Since
its foundation in 1984, LINCCO has participated in
the following youth skills development projects:
|
Country |
Projects |
Chile |
• |
Construction and equipping of a farm machinery repair
shop used for courses on mechanics for
children of farming families |
Peru |
•
|
Environmental and community hygiene program |
• |
Expanding a program for rural promoters, who
are women who train others in education,
health, agriculture and family financial planning |
• |
Agricultural training program in the Yauyos
region for 20 rural communities |
• |
Livestock training program for twenty young
farmers to share with their communities |
• |
Sponsorship of a university program to train
entrepreneurs and foster the development
of small businesses |
Kenya |
• |
Program for women to teach agricultural, health, food
production and preservation, child care,
hygiene and preventive medicine |
Nigeria |
• |
Agricultural and micro-business training for 300 village
women in the Iioti/Iroto region |
Democratic
Republic of Congo |
• |
Program for 600 mothers and 1,500 young girls in the
Kindele suburb of Kinshasa to provide
marketable skills |
Some
of LINCCO’s sponsorship of young Canadians to
help development activities has included:
|
Country |
Projects |
Mexico |
• |
1994 summer social service project in the village
of Angahuan with Mexican students where
they planted trees, built a water reservoir, and painted
the community centre |
Peru |
• |
1985-1990 summer social service project in which 150
Canadian students participated in
building community centres and teaching hygiene,
nutrition and literacy |
Poland |
• |
1992 and 1993 summer project to teach English to Polish
students who could not afford courses |
Ukraine |
• |
1997 summer project where 15 Canadian students spent
six weeks helping rebuild a church and
teach English |
Results