Bangladesh It supports communities and governments to inform and influence policy dialogues. It recently supported the development of the Africa Union Gender Strategy and the Kenya Special Education Needs Policy. In Nepal, VSO has been awarded nearly £10 million for inclusive education work through the UK's Girls' Education Challenge, the world's largest education challenge fund, which targets support for adolescent girls. In its first phase the project Sisters for Sisters' Education introduced to Nepal the first ever peer-based mentoring programme for marginalised girls. Citizen Led Monitoring is now a key element of VSOs work. In 2017/18 over 20,000 people in Nepal and Uganda were mobilized for awareness raising and accountability on the delivery of the sustainable development goals VSO is supporting the creation of national youth platforms in seven of its countries of operation It is playing a leading part in the development of a global standard for responsible and impactful volunteering as part of the Forum for International Volunteering in Development. Partnerships VSO works with local partners in the communities they work with, placing volunteers with these partners to help increase their impact and effectiveness. VSO also works with corporate partners, such as Accenture, and Randstad. and Syngenta with whom it is working to build the livelihoods of poor and marginalised farmers in Bangladesh. See also CUSO Doctors Without Borders EU Aid Volunteers European Voluntary Service Fredskorpset Peace Corps United Nations Volunteers References Further reading "VSO focuses on senior teachers", Education Guardian, January 10, 2006 "Eight Ways to Change the World", The Guardian, 7 September 2005 "Women lead as overseas volunteers", Guardian March 20, 2001 "Brian Deer investigates VSO", London Sunday Times, April 26, 1998 "Meet the VSO Volunteers" Grasya, July 2011 External links VSO homepage VSO Ireland homepage VSO USA homepage VSO Netherlands homepage (in Dutch) Development charities based in the United Kingdom International charities International organisations based in London International volunteer organizations Organisations based in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Organizations established in 1958 1958 establishments in the United Kingdom