Canadian International Development Agency
Support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has enabled CUSO-VSO to increase its existing work, develop innovative programs and strategies and diversify the types of volunteering that it carries out.
CIDA’s aim
CIDA’s aim is to reduce poverty, promote human rights and support sustainable development. CIDA’s current priority sectors are:
governance
basic education
health (including HIV and AIDS)
private-sector development
environmental sustainability
gender equality (which is a cross-cutting theme).
CIDA carries out its mandate through different programmes and projects around the world. Through its Canadian Partnership programmes, CIDA supports organisations in Canada’s voluntary and private sectors that work in partnership with organisations in developing countries. CIDA also initiates activities to raise public awareness and get people involved in Canada.
CUSO-VSO and CIDA
CIDA began funding CUSO in 1968, and started supporting VSO Canada in 1999. We are grateful that support to CUSO-VSO continues.
In close consultation with CIDA, CUSO-VSO is developing new innovative programmes such as national volunteering and diaspora volunteering.
Visit the CIDA website.
