Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)

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.

This program is a component within the Canadian International Immunization Initiative, aiming to support national childhood immunization systems in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. The objective is to improve the health of people - especially children of less than five years of age - by investing in disease prevention and childhood immunization programs, and by promoting equitable access to essential primary health care services. The Canadian Public Health Association identifies and draws upon medical experts to assist WHO, UNICEF and the Ministries of Health in partner countries to continue the global fight against vaccine-preventable diseases in developing countries.

The program aims to promote the cooperative model to support economic growth and improve food security in communities. The expected results are: (1) viable co-operatives provide timely, relevant and gender-sensitive programs and services to members; (2) government decision-makers are influenced by co-operative sector; (3) increased social and economic empowerment of women and men; and (4) effective participation of Canadians in promoting gender equitable sustainable economic and social growth in participating countries. These results are expected to contribute to strengthening specific areas of expertise, including human resource development, governance training, business planning, marketing training, and technical assistance.

The primary focus of Seva's program is to strengthen community ophthalmology, especially the identification and treatment of people needing cataract surgery. Program components include strengthening institutional training, research, knowledge transfer and monitoring capabilities, reducing gender inequalities in access to eye care and meeting the specific needs of children. Public engagement activities in Canada regarding blindness issues are a component of this program.

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.

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. 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 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.