Vodafone Foundation launches World of Difference 2009 campaign

22 June 2009

The Vodafone Foundation has launched a campaign geared towards funding overseas charity workers.

Entitled World of Difference 2009, the initiative will pay £45,000 of salaries and expenses to eight individuals who will be employed on behalf of UK-based voluntary organisations.

Applicants can choose which charity they wish to support, subject to meeting qualification requirements.

Lucy Caslon, who won funding in 2008 and worked in Africa for an Aids charity called Msizi Africa that she helped set up, commented on the experience: "Vodafone Foundation's World of Difference award is a fantastic opportunity for highly-talented individuals to commit a year of their life to a charity they believe in.

"[It] has catapulted Msizi Africa from an unknown charity to one that's making a major difference to children's lives in this sector."

Online applications for the funding must be submitted online by 30 July.

The foundation aims to be operating the World of Difference campaign in 18 countries by next year.

Msizi Africa runs food programmes in Lesotho, Zambia, Uganda and South Africa.