Cuso International — Quick View

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Reporting period ending: 2021-03-31

Programs and activities:

Ongoing programs:
Cuso International is a Canadian international development organization committed to eradicating poverty and inequality around the world. Cuso operates on three continents in the following regions: Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada’s Northwest Territories. By collaborating with local partners and citizens, we deliver sustainable development results that respond to communities’ immediate needs. Our programs are focused on advancing gender equality through the empowerment of women and girls, improving access to and quality of, economic opportunities for young people and building the capacity of Cuso partners to ensure the skills they develop are sustainable for the long term. Each year, we mobilize hundreds of volunteer professionals to maximize our partners’ impact and build capacity. In 2020/21 we placed 194 skilled volunteers (including e-volunteers) where they provided technical assistance in everything from marketing and business development, to agriculture, gender equity, and public health. Cuso International is a registered charity in Canada and the United States.

New programs:
in 2020-21, operated 11 programs and projects reaching more than 1.9 million people in 11 countries. New: Our seven year volunteer cooperation project operating in 10 countries. Fifty-seven projects are now underway supporting knowledge sharing, partnership delivery and/or COVID-19 mitigation. In Honduras, we are providing targeted technical assistance to local organizations to strengthen risk disaster systems, including design of inclusive protocols and procedures to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities. In Nigeria, our life skills training for refugees is focusing emerging entrepreneurs. More than 19,000 beneficiaries reached.

Operations Outside Canada

• BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE

• COLOMBIA

• EL SALVADOR

• JAMAICA

• CAMEROON

• CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

• ETHIOPIA

• HONDURAS

• LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBL

• MOZAMBIQUE

• MYANMAR

• PHILIPPINES

• NIGERIA

• PERU

• ZAMBIA

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