A tax specialist we work with, Geoff Falloon from BizRescue is taking six months out of his busy business to work as a volunteer with VSA

He is taking up a role as Finance Systems Trainer/Mentor with Kokonut Pacific SI, a social enterprise promoting rural livelihoods in the Solomon Islands.He will be developing a financial processes manual and training staff to manage and maintain the financial systems.

The Solomon Islands ranks among the 30 poorest countries in the world. Some of you will have read about the subject of sustainable development goals. This role addresses (in a small way) three of the sustainable development goals being the alleviation of poverty and hunger and promoting work and economic growth.

VSA works in partnership with MFAT which covers a significant portion of the work but VSA is required to cover 10% of the in-country costs for each volunteer. VSA therefore asks volunteers to raise $1,000 each – a small portion of the assignment cost – to help pay it forward for future volunteers.

If this is something you would like to contribute towards simply follow this link https://give.everydayhero.com/nz/geoff-and-carol-in-honiara and click the “Give Now” button at the bottom. All contributions are welcomed.