Project profile — Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) - International Internships 2011-2014

• Ukraine (27.20%)
• Tanzania (18.20%)
• Morocco (9.10%)
• Peru (18.20%)
• Ethiopia (18.20%)
• Nicaragua (9.10%)

• Banking And Financial Services: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (24040) (66.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural policy and administrative management (31110) (34.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

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.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2014) include: coordinating 33 internships in seven countries (Ethiopia, Peru, Morocco, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Ghana and Ukraine). The interns worked on private sector development initiatives to increase the impact of the Mennonite Economic Development Associates’ (MEDA) value chain development work by researching, testing and analyzing new opportunities to expand MEDA's work. The interns also worked on rural microfinance initiatives focused on researching microfinance products, which helped to promote environmental technologies and identify new opportunities for MEDA to expand its efforts in this area. Finally, the interns helped to document best practices by studying and documenting the impact of MEDA's work through case studies and client stories in order to create a body of knowledge to share across MEDA's programming and with its partners, donors and other networks. The interns acquired new skills and abilities through a one-week orientation at MEDA’s head office including a session focused on work skills and attitudes in a cross-cultural setting, the continuous interactions with project management staff, and the practical experience gained in-country throughout their work assignments.

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