Rural Women Cultivating Change in Ethiopia Kenya and Tanzania

The project works at the intersection of women’s rights and climate adaptation. The project aims to empower women and encourage gender-transformative change through the use of agroecological approac…

Partner: SeedChange

Sectors: Human rights (20%), Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (15%), …

Economic Growth Through Access to Financial Services

This program aims to contribute to economic growth and improved socio-economic conditions for disadvantaged populations. Working in 19 countries the project focuses on three priorities: (1) improvin…

Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins

Sectors: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (50%), Agricultural financial services (20%), Small a…

Multisectoral support for recovery after COVID-19 in Senegal

This project aims to improve the well being of the most vulnerable children particularly young girls and adolescent girls by supporting the relaunch and improving the quality of essential services …

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Primary education (31%), Basic life skills for youth (4%), Health policy and administrative managem…

Supporting Economic Growth through Value Chain Development in the West Bank

The project aims to confront constraints faced in the agricultural community by providing smallholder producers of fruit and vegetables and livestock herders with the technical assistance required to…

Partner: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Sectors: Agricultural land resources (10%), Agricultural water resources (20%), Agricultural inputs (20%), F…

Play To Learn Program

Right To Play's program aims to improve the lives of children and youth in disadvantaged communities in West and Francophone Africa. The program is designed to use sport and play as tools to engage c…

Partner: Right To Play International

Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (46%), Human rights (12%), Ending violence against women and…

Improving the Health and Well-Being of Women and Adolescents in Southern Senegal

This project seeks to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning) as well as strengthening the capacity of community-based health workers to deliver sexual …

Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (15%), Reproductive health care (40%), Family plann…

Polio Eradication Through Strengthened Routine Polio Immunization

This project aims to maintain the gains made towards polio eradication in Nigeria while strengthening the routine immunization system. The project ultimately seeks to eradicate polio in Nigeria. Pro…

Partner: WHO - World Health Organization

Sectors: Medical education/training (10%), Basic health care (20%), Infectious disease control (50%), Health…

Sustainable Livelihoods Through Co-operatives

The program aims to promote the cooperative model to support economic growth and improve food security in communities. The expected results are: (1) viable co-operatives provide timely relevant an…

Partner: Canadian Co-operative Association

Sectors: Agricultural inputs (5%), Food crop production (5%), Agricultural education/training (5%), Agricult…

Improving Maternal Newborn and Child Survival in Warrap State

This project aims to increase the survival of mothers newborns and children by bringing life-saving health services directly to 350 000 people in 609 remote communities in Warrap State. These servic…

Partner: Canadian Red Cross

Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (12%), Basic health care (31%), Basic health infrastruc…

icddr b - Institutional Support 2018-2022

This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to icddr b formerly known as the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh. icddr b uses these funds along wit…

Partner: icddr b

Sectors: Medical research (14%), Medical services (15%), Basic health care (14%), Basic nutrition (7%), Infe…

Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Disaster-prone Communities in Northern Ghana

The project is designed to increase access to disaster-resilient water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and to strengthen preparedness for natural disasters in at-risk communities in Norther…

Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Sectors: Basic drinking water supply (30%), Basic sanitation (55%), Education and training in water supply a…

Sustainable Economic Development Through Renewable Energy in Jordan

This project aims to improve the livelihoods of 150 000 women men and their families in poor communities of the Ajloun and Jordan Valley (Deir Alla) regions through the introduction of renewable ene…

Partner: Cowater International Inc.

Sectors: Vocational training (8.5%), Advanced technical and managerial training (21%), Solar energy (70.5%)

Enhanced Agri-Food Value Chains Initiative in Ghana

The project aims to prevent stunting among children ages 6 to 23 months and address micronutrient deficiencies among pregnant and/or lactating mothers in select districts throughout Northern Ghana. T…

Partner: WFP - World Food Programme

Sectors: Basic nutrition (60%), Agricultural development (30%), Food crop production (10%)

Housing Action Project (Champ de Mars)

The Housing Action Project (Champ de Mars) aims to respond to the need to resettle persons displaced by the 2010 earthquake via sustainable housing solutions. Facing the destroyed Haitian Parliament …

Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Sectors: Housing policy and administrative management (15%), Low-cost housing (15%), Small and medium-sized …

Canada's HIV/AIDS Program in Tanzania

This project supports the implementation of Tanzania's National Multi-sectoral Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS. The Framework encompasses a wide variety of activities in prevention care treatment …

