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CA-3-S065728001 2026-07-12T06:32:49 This project is part of CIDA's International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The IYIP contributes to the YES by providing a large spectrum of Canadian graduates with valuable international development work experience abroad. Closed 2013-03-08T00:00:00 2014-03-31T00:00:00 Botswana 10.00% Ethiopia 15.00% Bangladesh 5.00% South Africa 10.00% Tanzania 5.00% India 10.00% Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 5.00% Zambia 10.00% Guyana 10.00% Cameroon 15.00% Ghana 5.00% St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries 15.00% STD control including HIV/AIDS 5.00% Basic life skills for youth and adults 25.00% Multisector education/training 10.00% Agricultural extension 20.00% Cottage industries and handicrafts 5.00% Agricultural co-operatives 10.00% Social/welfare services 10.00% 301096.38 The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) increased awareness among female and male Canadian youth of the equal possibility of working internationally; (ii) enhanced equal employability of female and male International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) interns in Canada and in the field of international development; (iii) improved capacity of female and male IYIP interns to contribute to international development in a gender-sensitive way. Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2014) include: (1) 20 internships were coordinated in eleven host countries: South Africa, Bangladesh, India, Cameroon, Saint Vincent and Granada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Botswana, Guyana and Zambia; (2) participating interns increased their understanding of international development; (3) thousands of Canadians (women and men) were reached, thanks to dissemination and awareness efforts; and (4) the capacity of the Coady International Institute's fifteen local partners was enhanced because of the presence of young Canadians in their organizations. Donor country personnel Bilateral Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Global Affairs Canada YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br Pre-APP Youth Issues Children's issues Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) Participatory development and good governance Gender equality 297800.00 12200.00 23.7104 90.40744 28.63576 77.22445 6.80448 -58.15527 13.15527 -61.22742 2013200343 St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute 301096.38 197040.00 56958.49 5083.78 35249.90 6764.21