Cuso International

Cuso International is a development organization that works to reduce poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships and compassionate donors.

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Regrann from @feedherfuture - If you believe women and girls' access to nutrition is a basic human right and want to help #FeedHerFuture, you can work side-by-side with @careorg communities by volunteering with @Cusointernational on placements in #Malawi, #Mozambique and #Zambia. Click the link our bio to learn more! #volunteer #volunteering #getinvolved 📷: Josh Estey / CARE - #regrann

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Excited for you to share your skills with @unwomen in #DRC! Regrann from @keepingupwithkinshasa - New kid on the block #proud - #regrann (at Kinshasa, Congo)

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A big thank you to @internationalwomensdayottawa and all who came by to sign messages of solidarity with our local partners working to further #genderequality & #socialinclusion. #Volunteer your skills to make a difference! #iwd2018 #myfeminism (at Horticulture Building)

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From a volunteer who has just touched down: @Regranned from @globalhealthdiaries - Made touch down to @cusointernational 's Colombia Offices today as part of ICO (In-Country Orientation) & reunited with a friend made during pre-departure training all the way in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2 months ago. . Many thanks to the @gacanada.amcanada for making this, and project #empleosparaconstruirfuturo, possible 🇨🇦🌐🇨🇴 - #regrann (at Bogotá, Colombia)

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#MondayMotivation "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James

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Side effects of our programs may include new friendships developed. 🤗 @Regrann from @ambitionaddict_ - Congrats to me and this selfie partner of mine we had one wonderful year together I thank for #NYSC bringing us together #cusointernational for keeping us with each other! We will continue the selfie at home 😘😘😘😘😘😘 - #regrann

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Hey all you #cusoalumni – don’t forget to check out the latest edition of your global #volunteering magazine—The Catalyst! Link in bio! http://www.cusointernational.org/about/publications

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We’re inspired by rural women in #Nicaragua, like Rosibel, who have broken through unfair social and economic barriers.  Rosibel was so excited to tell us her story. So happy to be heard, to be seen. For many years, she was hidden. “It scares me how I was before,” she said. “I used to be a woman who was voiceless and faceless.”  Now 54 years old, Rosibel has a life that she never imagined when she was younger. She has worked hard to gain what so many women are denied: education, land, money, and freedom.  She was given a chance through the help of a local women’s organization called Fundacion Entre Mujeres (FEM) 20 years ago. Through FEM, Rosibel learned to read and write, and joined a cooperative of 250 female farmers called Las Diosas – The Goddesses.  Today, Rosibel is the president of Las Diosas. She owns a house and a plot of land and is studying traditional medicine in university.  “Now I can say that I am an empowered woman,” Rosibel proclaimed with pride.  For the past year, Rosibel and her co-op have been working with Ronald, a #CusoInternational #volunteer. At first, the women were skeptical of being advised by a male volunteer. How could Ronald fully understand their challenges without any first-hand experience? For many of the women, the co-op was the sole space in their lives where they didn’t have to answer to a man.  But Ronald was a gentle giant. For the first four months, he actively listened to the women and learned their practices. Once he gained their trust, he taught them how to account for all their costs so they could set a fair price and sell their products more effectively. Since working with Ronald, the co-op’s production has increased by 50 percent.  Investing in the economic empowerment of rural women has a ripple effect that extends into families, communities, and countries. Women spend most of their income on their children’s education, health and nutrition, which leads to sustainable development and long term economic growth.  “I dream of a future when women know their rights,” said Rosibel. “When women are in the market, when women are studying, when no one is illiterate, and when no one is trapped in the kitchen.”

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Volunteer Amanda in Bolivia making time for some fun too! @Regrann from @mandyrox2 - Love how much fun the kids are having during the parade! They spray foam, throw eggs, and use water guns to get the other kids dirty, and sometimes anybody else walking by during Carnaval de Antono! #parade #festival #culture #carnavaldeantoño #tradition #street #kids #carnival #sunnyday #sprayfoam #fight #playing #messy #cute #afternoon #fun #sucre #bolivia #southamerica #expat - #regrann (at Sucre, Bolivia)

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We love sustainable development! @Regrann from @northernpromises - A pencil is mightier than a sword. It helps provide knowledge, the greatest asset one can have. ______________________ Helping an Inuvialuit student after school with her homework. The sheer joy in her eyes after she figured out how to solve a question was priceless. ______________________ #Arctic #Canada #explorecanada #northernpromises #inuvik #nwt #nature #snow #cold #outdoors #sunrise #sunset #outdoorphotography #iphone #photo #earth #blessed #landscape #travel #north #student #adventure #cusointernational #volunteer #tundra #school #architecture #homework #canada150 #service (at Inuvik, Northwest Territories)

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Thank you all! @Regrann from @311lg - Am taking part in training today to become a selector for @cusointernational. I'll observe and interview potential volunteers who want to go abroad for months at a time to help alleviate poverty. Learning how to recognize key dimensions that @cusointernational's 55 years of experience has taught them are essential to volunteers contributing in a sustainable and positive manner with their local partners! - #regrann (at Cuso International)

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@Regrann from @jamaicachamber - @cusointernational's Gender and Development Officer, Darine BenAmara on @smilejamtvj talking about the highly anticipated event, "Young Entrepreneur: Own Your Future" - #regrann

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@Regrann from @christinef6 - Congratulations to the Kingston, #Jamaica YWCA on the launch of their new strategic plan, which was facilitated by my fellow @cusointernational volunteer Amalia Gentles. Thanks to her hard work and the deep commitment of that organization, the future is even brighter for these young women. #travellingbyheart - #regrann

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Global #Diaspora Week continues! Stepping into #international #volunteering usually involves immersing oneself in a new, foreign culture. Not so for Eduardo DiazGranados: it was a case of investing his business skills in order to help an organization in #Colombia, the country of his birth. http://www.cusointernational.org/programs/impact/impact/the-volunteer-who-put-plenty-in-but-got-even-more-out-of-it (at Colombia)

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A big thank you to our panelists for sharing their diaspora experience tonight! Thank you to @impacthub @ocicpics WUSC and all who helped celebrate and discuss global diaspora week! #GDW2016

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Full house for OCIC Development Drinks tonight for Global Diaspora Week! Well be livestreaming on Facebook in a few moments. #GDW2016

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Continuing our celebration of #GlobalDiasporaWeek - check out this great story of Rosa, who returned to #ElSalvador. For Rosa Cruz #volunteering in #Suchitoto, a small town about 30 kilometres from San Salvador, is a lot like being home; when she was 18 years old, she worked in this same city. Being here today reminds her what the city was like long before instability and insecurity drove her from El Salvador to #Canada. Link in bio : http://www.cusointernational.org/programs/impact/impact/using-theatre-to-keep-kids-off-the-streets-in-el-salvador #GDW2016 (at Suchitoto, El Salvador)