Helene Perold is the Director of Helene Perold & Associates, an organization based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 1993 she has developed extensive research and evaluation experience in South Africa, Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, USA, and Zimbabwe. She was the founder and Executive Director of VOSESA, a non-profit research organization that worked from 2003-2013 to build an evidence base in the field of volunteering and civic service in Southern Africa.