George Harris- Winnipeg - Podcast #47
George has served in several countries on different assignments. He has refined his skills and loves sharing them from Zanzibar, Tanzania, U...
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George Harris- Back From Uganda - Podcast #46
George continues his story of his projects and partners from Ethiopia to Uganda
George Harris has served with CUSO and VSO -Podcast #45
George Harris was very young when he started his first assignment. He has worked for CUSO, volunteered and married Shirley Lord and gone wit...
Helen Zokowski Talks about the founding 15 plus 1 - Podcast #44
Helen now lives in Comox and is a freelance writer. She has served with Science International, CBC, and is an accomplished Producer, Directo...
To Serve and Learn- The Journey of a Pioneer - Podcast #43
Helen Startowski is an extraordinary woman and a pioneer for CUSO-VSO. In 1961, the Canadian Overseas Volunteers (COV), to become CUSO, sent...
Jill Cooper Continues to Tell Us About Their Work in Bolivia - Podcast #42
CUSO and VSO Canada have merged to form CUSO-Voluntary Service Overseas, one of North America's largest international development organizati...
Jill Cooper Tells Us More About Bolivia - Podcast #41
Geoff Ripat is back in Winnipeg and back at work. He was on his way out when I arrived. I spent a wonderful few hours talking to the family...
Jill Cooper tells us about her work and Geoff work in Bolivia - Podcast #40
When Jill left Canada with her young family and her husband Geoff Ripat it was Geoff who had the assignment. Geoff was to do a labour market...
Maureen and Sam Are Back From Bolivia - Podcast #39
Maureen brought back her Muneca in traditional dress ( Cholita) Sam brought back a flute They tell me about their art lessons, Piano and sch...
A Family Returns From Bolivia - Podcast #38
Many people ask about taking their children on assignment. Geoff Ripat and Jill Cooper have recently returned from Bolivia. They left 4 year...
Winnipeg, Manitoba Alumni Meet in July , 2009 - Podcast #37
Over 700 Manitobans have served with CUSO and VSO now the combined alumni of CUSO-VSO. We met recently at the Manitoba Council for Internati...
Eva Zaleski Tells Us More About Her Work - Podcast #36
Eva has just returned from a 4 month placement in China as a Funding Advisor for HIV/ AIDS She talks about the challenges in the region and...
Eva Tells Us About Her Work in Guyana - Podcast #35
A community activist Eva is a person concerned about the world and prepared to put her inquisitive mind to work From working in Geology to D...
Eva Zaleski Returns From Assignment in China - Podcast #34
Eva has a PhD in Geology. She describes herself as a " Hard Rock Doctor". She worked on Canadian shield mapping. She describes some forms of...
Learn More About Our Latin America Projects - Podcast #33
In Spanish we hear about programs with youth and environment from Jaques Carrriere. Excuse the backgrond noise as we speak at the Chateau Fr...
Program Director for Latin America and Carribean - Podcast #32
I met Juan Carlos Pirir ( Melvin) who had come from Guatemala to attend conferences and meetings in Canada with Jaques Carriere- The program...
Volunteer Stories from the Field | CUSO VSO | - Podcast #31
Robert Akester- Served in Philipines 2005-2007 Elections can be a very challenging time. Robert tells how politics permeates life and friend...
More Wonderful Stories - Podcasts #30
• Nancy van Euw – a Peacecorps Returned volunteers talks about meeting her husband Ed Van Euw who is a cUSO RV 1986-1987 Volunteers from man...
Long Ago Far Away But It Could Have Been Just Yesterday- Volunteers tell their stories - Podcast #29
Umeeda Switlo- welcomes everyone and thanks Nancy Garrett- CUSO RV India 1968-1970 (wife of the Late Lewis Perinbam), Juanita Tupper (ex CUS...
CUSO-VSO Returned Volunteers Get Together April 28,2009 - Podcast #28
CUSO and VSO returned volunteers got together in Vancouver to talk about their experiences. Listen to 2 returned volunteers and a Board meme...