History
VSA began by sending New Zealand volunteers to Thailand and Samoa in 1962. In February 1963, Sir Edmund Hillary became VSA’s founding President, a role he continued for 13 years. In the 1960s, most VSA volunteers taught in schools. Today the range of assignments is broader. VSA's project partners, once mostly host governments, now include a range of government agencies, NGOs non-governmental organisations and community organisations.
VSA's programmes are managed from VSA's Wellington office but in-country VSA programme managers in each region provide on-the-ground support to volunteers and partner organisations.
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