SERVE is a development and volunteering organisation committed to tackling poverty in the majority world. We strive to do this by working in solidarity, service and partnership with marginalised and oppressed communities, empowering them to tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice. SERVE focuses specifically on programmes and projects that help communities enhance the lives of children and young people and recognises that gender equality is pivotal to achieving justice, equality and sustainable development.
SERVE’s Geographic Focus
- SERVE are implementing a long-term Development Programme for targeted communites in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
- As part of our Volunteering Programme SERVE provides small-scale funding & capacity building support for partners in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, India, the Philippines, Thailand and Brazil.
- SERVE acts as the Development Agent for the Redemptorists at Misean Cara. SERVE have secured grants for development projects in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Congo (DRC), Niger, Kenya, Brazil, India, the Philippines and Haiti.
South Africa
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Zambia
India
Philippines
Brazil
Namibia
Haiti
Thailand
Ireland
Our Vision:
In a world bound by poverty SERVE is committed to justice, equality and sustainable development.
SERVE is a development and volunteering organisation committed to working with the poorest people in the world. SERVE contributes a budget of over €1 million each year, and assigns up to 90 volunteers per year, supporting programmes that help transform the lives of some of the poorest communities in the world.
SERVE’S value base is characterised by:
- A commitment to the principle of authentic solidarity
- A partnership, participative and programmatic approach to development
- A conviction that the voluntary sector is a significant stakeholder and actor in the development agenda
- An approach driven by the analysis that capacity matters
- The belief that development education in fundamental
- A resolve to acknowledge the call of southern NGOs to devote greater energies to an activist style of development education
- A perspective that understands that trade is as important as aid.
