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Twinning is a direct link between Councils and Conferences in different countries.
Through Twinning Vincentians share resources, experiences, and mutual friendship.
These links reflect the reality that there are no borders to poverty and injustice.
The concept of mutual assistance goes back to the foundation of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) in 1844.
This is encapsulated in one of the original rules of the Society which states:
“We should love one another now and ever, far and near, from Conference to another,
from town to town, from nation to nation.”
In 1954 the Council General of the Society added an additional dimension to the work of SVP when it launched a Twinning Programme as a form of Christian solidarity, which helps members fulfil the universal mission of charity.
In a spirit of mutual assistance each of the eight Irish Regions is twinned with Society members in an African country as part of the National Twinning Programme.
The Irish Regions are twinned with 11 English speaking African Countries.
If you would like to find out more about the projects and programmes which SVP is involved with in their designated African country, you can click on the regions below:
| LOCAL REGION | AFRICAN COUNTRY |
| East Region | Zambia |
| North West Region | Uganda & Kenya |
| South West Region | Nigeria |
| Mid-West Region | Sierra Leone |
| West Region | Malawi |
| North East & Midlands Region | Zimbabwe |
| South East Region | Gambia & Tanzania |
| North Region | Ghana & Botswana |
Each Region has a Twinning Officer who is responsible for the establishment of a Twinning Committee, which is the contact with the SVP members in the relevant countries. Twinning provides SVP members in Ireland with the opportunity to support their Vincentian brothers and sisters in Africa.
For further information:
Contact the relevant Regional office or alternatively contact;
National Office, SVP House,
91-92 Sean MacDermott Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
D01 WV38
Phone: +353 1 884 8200
Email: Twinning.Ireland@svp.ie
