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Dominique Keller (Bangladesh - Secure livelihoods)

CUSO-VSO is available for comment.

If you would like to speak to our Executive Director or a media spokesperson about CUSO-VSO, our work overseas, our global awareness programs in North America, or about a particular development issue, please contact:

Sean Kelly, CUSO-VSO Communications & Media

Email: media@cuso-vso.org
Tel: (902) 850-2510 (Nova Scotia) | Cell: (902) 293-7790

Key facts on CUSO-VSO

  • CUSO-VSO is an international development organization that works through volunteers. It was created from the merger of two Canadian development agencies – CUSO (est. 1961) and VSO Canada (est. 1995). We have sent some 15,000 volunteers abroad since 1961.

  • We promote volunteering to fight global poverty and disadvantage. Instead of sending money, food or clothes, we send people from a range of professions.

  • Our volunteers come from many professional backgrounds, and many ages. We recruit volunteers from Canada and the United States.

  • CUSO-VSO is one of the largest independent volunteer-sending agencies in North America. We are the North American member of the VSO International Federation, the world’s largest volunteer-sending development agency.

  • CUSO-VSO volunteers work in over 40 countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • We do long-term development rather than short-term emergency relief. We respond to needs identified by our partnerships with local government agencies, non-governmental organizations and local community groups.

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