Thank you for your question.
Madam, Mr. Chair, allow me to clarify the results document before you.
For example, there are references to various program results in education, as you mentioned, and the economy. With regard to both those programs, Canada provided direct support to Afghan activities which a number of countries were supporting, but in which Canada played a lead role. As I mentioned previously, we are the main donor country for the national education program. This program has allowed the number of students to increase from 700,000 to 6 million, and we are now going far beyond that.
As the main donor country, Canada is devoting its efforts to expanding the school system, including within Kandahar. I can tell you that there are exactly 337 schools in Kandahar at present. In districts where the new Canadian priorities are being applied, we will build some 50 schools, in addition to the 337 already there. This work has already begun. We have very concrete data in this regard.
Microcredit is another example. The results summary will allow you to see that under microfinancing programs, we now have nearly 500,000 clients, two-thirds of whom are women. Canada is the top microfinance program donor. In other words, we are able to describe the problem in very concrete terms. We are talking here about a dollar or a dollar and a half per day per person. Through this program, small projects worth $100 or $150 are able to go ahead, which means that a domestic or community economic activity can go forward. This is a very concrete Canadian success story and the success rate in terms of repaid loans is 96%.
We keep close tabs to ensure that the amounts invested and the results obtained correspond. The June update that we have provided will be presented to Parliament along with our quarterly report. This is a concern that we share fully and we wish to be very clear, not only at the national level, but also in Kandahar itself, where we are obtaining very clear and detailed results. Thank you.