{"id":13155,"date":"2025-12-13T15:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2025-12-13T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:38:32","slug":"volunteer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlm.ie\/index.php\/volunteer-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13155\" class=\"elementor elementor-13155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b26bef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5b26bef\" 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-71095bc\" data-id=\"71095bc\" 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-3a7b316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a7b316\" 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<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Volunteer News<\/h2>\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-299a568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"299a568\" 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-427d2f8\" data-id=\"427d2f8\" 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-2ff3d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ff3d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">From September to November, VLM had two volunteers in Masanga, Tanzania &#8211; Helen O&#8217;Hara and Jane Scott.\u00a0<\/span>They volunteered with the Daughters of Charity projects. Helen is a pharmacist, and worked in the hospital and DREAM HIV\/AIDS centre. This is Jane&#8217;s fourth year in a row volunteering with VLM in Masanga and she did a huge amount of work with the women&#8217;s development project. They made many craft items that were sold at the St Vincent&#8217;s Castleknock College Christmas Fair on Saturday 6th December, supporting the women&#8217;s project in Masanga; a project that is helping women create sustainable livelihoods for themselves.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our volunteer programme for 2026 is now open. 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