Viatores Christi Volunteer Promoting Hope and Dignity in Haiti Oireachtas to Honour Mayo Volunteer Having placed more than 2000 volunteers who have shared their lives and skills with the poor and…
Volunteer Profiles
Rwanda – 4 Months and a Day in the Land of a Thousand Hills
Frank Murray – Rwanda – 4 Months and a Day in the Land of a Thousand Hills Frank Murray from Co. Clare, an experienced carpenter and community development facilitator, went on assignment…
Deirdre Ryan – Cambodia
Deirdre Ryan from Dublin is working as a teacher trainer in Cambodia. She writes about her new life at the Xavier Jesuit Project, Cambodia. “In May 2015 I made the decision to volunteer…
Anne Heffernan – Haiti
Anne took up an assignment with the Religious of Jesus and Mary (RJM) in Jean Rabel, North West Haiti in April. Her role is in an educational project aimed at…
Michael Nolan – Haiti
Michael Nolan, pictured on the right with a young Haitian man in Kenscoff, is a retired primary school principal from Co. Galway recently took up an assignment working alongside Gena Heraty, Special Needs…
Petra Daly – Kenya
Capacity Building Specialist Hi! My name is Petra Daly. I am originally from Galmoy, Co Kilkenny. I left for Nairobi Kenya in November 2014 to work as a capacity building specialist…
Annette Johansson – Haiti
Senior Physiotherapist I am a Senior Physiotherapist originally from Sweden. I have been living and working in Dublin for the last 14 years. Over the years living in Dublin…
Aisling Foley – South Africa
18 Dec 2018 September was a busy month for Home of Hope. In 2015 Home of Hope purchased an old property called Mimosa House. It had been acknowledged by the Board of…
Miriam Bannon – USA
Executive Director – Migrant Farmworker Network Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network (CMFN) promotes the formation of welcoming church communities by advocating social justice, dignity, and respect for all, in order that we may…
Sheila Devereux – Zambia
Capacity Building Administrator After hearing a returned VC volunteer speak in her parish, Sheila attended a VC overseas volunteering information session. As she did not have prior overseas volunteering experience,…
