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Gaining employment and self-confidence through skills training in Sri Lanka
The past few years have been challenging ones for Thinesh Sobana, 28 years old. As the eldest of three children, she assumed additional responsibility when her parents were killed in the conflict in...
May 8, 2013
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Congratulations to our WUSC Local Committee graduates!
WUSC would like to send warm congratulations to all of the Local Committee members graduating this year! Your passion and efforts to support WUSC during your studies have truly made an impact on our...
Apr 30, 2013
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Helping Reduce Poverty through Education: The Role of the Volunteer
“We believe that, equipped with the skills in CV writing and interview skills, one can use it to secure a job and if possible impart it to others. This can break the poverty cycle as equal...
Apr 25, 2013
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Local Committees in British Columbia organize their first regional check-in!
“It was healthy for all of our committees to meet others from across the province, to learn best practices from each other in areas we need to work on, and, most importantly, to understand the...
Apr 18, 2013
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Changing lives on plantation communities in Sri Lanka
WUSC’s Plantations Communities Project has been working with communities living on and around the tea estates of Sri Lanka since 2001. Aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of the...
Apr 16, 2013
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