Partner: Government of Tanzania - Ministry of Finance

Sectors: STD control including HIV/AIDS (75%), Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS (25%)

Curriculum Training for Basic Education Teachers Using a Competency-based Approach

For many years now to achieve results in terms of quality and access Senegal has drawn on the Canadian skills-based approach to reform its basic education curriculum and its vocational and technica…

Partner: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance

Sectors: Teacher training (80%), Primary education (20%)

Accelerated Sanitation in Northern Ghana

The project aims to reduce the burden of sanitation-related diseases and improve maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) in Ghana’s Northern Region. The project reaches 500 000 beneficiaries includ…

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Medical education/training (5%), Basic sanitation (65%), Education and training in water supply and…

Support for the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is a partnership of 58 countries dedicated to strengthening governance in the mining sector to advance sustai…

Partner: IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sectors: Mineral/mining policy and administrative management (100%)

Financial Inclusion for Enterprise Development

The project aims to increase employment especially for women in growth-oriented and employment generating value chains in Ghana. To do so it seeks to improve access to formal financial services w…

Partner: Opportunity International Canada

Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (75%), Business support services and institutions (25%)

Improving Solid Waste Management and Income Creation in Host Communities

This project supports Jordanian communities hosting significant numbers of Syrian refugees by providing a safe and healthy environment and bolstering confidence in municipal services. The project see…

Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Sectors: Waste management/disposal (100%)

Human Resources for Health in Bangladesh

This project aims to improve maternal and neonatal health status of poor women girls and boys. It provides technical assistance equipment and teaching and learning aids to the Ministry of Health a…

Partner: Cowater International Inc.

Sectors: Teacher training (3.52%), Health policy and administrative management (20%), Health personnel devel…

Support to the Ten-year Basic Education Development Plan

The goal of the Support to the Ten-year Basic Education Development Plan in Burkina Faso (PDDEB) project is to help develop Burkina Faso's human resources by offering them adequate education and trai…

Partner: Government of Burkina Faso - Ministry of Economy and Finance

Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (20%), Education facilities and training (10%), Prim…

BRAC Primary Education Program II

This project aims to provide quality non-formal basic education to 2 million poor children (of whom about 65% are girls) living in remote and underserved areas including children from ethnic backgro…

Partner: BRAC

Sectors: Teacher training (10%), Educational research (5%), Primary education (50%), Basic life skills for y…

Canada-Caribbean Leadership Program (CLP)

The goal of the project is to strategically strengthen the next generation of Caribbean leaders to inspire and guide governance reforms and regional development in a gender and environment-sensitive …

Partner: Canada School of Public Service

Sectors: Advanced technical and managerial training (19.81%), Public sector policy and administrative manage…

Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction - Phase II

This project strengthens the livelihood means of the “ultra-poor” (poorest of the poor) by providing them with assets such as grants customized micro-enterprise development training essential healt…

Partner: BRAC

Sectors: Basic health care (15%), Human rights (10%), Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (75%)

Support to UNICEF COVID-19 Response Plan in Mali

This Project supports UNICEF’s multi-sectoral response plan to COVID-19 in Mali which seeks to to limit COVID-19 related mortality and consequences on protection health and education for the most v…

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: COVID-19 control (100%)

Education and Rights for Marginalized Adolescents in Peru

In Peru marginalized adolescents face significant barriers to completing their secondary education which perpetuates their social and economic exclusion. This project aims to support young people …

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Secondary education (20%), Population policy and administrative management (20%), Family planning (…

Integrated Approach to Improve Nutrition in the Kolda and Kédougou Regions

This project aims to improve the nutritional security of populations living in the Kolda and Kédougou regions by focussing on preventing new cases of malnutrition especially amongst women and young …

Partner: Micronutrient Initiative

Sectors: Early childhood education (2%), Health policy and administrative management (8%), Basic nutrition (…

Improving Health and Nutrition for Hard-to-Reach Mothers and Young Children

This project aims to improve the health of mothers newborns and children under five in order to improve children's growth and reduce death in 14 poor districts in Bangladesh. The corrective actions …

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Basic nutrition (10%), Infectious disease control (10%), Health education (5%), Reproductive health…

Skills Training and Enhancement Project

The goal of the project is to create a better-trained more competent workforce and opportunities for poor men women and youth to earn a better living. The project promotes the development of techn…

