Volunteer abroad with EQWIP HUBs and help create a better future for all

EQWIP HUBs provides life changing international volunteer opportunities for Canadians who are looking to grow personally and professionally and make a difference.

Live overseas, gain new skills and work with like-minded youth from the developing world. Learn more >

EQWIP HUBs is a global partnership collaborating to change lives

If you are a young Canadian – or young at heart – and looking to grow professionally and personally while making a difference, EQWIP HUBs has the volunteer opportunity for you. Working with ambitious youth from the developing world, EQWIP HUBs international volunteers share a transformative experience that helps change lives.

Through 18 knowledge centres in Bolivia, Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Senegal and Tanzania, EQWIP HUBs offers entrepreneurship and employment training so that young people, especially women, can come together to gain market-relevant skills and learn from mentors. Our youth focused, collaborative and tech-friendly approach is unique. By working in partnership with global peers – we can create a better future for all.

Together, we’re on a mission to change the lives of 100,000 youth by 2020.

The EQWIP HUBs volunteer experience

Gain new skills

EQWIP HUBs provides life changing international volunteer opportunities and experiences that will equip Canadians with the kind of job skills that open doors.

Help change lives

Working in partnership with like-minded youth from the developing world, EQWIP HUBs volunteers will share a transformative experience that helps young women and men to grow into their full potential.

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Be part of a global team

World-renowned leaders in global development, Canada World Youth and Youth Challenge International have come together with a global network of collaborators to create sustainable livelihoods.

EQWIP HUBs also covers many of your costs and provides a monthly stipend while volunteering abroad. To find out more, see Costs & Support.

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Whether you’re a young Canadian looking to put your skills into action for global youth development, or a young person in an EQWIP HUBs country looking for a program to prepare you for the future – we have opportunities for you.

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Opportunities for youth in Bolivia, Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Senegal and Tanzania

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Canada World Youth & Youth Challenge International

Each recognized as Canadian leaders, CWY and YCI bring a combined 70 years of expertise in global youth development. Forty thousand young people around the world have been transformed through CWY’s world-renowned global reciprocal exchange programs and YCI’s youth innovation initiatives, proving young people can lead real change in global health, the environment, and youth livelihoods.

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  • Making of EQWIP HUBs: Canadian volunteer Hilary Duff’s Photo Essay

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  • EQWIP HUBs global programs help youth reach their potential

    Powered by Canadian leaders in global youth development – Canada World Youth and Youth Challenge International– the EQWIP HUBs project is a global network that connects Canadian volunteers, youth participants, and international partners through innovative programming in six developing countries. This programming offers entrepreneurship and employment training so that young people, especially women, can come together to gain market-relevant skills......

  • EQWIP HUBs International Volunteers Collaborate to Change Lives with Young Entrepreneurs

    Canadian volunteers teamed up with a global network of partners to introduce the EQWIP HUBs Youth Innovation Fund. Launched in May and June across 6 developing countries, the Youth Innovation Fund, will support youth entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into reality. Canadian volunteer Helen Gao (EQWIP HUBs Tamale, Ghana) collaborated to create a series of interactive, global workshops to......

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