- 71 million people in the Philippines were affected by typhoons, earthquakes and flooding between 2000 and 2012? Since 2011 ICS volunteers have been working with local youth groups on the Island of Bohol to raise awareness of environmental issues and promote sustainable practices to keep the water clean. See take a look at Alex and Glenn's story...
- Take a look at the Cebu team blog to see how British and Filipino volunteers are working towards the goal of advocating social inclusion of the Deaf community in Cebu City.
vsoicscebu2015One of the most important elements of ICS is that volunteers are able to properly incorporate into the communities they are working with and experience living in a different culture first hand and up close. A big part of how this is the system of utilising host homes.- Meet Glenn, National volunteer from the Philippines. Glenn decided to leave his career in multimedia and film and help others through volunteering because of the conflict and natural disasters he’d experienced in his country. “ICS has empowered me, and I am empowering other young people so there is a really positive knock-on effect that helps to make our work sustainable”
- Find out what motivated Riza, Filipino volunteer, to apply for ICS.
- Follow VSO Bahaginan (Philippines) on Facebook.
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VSO ICS volunteers work in Cebu city, Bohol, Alaminos and Cabiao. Volunteers work to improve environmental sustainability in response to the recent natural disasters which have affected the regions.
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