Stories from the Field

CWY Initiatives

Giving Means: Community-Driven, People-Funded Development

Giving Means is a Canada World Youth (CWY) development and public engagement initiative that provides the Canadian public with the opportunity to have a direct and meaningful impact on the lives of people in small communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Giving Means Community-Driven, People Funded Development Giving Means projects are youth-led…
Results: Jamie Rooney & Ben Morrison Cross-Canada Fundraising Initiative
Development Components of the Youth Leaders in Action Program

Engaged in Change: Engaging youth in the development of their communities – IDW 2014

On February 6th, as a part of International Development Week 2014, Canada World Youth hosted the event: “Engaged in Change: Engaging youth in the development of their communities.” This event seeks to highlight the role youth play in the development of their communities, as well as the necessity to engage youth as active players in…

Perspective: My CWY Experience in the Ukraine

There is more than one side to every story. As a Canada World Youth volunteer who was recently living in Ukraine throughout the bulk of the very public protest known as “Euromadian”, I would like to tell a part of the story about the Ukrainian people that many of my fellow Canadians may not have…
The Six Month Exchange that Changed their World and Inspired a Cross-Canada Fundraising Bike Tour.
News update: Volcanic Eruption in Indonesia