28-04-2025
Record number of Jersey volunteers help with overseas aid
A record number of people from Jersey applied as volunteers last year in the three countries where it sends Overseas Aid teams supported education, housing and environment projects in Nepal, Malawi and Rwanda.A new report has revealed 126 people applied to volunteer there last year - up from 107 the year report said volunteering "showcased the generosity and dedication of islanders to international development".
Teachers from the island supported schools in Rwanda with English coaching and Nepal, volunteers worked with charities on climate projects, and in Malawi people helped to build houses. Volunteers had to pay their own travel expenses and Jersey Overseas Aid funded additional costs, supplies and organisation has sent volunteers from Jersey to aid projects since Carolyn Labey, Minister for International Development & Chair of Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, said in the report last year was "a standout year for our humanitarian funding".
