1. Improve the health and physical well-being of underprivileged people in the South
1.1. Promoting the well-being of a large number of persons in need of care by offering them the volunteer qualified
services of Canadian health professionals in the South
Means : 10.5% of the resources of the program
Countries : Latin America
Results : 30,000 people (including 7,500 children) benefiting from the services of 200 Canadian health professionals such as dentists,
optometrists, chiropractors, etc.
1.2 Making drinkable water permanently available to rural people lacking this facility
Means : 6 %
Countries : Burundi, Honduras, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Tanzania
Results : 80,000 people having access to drinking water, in the village, at school, in health centres. More than 170 waterworks: wells,
springs, water systems.
1.3 Offering urgently needed health care, with a much needed air transport service, to wounded persons and people sick with malaria, aids
or any other serious disease, and living in distant places.
Means : 3,5 %
Countries : Democratic Republic of Congo
Results : A small aircraft in service; four landing strips remade; new equipment, including vehicles; a repair workshop rehabilitated;
3,000 persons transported (mostly development agents, but also sick people and women about to give birth); 60 metric tons of medicine and
other needed supplies distributed to villages.
Increase the number of children in the South, especially girls, having the possibility to receive a good quality basic
education
2.1 Opening primary and secondary schools and offering general and technical education to the greater number of
children possible
Means : 54.5% of the resources of the program
Countries: Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, the Philippines, DRC, Rwanda, Tanzania, Chad
Results : Better buildings and equipment for classrooms, libraries and dormitories. Educational services for some 300,000 pupils and
students. Self-financing activities in dozens of schools and 40% more girls in schools .
2.2 Contributing to the reintegration of neglected youth into society
Means : 8,5 %
Countries : Burundi, the Philippines, DRC, Rwanda
Results : New or rehabilitated infrastructures; 12,000 young people with literacy or technical training or reinstated in the labour force, 30% of whom are girls.
3. Increase permanently the family income of communities in the South for their development
3.1 Contributing to make profitable the economic activities of women’s associations
Means : 7,5% of the resources of the program
Countries : Burundi, Uganda, DRC, Tanzania
Results : Self-sustaining financial activities and additional revenues for at least 600 economically disadvantaged women grouped in 11 associations or group farming cooperatives;
development of new income-generating skills.
3.2 Reinforcing the capabilities of social or cooperative enterprises to contribute to the development at the local or regional level
Means : Included in 1.3 and 3.1
Countries : Uganda, DRC, Tanzania
Results : 100 women initiated to business management; two persons trained in Kenya as pilot or small aircraft mechanic.
4. Sensitize the Canadian public to the difficulties faced by communities in the South
4.1 Encouraging health professionals to do volunteer work in the South
Means : 2% of the resources of the program, entirely from the TSF counterpart funding
Results : Increased support of professional associations and the academic sector to the “sans frontières” health initiatives.
4.2 Increasing the involvement of people from the Montérégie region (area between Montreal and the US on the south shore of Montreal),
particularly the youth
Means : 7.5% (entirely taken from the TSF counterpart funding)
Results : Each year, more than 25,000 students in 100 schools sensitized by various means of communication or by participating in the
youth program and in awareness-raising activities.
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