Business Partners
CUSO-VSO works with companies in Canada and the United States to develop long-term, strategic partnerships that combine critical business skills with volunteering.
One of the key features of the business program is that partner companies release their employees to take on a variety of assignments overseas with CUSO-VSO. Business Partnership volunteers use their skills in more than 40 countries.
But the benefits are not just to the overseas communities. For employers, the program offers opportunities to develop staff skills, and increase employee retention and satisfaction. The business volunteers gain a rewarding professional development experience that allows them to develop a wide range of skills while making a real difference where the need is greatest.
A win-win business proposition
The program offers a unique experience for the volunteer, and partner companies get to develop a highly innovative and adaptable workforce with a strong understanding of other cultures. We can offer a program that integrates a company’s objectives and stakeholder interests with its corporate social responsibility policies. CUSO-VSO can deliver a package of benefits that differentiates us from the competition – our international placements are at the heart of the partnership.
As one of our partners, your company would join a prestigious group of carefully selected companies, including Accenture, Scotiabank, Randstad and Deloitte Canada, working with one of the world’s largest and best-known international development organizations in pursuit of a world without poverty and injustice.
If you would like more information about how your company can get involved in a business partnership, please contact Meaghon Dunphy in Ottawa at (613) 829-7445 ext. 242, or send an email to meaghon.dunphy@cuso-vso.org.
