The Concordia Volunteer Abroad Program (CVAP) is a registered non-profit organization based in the city of Montreal, Canada. Created by former students and recent graduates Peter Schiefke and Awel Uwihanganye, at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, CVAP's purpose is to create avenues for students to provide volunteer services in targeted countries of the developing world particularly Africa.

In Uganda, CVAP is in partnership with SOS Childrenís Villages which is a humanitarian international organization committed to protecting the increasing number of orphaned, destitute, abandoned, neglected and abused children who are exposed to the insecurity and vulnerability of life with no parent or family to support them.

The Canadian volunteers work under the leadership of Jimmy Otim, the organization Program Coordinator, to bring to life the initiatives CVAP has set. They work alongside local volunteers with valuable knowledge on Acholi culture, language, history, local geography and development practices. Student Interns from previous groups also work together with each new group of volunteers to come from Canada.

Although there are a wide variety of projects targeting different groups in the community that deal with and work alongside a wide range of community based organizations, all of the projects are encompassed by the CVAPís vision for an empowered and united community, which is developed and self sustaining

The first official group of CVAP Volunteers to work in Gulu arrived in February 2007. That year 47 students had the opportunity to work in Uganda for two months split amongst three groups between February and August 2007. In that time the initiative and hard work of those groups led to the founding of several projects which now make up the areas CVAP works in. Volunteers have the opportunity to learn about and participate in the projects listed below.

Since 2007 over 100 Concordia University students have volunteered in Uganda with CVAP. Their contribution to the Gulu community and the knowledge they have obtained through the program and working directly with their Ugandan peers has been invaluable.