CNIS is dependent upon the help and devotion of our skilled and diverse volunteers both in Canada and in Africa, without whom our work would not be possible.
As a CNIS volunteer, you are an integral part of our life-saving teaching initiatives, having positive and exponential impact on the lives of millions of people living in Africa. Whether you teach overseas, help us translate or edit manuals, program our web sites, sew surgical simulators, or raise funds and awareness, your volunteer work with CNIS will be truly life-saving!
CNIS has almost 40 surgeons, obstetricians and perioperative nursing instructors from all across Canada who volunteer their time, developing course material and teaching our instructor courses in Africa, Guyana and Haiti.
All CNIS instructors must first take an instructor course in Canada and be certified to teach the CNIS courses. Certifications for Canadiana and African instructors are usually valid for 3 years.
To find out about Canadian instructor courses, please visit the Upcoming Courses and Events page or contact our Vancouver office.
In addition, CNIS is assisted by over 200 non-surgical volunteers who bring other areas of expertise to our organization – web and internet technology, manual editing, illustrations, translation, event-coordination, fundraising, sewing and many other important tasks. Last year, CNIS volunteers in Canada alone volunteered an estimated 5313 communal hours! Thank you!
Become part of our amazing volunteer team!
Click on the image to download our volunteer application form. Please fill out the form, and email, fax or drop it off at our Head Office.
Volunteer positions currently available.
- Event volunteers for nation-wide fundraising event with Ten Thousand Villages on March 8
- Network/IT volunteers with experience in PHP and WordPress
- Celebrity contact. CNIS needs an internationally known Canadian icon (film, TV, music industry or other media celebrity) to endorse our important cause
- Event volunteers for our annual gala event, to be held in October 2012.
- Media volunteer with solid media connections to help with media releases and press relations
- Web designer with strong graphics skills for CNIS’ web sites
- Injury Research Moderators for the African Injury Database AIDB
- Sewing, cutting, snapping and props making volunteers to help make obstetrics teaching models for our SOO course (teenagers also welcome!)
- Fundraising volunteers with experience and connections in the Vancouver business community
Please Contact us if you are interested in helping.
