World University Service of Canada

WUSC works in a number of key areas that are essential for sustainable development:

Overseas

Environmental Sustainability	Governance
Development in Fragile Contexts	Strengthening Civil Society
Corporate Social Responsibility	Emergency Response
Field Support Services

	Haiti: Two Years Later On January 12^th, 2010 Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Considered one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, Haiti’s infrastructure remains in a fragile...	Jan 12, 2012 story
	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) is a Government of Canada fund that provides financial support for small, local Non-Governmental Organizations and Community-Based Organizations to...	Dec 21, 2011 program
	Certifying Teachers in Afghanistan Following decades of conflict and tumult, almost half of Afghanistan's children are still not attending schools. Despite an increase of teachers since 2001, only 24% of teachers have the minimum...	Oct 16, 2011 program
	Mr. S. Ganeshamoorthy - an active facilitator from Osborne Estate Mr. Ganeshamoorthy is a young volunteer with an important goal: helping his fellow community members from Osborne Estate to access and protect their basic identification documents. In Sri...	Sep 5, 2011 story
	Plantation Communities Project in Sri Lanka For Sri Lanka’s 300,000 Tamil tea pluckers and plantation workers, empowerment means much more than merely changing laws. It means improving their daily living and working conditions. It means...	Apr 17, 2011 program
	Volunteer Cooperation in Haiti In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti is struggling to rebuild its physical infrastructure as well as recover from damage done to important...	Apr 14, 2011 program
	Building Leadership Skills for Sri Lankan Youth Once their secondary schooling has been completed, some Sri Lankan teenagers continue to live with and depend on their parents. Years of civil conflict, the 2004 tsunami and recent flooding in the...	Apr 14, 2011 program
	International Seminar For over 60 years, the WUSC-initiated International Seminar has provided Canadian students with their first in-depth experience in a developing country. Now run by the...	Apr 6, 2011 program
	Plantation Teen Begins New Career Patterns are hard to break. Especially for teenagers growing up on tea plantations in Sri Lanka. They’re isolated from other Sri Lankans, have few prospects for alternative occupations, and can...	Apr 5, 2011 story
	Teaching the Teacher Due to years of conflict, a large number of teachers in Southern Sudan do not have formal teacher training. Both is a Southern Sudanese teacher in his...	Mar 15, 2011 story
	Education and Training in South Sudan Decades of conflict have exacted a heavy toll on the people of Sudan. Many adults and children have not had the opportunity to attend school or training programs. As a result, the national...	Mar 15, 2011 program