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V-­‐Care
International
Student
Success
Society
V-­‐Care
International
Student
Success
Society
Brief
Introduction
V-­‐Care
International
Student
Success
Society
is
a
registered
non-­‐profit
organization
that
builds
connection
between
international
students
and
local
communities
by
leading
volunteer
work
to
help
these
students
to
overcome
issues
relating
to
cultural
differences,
such
as
language,
values,
and
social
expectations.
We
developed
from
V-­‐Care
Society
at
Dalhousie
University
that
started
since
May
2013.
Until
now,
we
have
more
than
140
volunteer
members.
Background
Halifax
has
a
continuing
rising
population
of
young
people
from
other
countries
who
have
been
educated
and
have
strong
interest
to
involve
in
local
community.
But
they
are
also
struggling
with
language
barrier,
limited
access
and
lacking
professional
help
to
fully
participate
in
local
community.
On
the
other
side,
government
and
other
social
service
sections
have
strong
desire
to
get
more
people
who
have
international
background
and
multi-­‐culture
perspective
to
involve
in
serving
this
more
and
more
diverse
local
community.
As
a
result,
bridging
the
gap
between
the
need
of
recruiting
enough
qualified
volunteers
who
have
international
background
and
barriers
for
international
students
to
get
participated
in
local
community
is
significant
and
will
make
a
huge
difference.
V-Care International student success society is focusing on encouraging international students
participates in local community and helping international students get access and prepared to
participate in local community through volunteer work.
Volunteer Work
There two types of volunteer program: long-term volunteer program and one-time events. We
organize and lead our own volunteer groups participating in these programs. In the past year, we
contributed 744 volunteer hours to local community in total.
1. Long-term Programs
(1) Keshen Goodman Public Library
We have been involved in programs such as Women’s Conversation Group, Men’s Conversation

2.
V-­‐Care
International
Student
Success
Society
Group, Computer Class, Taiji Class, and Weaving Together. We have 14 volunteers participated
in this program. Our volunteers have contributed 436 volunteer hours in this program.
(2) Northwood Inc.
Northwood Inc. is a famous nursing home in Halifax. Our 7
volunteers played the role as friendly visitor accompanying old
people in this program. We have contributed 98 volunteer
hours there.
(3) Pier 21
Pier
21
is
the
last
surviving
seaport
immigration
facility
in
Canada.
Our
6
volunteers
spent
50
hours
there
helping
translate
documents.
2.
One-­‐time
Events
We
have
got
involved
in
volunteer
work
in
10
organizations,
Canadian
Cancer
Society,
Canada
Revenue
Agency,
Salvation
Army,
Clean
NS,
Theater
NS,
Feed
NS,
Nocturne
at
night,
Doors
open
Halifax,
Jazz
Festival,
and
Urban
farm.
Interesting
Activities
Organized
by
V-­‐Care
Society
(View
photo
in
Appendix
B)
1. “Save
your
Captain”
City
Exploration
Summer
Events
To
encourage
International
Students
and
the
local
community
to
increase
their
understanding
of
each
other
and
promote
local
culture,
we
host
this
summer
event,
which
is
similar
to
Amazing
Race.
Three
teams
go
through
a
particulate
route,
which
consists
of
5
famous
places
in
Halifax,
and
finish
tasks.
Including
volunteers
and

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V-­‐Care
International
Student
Success
Society
participants,
39
international
students
participated
in
this
event.
This
event
got
support
from
several
local
business
owners
and
public
sectors.
2. Workshops
We
have
host
4
workshops
for
international
students
including
“Immigration
Information
Session”,
“Job
Finding
Strategy”,
“Job
Fair
Information
Session”,
and
“Volunteer
Culture”.
Prize
for
wining
team
and
planning
group:
tour
to
Irving
Inc.

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International
Student
Success
Society
3. Other
Activities
We
also
have
different
interesting
activities
for
our
members,
such
as
BBQ
party,
Homemade
Sushi
Party,
and
Karaoke
Night.
We
also
offered
tax
return
support
to
our
members.
Future
Plan
To
improve
the
quality
of
the
service
we
offer
to
local
community,
we
have
started
a
training
program
for
our
volunteers.
This
training
program
ensures
that
our
volunteers
are
qualified
and
that
our
volunteers
learn
more
efficient
from
volunteer
work
they
do.