Thank you VSO

摘要

My two years as a Voluntary Services Overseas' (VSO) volunteer in the Indian city of Pune are rapidly drawing to a close. I have been living here in Pune as a volunteer, rather than in my home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, after being made redundant from my job with Suffolk County Council.rnJust before this I had taken a diploma in Public Relations, to help me with the Communications parts of the job I had been doing for Suffolk. This qualification helped when it came to applying to VSO, as there is a demand for people with communication and PR skills. But, I might equally have got a placement through my general management skills and experience, or through knowledge picked up about organisational development, or fundraising. All these skills are in great demand in the developing world. They are looking for Documentation Advisers, a role which any information professional would be suitable for.