Carrefour de solidarité internationale

Published purpose

This project is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) 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, needed to launch successful careers. Carrefour de solidarité internationale’s initiative provides 32 interns with the opportunity to work in areas such as women empowerment, civic and democratic participation, and development of agricultural cooperatives in rural areas in Peru, Mali and Haiti. Mandates aim to strengthen rural groups’ and business associations’ and their members’ administrative and democratic capacities in operating their organizations, and developing more effective and skilled ways to deliver their citizen vigilance and income generating actions, while promoting women’s participation.