Publications

VOSESA Focus

This bulletin comprises short articles that describe and analyse policies, programmes and developments in the field of civic service and volunteering from the perspective of southern African countries. Wherever possible the review seeks to draw on data that is locally produced so as to swell the availability of evidence-led information.

• Volume 3 Number 3 March 2009
• South African youth service programme shows positive impacts on youth development
• Volunteers join the fight against female genital mutilation in Sudan
• 2009 award to celebrate Africa/Europe youth volunteering projects
• New insights emerge on civic service and volunteering in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Findings from new study on volunteering and social activism now available

• Volume 3 Number 2 June 2008
• International volunteers: how effective are they?
• Interest grows in reducing social exclusion through civic engagement, participation and volunteering for development
• Community service dieticians in South Africa face an array of challenges
• University mobilises volunteers for the 2010 Soccer World Cup
• VOSESA research welcomed internationally

• Volume 2 Number 3 April 2007
• Spotlight on research and policy for service and volunteering
• Managing cross-country research projects
• Building research capacity for service and volunteering in SADC
• Funding options and challenges
• groundBREAKERS harness youth leaders against HIV
  
  
• Volume 2 Number 2 December 2006
• Research capacity building workshop on civic service and volunteering in southern Africa planned for 2007
• Volunteering can contribute to building safe communities in South Africa
• The world's first Compact between the government and voluntary and community sector - in the UK
• Big Brothers Big Sisters at the University of Johannesburg
• Service and volunteering in southern Africa features at the IAVE Conference in India

• Volume 2 Number 1 April 2006
• Youth service and volunteering programmes contribute to skills development in South Africa
• Can government and volunteers partner against the scourge of AIDS in South Africa?
• The Revival of Zunde raMambo In Zimbabwe
• Big Brothers Big Sisters: Making a Big difference Little by Little

• Volume 1 Number 3 January 2006
• Community engagement in South African higher education institutions
• UNDP launches flagship to address capacity challenges in southern Africa
• Volunteerism, youth and the transition to democracy in Malawi
• Peer counselling in a rural setting: An example from Zambia
• South Africa’s National Youth Service Programme well underway
• Volunteering in Nigeria and Botswana under the spotlight

• Volume 1 Number 2 October 2005
• groundBREAKERS: breaking new ground in HIV prevention
• Universities commit to social engagement
• Employee volunteering on the rise in South Africa
• Community service for health professionals to improve services
• The rise and fall of Botswana’s youth community service
• Recent appointments at VOSESA

• Volume 1 Number 1 June 2005
• VOSESA launches its information network node
• VOSESA seeks contacts in SADC region
• GSI - giving ‘service’ a new meaning
• Five-country study on civic service underway in SADC
• The African Volunteers Corps: a new initiative to boost volunteering in Africa
• VOSESA supports MDGs and NEPAD
• Astounding demand for book on service
• Edutainment series promotes volunteerism