a year in the life of wusc uofa
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See what we have been up to this past year. Contact us if you are around next year and are interested in volunteering at [email protected] :)TRANSCRIPT
A year in the life of...
WUSC UofA
Why WUSC?
SocialsSummer Socials
October Banff Trip
Post SRP Gala Celebration
Student Refugee Program
-Presented a workshop on Education at Stand Up, Take Action!-Outdoor Bakesale which raised over $200 to cover SRP settling costs-Akol told his story of WUSC sponsorship at Red Cross Speaker Series-Akol was featured in the Gateway, our campus newspaper-Held an SRP training session for volunteers
Welcomed our SRP student
Open House at Main Campus
Fall Semester
Student Refugee ProgramWinter Semester
Refugee Rights Poetry Night
Student Refugee Program Gala
Yoga For Change
-Presented three workshops at International Week-Open House at Campus St. Jean-Refugee Rights Day Celebration of drumming and film screening of ‘War Dance’
Gender Equality
Her Challenge, Your Challenge Concert for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Resilient Women Screening of film Africa Rising
Sri Lanka Vocational Training Talk
Sustainability-Participated and hosted a film screening at Sustainability Awareness Week (SAW)
Bike for Aids-Raised $2500.00 to purchase five bike ambulances in Malawi through CAP AIDS where $500 will provide a bicycle-ambulance, including costs for delivery and maintenance.
Bike for Aids Bikeathon
Bike Ambulance
International Experience-Ola went to Peru summer of 2009 to study water sanitation-Julia went to Nepal summer of 2010 to study forest management-Brent and Marina will go to Vietnam this summer to study youth in the workforce-Outreach about International Seminar programs with students at Experiential Learning Fair, The Places You’ll Go, and fundraising Bar NightsInternational Seminar Present and
Past Participants
Julia’s Nepal Experience - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbFUhAhsCjg
Fair Trade-Handed out free fair trade hot chocolate, coffee, and tea every second Monday at Fair Trade Monday in the Tory Business Atrium to raise awareness of fair trade
-Reverse Trick or Treat on Halloween were we talked to 500 houses about fair trade!
-Sold fair trade shea butter products from women’s cooperatives in Burkina Faso at Just Christmas
Just Christmas
Leadership & Training-Sent Sepehr and Huiyi to SGS Leadership Summit to develop skills like financing, event planning, and networking for student groups
-Sent Adi to the Leadership Meeting to network, share skills and ideas with other representatives from different local committee leaders from across Canada
-Sent Julia to the Annual General Meeting (AGA) to meet other local committee leaders from across Canada and to learn about the work WUSC does abroad
Leadership Meeting AGA
Thank you for your dedication and hard work! This year would have not been possible without you!
Ideas for next year?
WUSC CampaignsHer Challenge, Your ChallengeBuy Into ChangeBike for AidsFarm Radio International Shine A LightSymposiaStudent Without Borders2011 International SeminarStudent Refugee ProgramInternational Local Committee Network
To find out more about WUSC campaigns go to www.wusc.ca
Interested in becoming involved?Sign up for our newsletter at www.ualberta.ca/~wusc Contact us at [email protected]