Impressions of a VSO in Pakistan

It is more than 50 years since young Geoff Langston

decided to volunteer for VSO service overseas, and

was sent to Pakistan to apply his skills as an electrical

engineer to the training of local people as electricians.

He found himself plunged in at the deep end without

preparation or training, first at an eye hospital and

then at a Christian training centre. Along the way his

adventures included enduring a devastating tropical

cyclone, hiking up into the Himalayas and making a

trip through the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan.