Cuso Intl Annual Review 2011-12 (pdf) - Cuso International

Highlights of the year
• Over 19,000 people were engaged in discussions on
global issues at 340 events in 49 communities in Canada.
• To commemorate our 50 years of development history,
over 20 celebratory & educational events were held
across Canada in 2011, including an international
reunion and conference in Ottawa in June.
• Nine partners from Burma, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia,
Guyana, Cameroon and the Philippines toured across
Canada, giving public presentations and meeting with media.
• Cuso International was featured in major Canadian
newspapers including The Toronto Star, The Vancouver
Sun, The Montreal Gazette, The Halifax Herald and The
National Post.
• Our newsletters featured original stories on volunteers
and global issues, and were distributed to tens of
thousands of Canadians.
Success
Story
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada
Iyorwuese Hagher was reunited with his longlost
teacher & Cuso volunteer Diane Labelle-
Davey during our 50th celebrations. Their
reunion was captured by CBC Radio.
More than 15,000 volunteers have
served abroad with us over five decades,
some more than once.
Volunteers unlock potential and help reduce poverty | 17
• Our social media channels – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,
blogs and podcasts – promoted stories on volunteering and
development, and encouraged discussion on global issues.
• In collaboration with Volunteer Canada, we celebrated
the International Day of the Volunteer by launching the
State of the World’s Volunteering report in Canada. The
Ottawa launch was followed by volunteer day celebrations
at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor
General of Canada – our official patron.
• Canada’s Stratford Theatre Festival, Cuso and El
Salvador’s Es Artes are offering youth in Suchitoto
education and job opportunities in the cultural sector.
In Washington DC, we presented the project and a
performance at a meeting of culture ministers of the
Organization of American States.
in THeiR woRDS
“The reunion allowed us to step
back in time and re-connect with
the past and all the special people
& places we were fortunate enough
to experience.
As we approach retirement, it has
re-kindled the flame in us to seek
new opportunities where we can
continue to contribute and at the
same time experience new places
and peoples.”
– Garth Horne & kathryn Reno-Horne,
overseas volunteer alumni.