{"id":4656,"date":"2024-11-01T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/?page_id=4656"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:38:34","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4656\" class=\"elementor elementor-4656\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65bd137 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"65bd137\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-008fc7d\" data-id=\"008fc7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-793e0e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"793e0e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Story - It All Started With A Simple Need<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d1fe31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"6d1fe31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-085c4d4\" data-id=\"085c4d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c7d55f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"4c7d55f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20c4759\" data-id=\"20c4759\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea969e0 wpr-list-style-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-posts-timeline\" data-id=\"ea969e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_offset&quot;:150,&quot;aos_animation_duration&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-posts-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-wrapper wpr-vertical wpr-centered\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-timeline-centered wpr-line wpr-both-sided-timeline\"><div class=\"wpr-middle-line\"><\/div><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-left-aligned elementor-repeater-item-122431a\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-122431a\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2002<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-check\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-02-at-21.40.58.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-02-at-21.40.58.png 1196w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-02-at-21.40.58-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-02-at-21.40.58-768x509.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1196px) 100vw, 1196px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p>In 2002, VLM was established.<\/p><p>Since then, VLM volunteers of all ages and backgrounds have been making valuable contributions in the sectors of education, health, community development and sustainable livelihoods through sharing their gifts, skills and experience, often times in challenging environments.<\/p><p>In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a little school called Atse, hidden behind corrugated iron gates on a twisty back lane built on the slopes of a stream, a little miracle of education happening. The school was being run by the Daughters of Charity and in 2002, Fr. Michael McCullagh CM visited them while in Ethiopia and the first two volunteers travelled later that year.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-right-aligned elementor-repeater-item-f3dbf0d\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-f3dbf0d\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2004<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chalkboard-teacher\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2004-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2004, The work of VLM expanded into the Tigray region of Ethiopia. In this war-torn area volunteers taught English, music, art, and sport, helping children to grow in self-esteem. One volunteer also travelled to Guatemala in 2004.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-left-aligned elementor-repeater-item-fdbc7b7\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-fdbc7b7\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2006<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe-africa\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2006-700x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-tp-image-grid size-tp-image-grid\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2006-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2006-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2006, Projects run by the Vincentian Fathers and Daughters of Charity across Ethiopia began hosting VLM volunteers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-right-aligned elementor-repeater-item-6e4b142\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-6e4b142\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2009<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plane-departure\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1912\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_1820-2048x1530.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2009, VLM volunteers travelled to Nigeria for the first time, to work in the De Paul School in Enugu.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><\/div>    \n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ea4c1 wpr-list-style-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-posts-timeline\" data-id=\"18ea4c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_offset&quot;:150,&quot;aos_animation_duration&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-posts-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-wrapper wpr-vertical wpr-centered\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-timeline-centered wpr-line wpr-both-sided-timeline\"><div class=\"wpr-middle-line\"><\/div><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-left-aligned elementor-repeater-item-89817c0\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-89817c0\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2016<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-list-alt\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wth-800x600-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wth-800x600-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wth-800x600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wth-800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2016, VLM expanded into West Africa when the first VLM volunteers travelled to Ghana. Kathleen Conlon and Vincent Conway did a needs assessment, and volunteers have been placed in the Street Advocacy Project in Kumasi since.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-right-aligned elementor-repeater-item-b810a86\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-b810a86\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2018<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-safety\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2018.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2018-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">A VLM volunteer travelled to Burkina Faso in 2018. Unfortunately, safety concerns here have meant that the volunteer programme has as yet been unable to be expanded.