At Cuso International, we believe we are changing the world, one volunteer at a time. That’s because volunteering can be transformative for both
the overseas communities and
the volunteers themselves.
Each year, we send hundreds
of global citizens to work on
collaborative development
projects in many
countries around the world.
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At Cuso International, we believe we are changing the world, one volunteer at a time. That’s because volunteering can be transformative for both
the overseas communities and
the volunteers themselves.
Each year, we send hundreds
of global citizens to work on
collaborative development
projects in many
countries around the world.
Mauro is very excited to learn more about Peru and the work he will be doing.
All the best
Interviewed by Alumnus Nareena Switlo ( Tanzania)
Volunteer for a better world! Join CUSO International, share skills and volunteer in 40 countries in Afri...
Debo worked with District Community Health. Thanks Debo for your commitment and service.
Interviewed by Alumnus Nareena Switlo ( Tanzania)
Volunteer for a better world! Join CUSO International, share skills and volunteer in 40 countries in Africa,...
Gregory describes his adventure and teaching at GTC Wamba teachers college.
"It was a worthwhile life experience"
Interviewed By Alumnus Nareena Switlo on International volunteer day in Vancouver.
Volunteer for a better world! Join CUSO Internati...
Helen has a great deal of experience in Human Resources and served a year in the Dispute resolution foundation as a Human Resources advisor and then with the Ministry of Justice as a restorative justice facilitator.
Interviewed by Nareena Switlo ( RV ...
Sedigheh Minachi shared her thoughts on her volunteering experience in Nigeria. Her assignment was to research the need for Nigerian diaspora to come back to Nigeria to share their skills. She interviewed people in different states and traveled the cou...
Jim Tellenbach shares information about his assignment in Fiji. He worked with Credit Unions and Women's groups.
Jim now lives in Victoria.
Thanks Jim for telling your story!
Volunteer for a better world! Join CUSO International, share skills and...
Cuso International in Nanaimo. Left to Right.
Jayde son of Jane and Dave Kalmakav-Wellb who served on Vanuatu in 1981- 1983. He had great memories of his parents stories. Cuso International Alumni Sue and Doug Creba that served in Botswana 1976 to ...
Wayne Robertson serves on the Cuso International Board. SFU Diaspora dialogues culminated in the launch of a book of diaspora stories.
http://www.sfu.ca/diasporas/
With a Master's degree in Library Sciences, Rowena Koh took her skills abroad to Namibia where she worked as a librarian for 7 months at the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum. Listen as Rowena discusses her experiences in t...
After retiring with the Vancouver School Board, Max Adrien wanted to continue to put his skills to use by working abroad. Listen as Max discusses why he has chosen to work in North Eastern Rwanda as an education officer with CUSO International and how...
From 1995-1997, Jamie Kneen worked in collaboration with CIDA, the Saskatchewan Forest Conservation Network and the Indigenous Conservation Network in Costa Rica on a community training and mapping project. Listen as Jamie discusses how he shared his ...
Toyah Howarth is a returning volunteer who spent from July 2010-March 2012 in Namibia working in collaboration with the Namibian Football Association and UNICEF on a project entitled "Galz and Goals." Listen as she discusses the importance of developi...
Rowina Koh went to Namibia for her 7-month assignment as a librarian at the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum*. With MA in Library Sciences earned in UBC, Rowina contributed to establish the basic structure of a library. Her dr...
As a professional psychotherapist, Jamie De Luce went to Tajikistan for a year where she worked to train local people by creating a health care support system to reduce child and maternal mortality among young married women.
Volunteer for a be...
After serving in Ghana for 13 months, Katherine Nicole is going to volunteer in Rwanda as a Gender Specialist. Utilizing her research skills, she will work with Plan Rwanda where she will monitor and evaluate activities related to gender issues. Kather...
Pegi Furanna-McIntosh is going to serve in Ghana as a Teacher Support with Cuso International. She has worked as a teacher for many years in Canada and is currently serving as the Head of Department at Notre Dame Regional Secondary School. She is excit...
I met Peter and Debra in Tanzania at a volunteer conference. They had been in Tanzania living in the Kabaya area for 2 months. Kabaya is near Dodoma and Arusha. Listen to how a couple make their way to their assignment and how they feel about it 2 mont...
Barbara Curwen couldn't wait to get back into the field after serving ten years ago in the Ngong hills in Kenya with Cuso. This time her spouse Peter Stancyzyk had retired and could join her to also volunteer in the health sector.
They are in Arusha n...
Margaret had done a CIDA internship in Senegal before she came to CUSO International wanting to share her skills.
She is working in Kigera district as an Agriculture Business and Livestock advisor with World Vision.
An amazing lady with some great st...
At Cuso International, we believe we are changing the world, one volunteer at a time. That’s because volunteering can be transformative for both
the overseas communities and
the volunteers themselves.
Each year, we send hundreds
of global citizens to work on
collaborative development
projects in many
countries around the world.