and this book marks twenty-five years of their experiences and achievements, and of those among whom they lived and worked
Published: 1983
Pages: 216
eBook: 9781780441689
Paperback: 9780903031929
| Preface by Michael Edwards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction by Frank Judd | |||
| 1. MARTIN GARNER, teaching in Sarawak, 1958-60 | |||
| 2. CHRISTOPHER TIPPLE, teaching in Ghana,1958-9 | |||
| 3. JOE OGDEN, teaching in Sietta Leone, 1966-7 | |||
| 4. IVY HILL, a librarian in Zambia (and Ghana), 1966-71 | |||
| 5. GEORGE HORN, leprosy control in Ethiopia, 1968-70 | |||
| 6. BOB SARGEANT, farming in Papua New Guinea, 1969-72 | |||
| 7. JOHN WliELP'I'ON, teaching in Nepal, 1972-4 52 | |||
| 8. CHARLES and KATRINA McGHEE, publishing in Papua New Guinea, 1977-9 | |||
| 9. TESS PICKFORD, journalist in the Solomon Islands, 1977-9 | |||
| 10. WENDY and JEAN-PIERRE RICHARD, teaching in Zanzibar, 1977-9 | |||
| 11. EWEN and ANNE MACASKILL, broadcasting in Papua New Guinea, 1978-9 | |||
| 12. FELICITY BREET, teaching in northern Nigeria, 1978-80 | |||
| 13. PAUL HITCHMAN, agriculture in Sri Lanka, 1978-81 | |||
| 14. PETER BRANNEY, forestry in Vanuatu, 1979-81 | |||
| 15. BETIY FORSHAW, a librarian in Tuvalu, 1979-81 | |||
| 16. IAN RILEY, irrigation in Bhutan, 1980 | |||
| 17. IONA GORDON, communications in Zambia,1980-83 | |||
| 18. COLIN GREIG, building materials in the Sudan, 1981-3 | |||
| 19. REBECCA SCOTI, health worker, Bangladesh, 1981-3 | |||
| 20. JULIE BARTROP, teaching in Kenya, 1981 | |||
| 21. PETER HALSTEAD, doctor in Papua New Guinea, 1981 | |||
| 22. LINDA MANNING, nurse/midwife in Papua New Guinea, 1981 | |||
| 23. JILL and HENRY NEUSINGER, farming in Sri Lanka, 1981 | |||
| 24. GILLIAN RADCLIFFE, national park administration, Sarawak 1981 | |||
| 25. ANNA SZUMINSKA, teaching retarded children, Sarawak, 1981 | |||
| 26. PAUL UNWIN, technical officer in Papua New Guinea, 1982 |
Michael Edwards
Michael Edwards is a writer and activist who has worked in various positions in foundations, think-tanks and international development institutions and who has written widely on civil society, philanthropy and social transformation.
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