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-left-aligned elementor-repeater-item-1f1a541\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-1f1a541\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2019<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hands-helping\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">In 2019, VLM placed volunteers in Thigio, Kenya. Brenda and Malachy McKernan volunteered in projects run by the Daughters of Charity. Since then, volunteers have worked in Thigio, Matisi and Kamulu.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-right-aligned elementor-repeater-item-d633039\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-d633039\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">2022<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-doctor\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8bec327b-1f66-462d-9f77-42ae65811e16-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">The global Covid-19 pandemic caused the VLM volunteer programme to stop. This coincided with civil conflict in Ethiopia, making the country unsafe to visit. However, a Vincentian priest in Tanzania asked for VLM volunteers to come and in 2022, Luke Hogan and Grainne Malone taught at the De Paul School in Songea. Volunteers still travel to Songea as well as to Matisi to projects run by the Daughters of Charity.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article><\/div>    \n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da203d wpr-list-style-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-posts-timeline\" data-id=\"6da203d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_offset&quot;:150,&quot;aos_animation_duration&quot;:600}\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-posts-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-wrapper wpr-vertical wpr-centered\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-timeline-centered wpr-line wpr-both-sided-timeline\"><div class=\"wpr-middle-line\"><\/div><article class=\"wpr-timeline-entry wpr-left-aligned elementor-repeater-item-f369411\" data-item-id=\"elementor-repeater-item-f369411\"><time class=\"wpr-extra-label\" data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><span class=\"wpr-label\">Present<\/span><\/time><div class=\"wpr-timeline-entry-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-main-line-icon wpr-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-growth\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"wpr-story-info-vertical wpr-data-wrap \"  data-aos=\"none\" data-aos-left=\"\" data-aos-right=\"\" data-animation-offset=\"150\" data-animation-duration=\"600\"><div class=\"wpr-animation-wrap wpr-timeline-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1697\" src=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-1200x796.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-1536x1018.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/vlm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0136-2048x1358.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"wpr-timeline-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpr-description\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Since the foundation of VLM in 2002, over 500 volunteers have travelled to projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Guatemala and Tanzania, working in many projects such as schools and kindergartens, women\u2019s groups, training teachers, with children who are deaf, health projects and much more.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Today, VLM continues to send adults aged 18+ to volunteers overseas and has a schools immersion programme for 17-year-old students and their teachers. 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Since then, VLM volunteers of all ages and backgrounds have been making valuable contributions in the sectors of education, health, community development and sustainable livelihoods through sharing their gifts, skills and experience, often times in challenging environments. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a little school called Atse, hidden behind corrugated iron gates on a twisty back lane built on the slopes of a stream, a little miracle of education happening. The school was being run by the Daughters of Charity and in 2002, Fr. Michael McCullagh CM visited them while in Ethiopia and the first two volunteers travelled later that year. 2004 In 2004, The work of VLM expanded into the Tigray region of Ethiopia. In this war-torn area volunteers taught English, music, art, and sport, helping children to grow in self-esteem. One volunteer also travelled to Guatemala in 2004. 2006 In 2006, Projects run by the Vincentian Fathers and Daughters of Charity across Ethiopia began hosting VLM volunteers. 2009 In 2009, VLM volunteers travelled to Nigeria for the first time, to work in the De Paul School in Enugu. 2016 In 2016, VLM expanded into West Africa when the first VLM volunteers travelled to Ghana. Kathleen Conlon and Vincent Conway did a needs assessment, and volunteers have been placed in the Street Advocacy Project in Kumasi since. 2018 A VLM volunteer travelled to Burkina Faso in 2018. Unfortunately, safety concerns here have meant that the volunteer programme has as yet been unable to be expanded. 2019 In 2019, VLM placed volunteers in Thigio, Kenya. Brenda and Malachy McKernan volunteered in projects run by the Daughters of Charity. Since then, volunteers have worked in Thigio, Matisi and Kamulu. 2022 The global Covid-19 pandemic caused the VLM volunteer programme to stop. This coincided with civil conflict in Ethiopia, making the country unsafe to visit. However, a Vincentian priest in Tanzania asked for VLM volunteers to come and in 2022, Luke Hogan and Grainne Malone taught at the De Paul School in Songea. Volunteers still travel to Songea as well as to Matisi to projects run by the Daughters of Charity. Present Since the foundation of VLM in 2002, over 500 volunteers have travelled to projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Guatemala and Tanzania, working in many projects such as schools and kindergartens, women\u2019s groups, training teachers, with children who are deaf, health projects and much more.Today, VLM continues to send adults aged 18+ to volunteers overseas and has a schools immersion programme for 17-year-old students and their teachers. An innovative \u2018Parent and Son\/Daughter\u2019 volunteer programme is also being piloted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4656","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our Story - It All Started With A Simple Need 2002In 2002, VLM was established.Since then, VLM volunteers of all ages and backgrounds have been making valuable contributions in the sectors of education, health, community development and sustainable livelihoods through sharing their gifts, skills and experience, often times in challenging environments.In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/index.php\/history\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| Do One Thing. 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