Project profile — Canada World Youth - Volunteer Sending 2009-2015

• Bolivia (5.00%)
• Mali (3.00%)
• South Africa (4.00%)
• Canada (9.00%)
• Vietnam (3.00%)
• Indonesia (10.00%)
• Nicaragua (10.00%)
• Ukraine (8.00%)
• Peru (7.00%)
• Kenya (6.00%)
• Ghana (10.00%)
• Honduras (4.00%)
• Benin (7.00%)
• Tanzania (8.00%)
• Mozambique (6.00%)

• Basic Education: Primary education (11220) (21.20%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (6.20%)
• Legal and judicial development:
Legal and judicial development (15130) (11.00%)
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (9.20%)
Human rights (15160) (9.50%)
• Other Social Infrastructure And Services: Employment policy and administrative management (16020) (13.10%)
• General Environmental Protection: Environmental policy and administrative management (41010) (19.80%)
• Unallocated/ Unspecified: Promotion of development awareness (99820) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Biodiversity (significant objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (significant objective)
• Desertification (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• Indigenous Issues (significant objective)

This volunteer sending program supports the assignment of 3,931 Canadian and developing-country volunteers with partner organizations in developing countries. The program aims to support partner organizations working on health and environment-related initiatives through projects in the following sectors: (1) primary health care; (2) family planning and reproductive health care; (3) food and nutrition; (4) environmental conservation, pollution prevention, and capacity building in environmental management; and (5) equality between women and men. The program also includes a public engagement component that furthers the promotion of development awareness in Canada. An amount of $80,622 has been added to the total amount for each of the Volunteer Cooperation Agency programs for CIDA-led program evaluations.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (June 2015) include: (1) 85% of developing country partners (13 of 15) have increased skills and knowledge within their organization through training (in accounting, office and project management) and the work of volunteers on issues such as gender based violence, composting, recycling, basic sanitation and hygiene, and HIV-AIDS; (2) 80% of developing country partners (12 of 15) have increased skills and knowledge about how to integrate gender equality into their programming through the recruitment and increasing involvement of women in decision-making processes, providing tools and training to all staff on applying a gender lens to their work, and developing and/or adapting tools related to gender equality; and (3) 73% of volunteers (2,854 of 3,910) have improved awareness and understanding of development issues through their preparation for and participation in local development projects focussed on health, environment and gender equality. These results have contributed to improving capacity and performance of developing country partners to deliver programming and promote gender equality, as well as increased Canadian engagement and support to international development issues and programs.

• Proactive disclosure