2. WUSC’s Mission To foster human development and global understanding through education and training
3. WUSC is… An non-governmental organization (NGO) that develops and delivers development projects with their sectoral expertise in the following areas: Education Health Refugee Issues Sustainable Livelihoods Gender Equality
4. WUSC is… The only Canadian organization directly linking post-secondary students, faculty and institutional leaders with development issues
6. WUSC Members Local Committees Dynamic pan-Canadian network: present on over 80 on campuses in every province International Local Committees on campuses in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and developing elsewhere
8. WUSC Members Alumni Former overseas volunteers, past local committee members, donors and others Includes public service, business and community leaders
9. WUSC Governance Board of Directors 16 volunteer members includes postsecondary leaders, WUSC alumni, students and development experts Currently, 2 of the Directors are current students and 2 are recent graduates
10. WUSC’s Partnership with CECI An international cooperation programme of CECI and WUSC Mobilization of partners, volunteers and the Canadian public To reduce world poverty and build capacity for our partners.
11. WUSC and Uniterra Uniterra and other WUSC Programming Non-Uniterra WUSC Afghanistan Canada Nepal Vietnam Haïti Sudan Sri Lanka Guatemala Peru Botswana Burkina Faso Ghana Guinea Mali Niger Senegal Bolivia Malawi
12. A key WUSC Partner Mission: to support broadcasters to strengthen small-scale farming and rural communities in Africa Works in direct partnership with approx. 330 radio broadcasters in 39 African countries to fight poverty and food insecurity www.farmradio.org
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15. WUSC Activities On Campus and Overseas As Local Committee members, students on Canadian campuses can get involved in any number of interesting campaigns and programs…
16. WUSC Activities On Campus and Overseas … And all of these campaigns and programs are connected with and contributing towards WUSC’s overseas development projects.
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18. HIV and AIDS caregivers travel to neighboring villages to care for those affected. With a bicycle, they reach 5 times as many patients.
19. Bicycles and bike-ambulances are of great assistance to those living with HIV and AIDS in rural Malawi.
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23. Local Committees are raising awareness and funds to support refugee girls’ education in Kenyan camps, using light-themed events, like flashlight mobs.
24. WUSC is providing solar lamps, after school classes and, finally, scholarships for promising girls to go to secondary school
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26. Assessing the effectiveness of Farm Radio in meeting food security objectives in rural farming households in Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania and Uganda.
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28. Women and girls have asked the world for recognition and respect of their rights. They do their part; help them ensure equality for all.
29. Stand Up and Make Noise for women’s equality on September 17-19th
30. Throw a “Her Challenge, Your Challenge” creative expression event
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33. For almost 65 years, WUSC’s annual International Seminar has provided Canadian students with their first in-depth experience in a developing country. The goal is to engage a group of about 20 Canadian students and 20 host country students in collaborative community projects.