About

UCDVO’s Vision is for UCD students to graduate with an understanding of the challenges facing humanity worldwide and the determination and self-belief to tackle the issues underlying poverty and inequality in the world. UCDVO’s Mission is to provide UCD students, staff and alumni with opportunities to volunteer for the benefit of disadvantaged communities overseas, in response to needs explicitly identified by those communities. UCDVO collaborates with local communities and NGOs on small-scale development projects in response to local needs. Projects are located in India, Haiti, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Uganda. To date, 1160 volunteers have participated in the UCDVO programme and implemented education, environmental, healthcare, construction and information technology projects in developing communities overseas.