WUSC is a network of individuals and post-secondary institutions who believe that all peoples are entitled to the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to a more equitable world. Our mission is to foster human development and global understanding through education and training.

WUSC Overseas
Our development projects in the Balkans, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi, Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam deliver meaningful results in:

* Education and health - including basic and higher education, water and sanitation, and HIV and AIDS.
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WUSC Overseas
Our development projects in the Balkans, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Haiti, Malawi, Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam deliver meaningful results in:

* Education and health - including basic and higher education, water and sanitation, and HIV and AIDS.
* Sustainable livelihoods - including vocational training and agriculture/rural development.
* Governance - including strengthening civil society, promoting human rights and peace building.

International volunteer cooperation is one of our main tools for delivering development results. Through Uniterra, a joint five-year program of WUSC and the Centre for International Studies (CECI), we are mobilizing more than 1000 volunteers from Canada and 13 developing countries to work to reduce poverty through innovative North/South partnerships.

WUSC on Campus
WUSC is unique among development organizations in our ability to link Canada's colleges and universities with our overseas activities. We are present on campuses across the country, connecting postsecondary students, faculty and leaders through:

* more than 70 WUSC Local Committees
* Student Refugee Program - supporting students fleeing war or persecution in developing countries to continue their studies in Canada.
* Uniterra - mobilizing students to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals through education, advocacy and volunteering.
* overseas learning opportunities including an International Seminar and Students Without Borders™, an innovative program that enables students to apply their academic knowledge to a work environment in the developing world while, in most cases, earning credits.
* managing scholarships for students from the South enrolled at Canadian universities and colleges.

Founded more than 60 years ago WUSC is a registered Canadian charity with headquarters in Ottawa (Ontario) and regional offices in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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From a university or college campus in Canada to a rural village in a developing country, there are many different ways you can volunteer your time, knowledge, energy and skills and help change the world through WUSC.

In Canada
From joining a WUSC Local Committee to...
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From a university or college campus in Canada to a rural village in a developing country, there are many different ways you can volunteer your time, knowledge, energy and skills and help change the world through WUSC.

In Canada
From joining a WUSC Local Committee to sponsoring a refugee student to advocating for fair trade, we offer unique and exciting volunteer opportunities for post-secondary students, faculty and staff on campus.

Overseas
Volunteers are key to the work WUSC does in developing countries. You can choose from:

* Uniterra - Canada's largest international volunteer program, it recruits qualified individuals to work in partnership with local organizations in 13 developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
* Students Without Borders™ - an initiative that offers university and college students exciting volunteer learning opportunities in a developing country during an academic term.
* Leave for Change - enables employees from participating organizations to transform part of their annual leave into a 2 or 3 week volunteer assignment in a developing country.
* International Seminar - Each summer 20 post-secondary students from across Canada join 20 students from the global South for the International Seminar, a unique six-week overseas educational experience that will change your life.
* Refugee Study Seminar - Be one of ten WUSC Local Committee members to travel to Kenya in the summer of 2008 to experience life in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps.

In addition, WUSC also recruits a small number of cooperants for our Haiti Volunteer Cooperation Program.
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