Latest Cuso-vso Podcast Episodes
Mauro Joao is leaving to work with a youth employment centre in Peru in 2013
Cuso International West - December 07, 2012 20:32 - 5 minutesMauro 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 returned in 2012 and served in Burkina Faso in Government Health
Cuso International West - December 07, 2012 20:26 - 8 minutesDebo 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 Bruce served in Nigeria from 1982-1984 as a Teacher
Cuso International West - December 07, 2012 20:19 - 9 minutesGregory 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 Schneiderman was interviewed in Vancouver. She served in Jamaica 2011-2012 in Access to Justice.
Cuso International West - December 07, 2012 20:04 - 13 minutesHelen 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 served in Nigeria 2012
Cuso International West - November 16, 2012 19:23 - 11 minutesSedigheh 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 served in Fiji 2003-2004 in Secure Livelihoods
Cuso International West - November 13, 2012 21:21 - 7 minutesJim 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 Alumni meet in Nanaimo to share stories- Botswana and Trindad / Tobago and Vanuatu from the 1960's to 1980's
Cuso International West - November 05, 2012 21:42 - 4 minutesYour Passport to Global Citizenship
Cuso International Alumni meet in Nanaimo to share stories- Botswana and Trindad / Tobago and Vanuatu from the 1960's to 1980's
Cuso International West - November 05, 2012 21:42 - 4 minutesYour Passport to Global Citizenship
Wayne Robertson speaks at launch of Diaspora Voices stories
Cuso International West - September 14, 2012 18:56 - 7 minutesWayne 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/
Rowena Koh served as a librarian in Namibia for 7 months in 2011
Cuso International West - May 06, 2012 18:11 - 14 minutesWith 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...
Max Adrien will be travelling to Rwanda in September 2012 to work as an education officer
Cuso International West - May 05, 2012 17:36 - 5 minutesAfter 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...
Jamie Kneen worked on a community training and resource mapping project in Costa Rica from 1995-1997
Cuso International West - May 04, 2012 16:14 - 9 minutesFrom 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 served Namibia 2010-2012
Cuso International West - May 03, 2012 22:08 - 15 minutesToyah 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 worked as a librarian in Namibia in 2011
Cuso International West - April 16, 2012 20:43 - 14 minutesRowina 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...
Jamie Du Luce served as a psychotherapist in Tajikistan
Cuso International West - March 10, 2012 18:27 - 13 minutesAs 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...
Katherine Nicole is going to serve in Rwanda as a Gender Specialist
Cuso International West - January 07, 2012 22:48 - 5 minutesAfter 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
Cuso International West - January 04, 2012 22:52 - 14 minutesPegi 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...
Peter and Debra Martin Educators in Tanzania 2011-2012
Cuso International West - December 22, 2011 20:02 - 11 minutesI 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 is working in Tanzania 2011-2012in the health sector
Cuso International West - December 20, 2011 19:46 - 9 minutesBarbara 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 Graves is from Halifax working in Agriculture in Tanzania 2011-2012
Cuso International West - December 20, 2011 19:34 - 8 minutesMargaret 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...
Bairu Sium is wrorking in education in Tanzania- December 2011
Cuso International West - December 20, 2011 19:15 - 8 minutesI was so pleased to hear about Bairu's work in Tanzania in the last four months. He believes in and works in a collaborative way. Bairu is an educator of educator. Listen to his story. Interviewed by Umeeda Switlo during her visist in Tanzania in Dece...
Bairu Sium is working in education in Tanzania for 1 year- December 2011
Cuso International West - December 20, 2011 19:15 - 8 minutesI was so pleased to hear about Bairu's work in Tanzania in the last four months. He believes in and works in a collaborative way. Bairu is from Toronto and has recently retired. He served in Malawai with CIDA. He is now a teacher of teachers that serve...
Theodros Belew Shewarget, Southern Partner from Ethiopia
Cuso International West - November 30, 2011 19:04We were fortunate to host our southern partner Theodros Belew from Ethiopia for a week in Vancouver. Thedoros is the Director of teacher and education leader directorate in Ethiopia. Access to education is increasing in Ethiopia; however the quality o...
Shimpei Chihara served in Vietnam 2010-2011 as Organizational Development Advisor for HIV/AIDS
Cuso International West - November 09, 2011 20:39 - 12 minutesShimpei Chihara volunteered in Hanoi, Vietnam as an Organization Development Advisor for a local NGO that worked towards HIV/AIDS prevention. Shimpei finished his 2 year project objectives in only one year. He quickly recognized that the transgender p...
Lorne Lewis served in Botswana from 1972 to 1975, training young mechanics
Cuso International West - November 09, 2011 20:30 - 24 minutesLorne Lewis voluntered in Bostwana from 1972 to 1975. As an accomplished business man and mechanic in Victoria, he was sick and tired of the usual day to day life. After he sold his business, he decided he needed something new. Lewis moved to Bostwana ...
Carly Bardikoff is in Rwanda as an education capacity builder- Podcast # 308
Cuso International West - September 21, 2011 13:31 - 6 minutesI met Carly at our In Country Training in Rwanda. We learned so much about the country, language, history, people and about the disability and education programs. Carly is from Toronto. Good luck on your assignment! Volunteer for a better world! Jo...
Kigali Rwanda-PERSONS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES - Umeeda reporting Podcast #307
Cuso International West - September 21, 2011 12:59 - 10 minutesI am in Kigali Rwanda working as a fundraising advisor to 8 disability groups. I met Sam Badege and others that are members of NOUSPR is Kigali. They have a small social enterprise organization that makes and sells handicrafts to support their work. Pl...
Vasile Klaassen served in Sierra Leone Sept, 2010 to Aug, 2011- Podcast # 306
Cuso International West - September 20, 2011 19:50 - 9 minutesVasile volunteered in Kenema, the eastern portion of Sierra Leone as a rural engineer. She worked with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to help improve the rice production for some of the poorest farmers in Sierra Leone and an...
Paul Grover served in Thailand 1978-1979 Podcast # 305
Cuso International West - September 15, 2011 20:42 - 5 minutesPaul volunteered his civil engineering skills for rural water supply projects in Northeast Thailand. Paul found that his biggest challenge was to work in Thai language. He met his wife at his placement, who was volunteering with the Peace Corps. He...
Kasia Wilk served in Kenya 2010-2011 -Podcast #304
Cuso International West - September 06, 2011 17:00 - 12 minutesKasia volunteered as a documentation advisor in a small town, 2 hours north of Nairobi. Her main roles included documenting files, organizing data, creating evaluation and monitoring tools, closing and starting up projects and other administrative task...
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