canadian peace corps?

Question

my teen is interested in something like the peace corps, do we have anything like this in canada? if so where would i find it.

ok to make it more clear my child wants to go help in other countries, like a missionary, help the poor that kind of thing.

Answer 1

CUSO - Canadian University Service Overseas.
http://www.cuso.org/index.php

However - an unpleasant truth; The Peace Corps (USA), CUSO (Canada), VSO (UK) and Kiwi Volunteers (NZ) all get lots and lots of inquiries from young people with good intentions and no particular skill. It takes the volunteer organizations a certain amount of time, energy and money to teach their volunteers the language, customs and history of their host country, then fly them over there. It takes a certain amount of time, energy and money to keep the volunteers there. If all they wanted were people with good intentions and no skills, they could recruit likely young high school graduates in those countries, young people who already spoke the language like a native (because they were natives) and didn't need to be taught the culture, and didn't need air fare.

What they all want are people with skills that the host countries have asked for. 99% of the time this involves a university degree. If someone has a degree in civil engineering with an emphasis in water and sanitary systems, he/she could travel the world, installing clean drinking water and sewage systems (septic tanks and concrete privies, probably.) He/she would save hundreds of lives and save the eldest daughter of each village two to three hours a day of labor; fetching water from the river, chopping trees, boiling the water.

You will note that requires a Bachelor of Science in a tough subject. A lot of volunteers teach English; I did. Their students go on to go to University somewhere, then come back and start installing water systems. (Or they become lawyers, or real estate developers.)

The 1% who don't have a university degree have an amazing amount of hard experience in something the host country wants to learn; fish farming, chicken farming, vegetable farming, native craft exports, co-op financing . . .

Since you said "my teen", I'm assuming he/she hasn't finished University. She/he should, and should major in something useful, if he/she is serious about the CUSO. That means taking several courses in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, if he/she isn't on a track that will lead to a nursing, engineering or other degree that requires a lot of math and science.

If your teen is a 4-H leader and has managed a 30,000-bird chicken farm independently, or has worked with Heifer International for the last 6 years, he/she might get a spot.

Answer 2

These organisations have ranks? Really? The Canadian equivalent of the Peace Corps is the Canadian University Service Overseas, or CUSO (or SUCO, for les Québécoises).

Answer 3

HAHAHA we dont have a stable army? thats a joke. My family has a long line of service people not only in Canada but in the USA . I really find what you said a joke, I'm guessing you are not in the Military right kashmir? Oh yes and the US borrow too, so I guess we should start telling them no right?

Answer 4

canada(kan-ada) is life. and they are peace makers. they dont invest much in war materials. they barely have a stable army. borrow from US. i heart u guys!

Answer 5

try google but that's kinda a weird question, no offense