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CUSO- Atlantic
Last Modified on: 05/23/95
How to Contact
- Contact: Sean Kelly
- Address:
1657 Barrington St., Suite #508 - Halifax, NS -B3J 2A1
- Email:cusoatl@web.apc.org
Profile
- Category: non-government organization
- Spoken Languages
- Language of Choice: English
- Functional Languages
- French
English
- Geographic Focus
- international
local
regional
national
- Objectives
- CUSO is a Canadian non-profit organization committed to social justice around the globe. To reach this goal, we work in partnership with groups and individuals searching for alternatives to the unjust social, economic, and political order that limits people's freedom, fosters inequality, threatens cultures and communities, and degrades the environment.
- Area(s) of Activity
- community development
environment
agriculture
social justice
trade
education
aboriginal/first nations
fishing
- Present projects
- 1. Overseas volunteer recruitment.
2. 'In Our Own Backyard" Travelling Community Economics Exposition (Planning Kit and Displays available free of charge.)
3. 'Fair Trade Zone "95" , an alternative marketplace at the People's Summit.
- Publications
- 1. 'Common-Sense Economics" Database and Success Stories Bank (accessable through SCN and Chebucto)
2. 'The Sustainable Times" a national tabloid newspaper.
- Committees
- 1. Community Economics Reference Committee.
2. Volunteer Team.