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Three young refugees who completed their studies.

Celebrating the Student Refugee Program Class of 2023!

Congratulations to the newest cohort of graduates from the Student Refugee Program! Many of our new grads are now preparing to begin a new stage in their lives, from pursuing further studies in their fields of interest to moving to a different city or country to embarking on a new career path.  Access to post-secondary…

Connecting Young Women to Quality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services in their Communities in Côte d’Ivoire

Access to quality sexual and reproductive health services is an essential component to ensuring a good quality of life. This is particularly true for adolescent girls, for whom early pregnancy can quickly alter the trajectory of their lives—limiting the opportunities that are available to them and even becoming life-threatening. Globally, complications during pregnancy and childbirth…

National Volunteer Week: Celebrating the Impact of our Network

Locally or internationally, volunteers’ time and skills are key to WUSC’s global development efforts. In honor of National Volunteer Week, we want to celebrate and highlight the extraordinary work and impact of WUSC’s volunteers in Canada and overseas, without whom our global cooperation programs would not be successful, let alone possible. In Canada, the network…

How WUSC’s Partner Innovation Fund Supports Local Solutions to Improve Women’s Economic Empowerment

The barriers facing women’s full economic participation are many. In some countries, there are legal constraints to women’s rights to work, including a lack of protection from sexual harassment in the workplace. Women also bear a disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work and are less likely to have access to education, technology, and…

Not A Burden”: How This Refugee-Led Organization Is “Cleaning The Perception” Of Refugees Everywhere

Why it Matters : Refugee-led organizations like L’AFRIKANA are able to understand the needs of refugees more intimately than their non-refugee-led counterparts — their story is an opportunity to learn what works and what doesn’t. By Neha Chollangi, Future of Good This journalism is made possible by a partnership with WUSC and the International Forum. See…
The #HerFuture campaign aims to support and advocate for girls' access to education.

Her Future is Now!

From March 5th to March 11th, join the movement to support girls’ education! When young girls are educated, they are equipped with knowledge about their rights that they can confidently exercise, are less likely to be forced into early marriages, and are armed with the tools and information to share their opinions to shape and…
Three participants of a past International Seminar are shown sitting on the grass deep in discussion.

2023 WUSC International Seminar in Accra, Ghana: Applications Now Open!

Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development: Diverse Perspectives in Ghana Do you have a passion for sustainable development? Are you interested in green entrepreneurship? Are you a Canadian citizen or permanent resident between the ages of 18 and 30? If you are looking for an international opportunity to deepen your understanding of economic inclusion, the green…

2021-2022 Annual Report: Working Towards A Better Future For Youth

With our global network of 355 partners in 20 countries, we have made important progress toward our vision of a better world for all young people.  Through our programming, we directly reached 280,000 youth with new education, economic, and empowerment opportunities and supported over 1.8 million additional people, helping to improve their quality of life…

Growing Hope

In Canada, your gardens are dormant now, until another spring awakening. But here in Ghana we are planting all the time – and what we’re growing might surprise you! We are growing hope.  Because of support made possible by WUSC and our donors, women and youth in Ghana are learning the skills they need to…

Going Above and Beyond: Volunteers’ Commitment to Global Development

Since 1977, WUSC has worked closely with over 10,000 volunteers in Canada and abroad to foster youth-centered solutions for improved education, economic, and empowerment opportunities to overcome inequality and exclusion in over 15 countries.  While on assignment, volunteers are responsible for numerous tasks depending on their role, which could vary from creating an entire social…

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