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| Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) is transferring ownership of the Guyana programme to its strategic alliance partner, the Canada-based CUSO International.Eighteen CUSO volunteers are expected to arrive in Guyana next February. Other batches of volunteers will follow at different junctures.This is according to CUSO International’s Country Representative, Tara Persaud, who said that the volunteers will be placing special emphasis on youth empowerment. She said that Government and the voluntary organization are yet to sign a Memorandum of Understanding.CUSO International’s voluntary work in Guyana dates back to 1962 with 73 CUSO volunteers working in Guyana mainly in the Education sector and to a lesser extent in Health, Agriculture and Civil Engineering.After 1972 there was no CUSO presence in Guyana until 2008 through relationship with VSO. VSO Canada had recruited over 50 volunteers for VSO programmes in Guyana, starting in 1993.Persaud said that CUSO International is one of North America’s largest international volunteer-sending organizations with its head office in Ottawa,Air Max 90 Black Leather, Canada. CUSO shares VSO’s vision of a world without poverty and has a joint approach of engaging committed, highly skilled volunteers and placing them with carefully selected organizations.It was noted that both voluntary bodies partnered for a number of years and in recent times their relationship has developed further into a strategic alliance.“In order to optimise the development impact of working together, they have formalized their relationship through a Strategic Alliance, which was entered into by VSO and CUSO International on November 24, 2011,” Persaud stated.In an attempt not to duplicate efforts in individual countries CUSO International will work exclusively in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.According to the VSO Chief Executive Officer, Marg Mayne, “VSO has been helping communities in Guyana for over 20 years and we greatly appreciate the support of the Government, our partners and other stakeholders.“As the Guyana programme transition to CUSO and a new country strategy they will be engaging with some current and some new partners.”Persaud noted that CUSO International is a registered charity, incorporated in Ontario under the Canada Corporations Act.“We have been placing volunteers and implementing development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) since 1961. To date we have placed over 3300 skilled volunteers with public sector and civil society partner organizations in 30 countries: 14 countries in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean and 16 countries in Latin America,” she said.According to Persaud, “Our programme in the region will build on our work in Jamaica and Guyana. We aim to accelerate youth empowerment by reducing the barriers to economic engagement and redirecting at-risk youth to more positive behaviours. In Guyana we will continue to support the development of hinterland communities.”The body hopes to work in all CARICOM countries with the exception of Haiti. |
