This newsletter was originally added to the site last year, but re-added to explain some of the activities in which the Volunteers are involved

Dear Friends

As many of you will know I went out to Liberia last year accompanied by Fr Joe Brown and Sally Hounsham. If you haven’t already read about our experiences I would encourage you to have a look at earlier pages in the website where you can read about our adventures and the projects we have been supporting.

This month saw the launch of the Sean Devereux Peace Walk on the 6th January in Monrovia. It has been organized by the Volunteers of Sean, who are a group of young people whom Sean taught and worked with and were inspired by his commitment to humanity during his time in Liberia The aim of the walk is to keep Sean’s legacy and the values he stood for alive, focusing on child’s rights, protections and advocacy, community involvement, using sports as a mobilization and peace fostering tool. Fr Joe Brown and one of our Trustees traveled to Monrovia to attend the launch. Once they are both back from this trip we will have a full update which will be available on the website and in our next newsletter. To read more click here Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was originally posted in November 2006 but has been added to explain the activities of this very worthy group:

Volunteering Like Sean Devereux

Everyone has a mission to fulfill in life. Some do it well, some don’t. Sean Devereux fulfilled his well in Liberia. Now his former students, friends, co-workers, and admirers are trying to emulate him.

When Sean Devereux (British) came to Liberia in the late ‘80’s, he came with a single mission purpose: to serve. Later on, his motto became even more concise: “While my heart beats, I have to do what I think I can do, and that is to help those who are less fortunate”.

This was Sean’s mission purpose and this he fulfilled well in Liberia and later on in Somalia. Unfortunately, he was killed in 1993 in Somalia. But fortunately he and his legacy live on in the hearts and minds of Liberians with and among whom he served.

Inspired by Sean to serve the needy, Volunteers of Sean (VOS), a non-for-profit organization, aims at reaching out to people in need and doing those things that Sean did, not in a big way but in a small and effective manner. Read the rest of this entry »