In order to improve your chances of placement, Please submit short-term mission Applications by the end of the year preceding the summer project in which you would like to serve.

Short-term volunteers spend 4-6 weeks during the summer helping at a Canossian mission. The type of work varies by location, but includes assisting with youth groups and children's camps, painting and repairing buildings, and providing pastoral care for the poor.

The short-term projects for Summer 2008 will take place from the end of July until the end of August (about 25 days), and will include the following:

Kampala, UGANDA
Building a kindergarten for Lweza Parish.

Baucau & Suai, EAST TIMOR
Nutrition programme, assistance to the poor, and setting up a place for women's training.

Praia Grande & Piabetà, BRAZIL
Summer school for children/adolescents and activities introducing alternative medicine.

Nsanama, MALAWI

Restructuring of bathrooms  for the existing kindergarten.

Aru, CONGO Democratic Republic

Building a basketball court for youth.

Lomè, TOGO

 Service at St.Bakhita Medical Centre and Youth summer camp and village animation.

Cairo EGYPT

Youth Summer camp and visit to the monasteries of the desert Fathers and to Sinai.

Short-term volunteers are sent in small groups to the mission sites. Prior to departing for the missions, they must participate in formation sessions provided by the Canossian Sisters.

Many of the short-term volunteers choose a project for which they do fundraising before they go to the mission.

To learn more about our short-term projects, Visit the Missions in our online journals and galleries.

If you are interested in becoming a short-term volunteer, please complete the

Preliminary Form.

Requirements for Being a Volunteer

Short-Term Volunteers

Long-Term Volunteers

Housing, Food, and Expenses

Discernment Process

Frequently Asked Questions