When I first met Rosalind at a CUSO Potluck two years ago I was so impressed with the fact that she had cycled from a long distance to come to the dinner. She is very fit and very committed to International Development. She has helped me on several occ...

I met Lisa Whitehouse a year ago and she told me it was her lifetime goal to volunteers overseas.

She worked with the Government of British Columbia that partners with CUSO-VSO to ensure that we deliver the best possible skilled person to our projects...

Paul was recruited in Manitoba by VSO. He served from 2005-2009 at Aurora State College of Technology from 2005-2008.

Hear about what this amazing man learned. Paul is a citizen of the world and is making a great difference today and in the future.

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I talked with Marian White and Judith David our education officer for CUPE.

Marian and Judith have both worked with CUSO for many years and have been involved with CUPE. Listen to the story of pay equity for our southern staff and the history of the U...

Marian came from Prince Edward Island. She studied at UPEI got in a degree in arts and Education. She was posted Wamba, Nigeria at Wamba Government teachers college.

She remembers her students teaching under a tree and writing in the sand with sticks....

Dan Garvey had retired from a career in Educational Administration in Alberta. With the help of family and friends he was able to serve in The Gambia for 6 months in 2009. The Gambia in order to meet the ojectives of the Millenium Development Goals ha...

Kelly worked with the Peace way foundation in Thailand also called Burma Issues. Her job? Help build capacity and a strategy for the Karen.

The Karen (Burmese: kayin lu myo:), self-titled Pwa Ka Nyaw Po, and also known in Thailand as the Kariang (or Y...

'Kwehsay' Miku Chaiboosomjid works from Bangkok as the Information and Campaign Coordinator with the Burma Issues/Peace Way Foundation. Burma Issues is a non-profit organisation, made up of young ethnic people from Eastern Burma who now dedicate their...

Margo was at McGill University in the arts building when she saw a poster for CUSO. She had studied Theatre and Children's Theatre. She was assigned to a boys boarding school called the Government Science College.

60 Canadians were sent at the same ti...

"Choosing our Destiny- Creating the Utopian World in the 21st Century" by Cyril Belshaw.

Dr. Belshaw continues to think of the world and the challenges we face with some very interesting ideas for solutions.

Thanks Dr. Belshaw for this interesting in...