Our vision and values
CUSO-VSO’s vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfill their potential.
CUSO-VSO, as part of VSO International, promotes volunteering to fight poverty and disadvantage. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world.
Values
- We believe that everyone must be able to exercise their fundamental human rights.
- We believe that people working together can achieve positive and lasting change.
- We value diversity and cross-cultural understanding.
- We value partnerships based on honesty and respect.
- We value the innovation and creativity generated by shared endeavour.
- We value openness to learning.
Beyond volunteering
While volunteering is at the heart of what we do, we recognize that skills transfer is only one piece of the poverty reduction puzzle. And since inequitable economic policies at the global level affects development progress, as does war, corruption, resource scarcity and disease, CUSO-VSO supports efforts such as fair trade and human rights advancement.