Partner: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank

Sectors: Vocational training (100%)

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean

This project works to increase the economic prosperity of women and youth in more sustainable agricultural markets. The project also works to promote women’s leadership and decision-making in the agr…

Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada

Sectors: Agricultural development (31.7%), Agricultural extension (31.7%), Environmental education/training …

Growing Nutrition for Mothers and Children in Ethiopia

Proper nutrition is critical to the development of children in the first 1000 days of life and in Ethiopia malnutrition contributes to more than half of child deaths. The proposed five-year project…

Partner: CARE Canada

Sectors: Basic nutrition (77.79%), COVID-19 control (2.21%), Basic drinking water supply (10%), Basic sanita…

Protecting Children's Education in South-West Colombia

This project improves access to education for conflict-affected children and youth in the Colombian departments of Cauca Caquetá and Nariño. Access to quality education helps children and youth resi…

Partner: Consortium Save the Children & Norwegian Refugee Council

Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (15%), Teacher training (25%), Primary education (20…

Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening

This project aims to strengthen the judicial system to be more responsive to the needs of citizens. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states suffer from outdated legal frameworks which result in …

Partner: Caribbean Court of Justice

Sectors: Legal and judicial development (100%)

Institutional Support to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh-III

This contribution represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (icddr b) a non-profit international health research se…

Partner: icddr b

Sectors: Medical research (20%), Basic health care (20%), Basic nutrition (5%), Infectious disease control (…

Supporting Dairy Business Development

This project aims to increase the growth of small and medium-sized dairy businesses in Ukraine particularly led by women. It assists 10 000 dairy farmers in 4 of Ukraine’s larger dairy-producing reg…

Partner: SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development

Sectors: Agricultural development (20%), Agricultural co-operatives (40%), Small and medium-sized enterprise…

Feminist Entrepreneurs Growing Green Economies

This project aims to improve the economic prosperity of feminist small and medium sized enterprises and women entrepreneurs in Tanzania by promoting gender equality and climate-smart business in Tanz…

Partner: Mennonite Economic DevelopmentAssociates of Canada

Sectors: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (30%), Business support services and institutions (60…

West Africa Governance and Economic Sustainability (WAGES) in Extractive Areas

This project supports inclusive sustainable economic development and poverty reduction with a focus on women and youth as well as accountable governance in three mining regions: the Sahel Region in…

Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada

Sectors: Vocational training (25%), Decentralisation and support to subnational government (25%), Democratic…

Joint Government of Bangladesh-UN Maternal and Neonatal Health Project

The project seeks to increase the quality and quantity of health services for mothers and newborns by supporting the Joint Government of Bangladesh-UN Maternal and Neonatal Health Initiative. The pro…

Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (30%), Medical services (29%), Basic nutrition (4%), He…

Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean

This project aims to ensure that women men youth and businesses have better access to justice in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region. Justice reforms are needed to create and maintain a stabl…

Partner: University of the West Indies

Sectors: Legal and judicial development (100%)

Upgrading Teachers' Colleges

This project seeks to improve the quality of education for primary and secondary students in Tanzania. The Government of Tanzania has identified the improvement and expansion of the infrastructure of…

Partner: Government of Tanzania - Ministry of Finance

Sectors: Education facilities and training (100%)

Access to Health Services for Women and Girls in Kinshasa

The project aims to offer greater availability and use of primary health care services including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) such as maternal and newborn care of women and girls in Kinsha…

Partner: Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement Consortium CCISD…

Sectors: Basic health infrastructure (20%), Population policy and administrative management (25%), Reproduct…

Public Service Reform Program

The Public Service Reform Program is designed to ensure the delivery of quality timely efficient public services; the implementation of appropriate public policies; and the establishment of a sound…

Partner: Government of Tanzania - President's Office - Public Service Management

Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (80%), Anti-corruption organisations and institu…

Rehabililtation of Agricultural Irrigation Infrastructures in the Zone of the Office du Niger

This project contributes to developing and rehabilitating the agricultural irrigation infrastructure in the zone of the Office du Niger in order to increase Mali's agricultural production. L'Office d…

Partner: Office du Niger

Sectors: Agricultural policy and administrative management (10%), Agricultural land resources (25%), Agricul…

Enhancing Extractive Sector Benefit Sharing

This project aims to improve the social and economic benefits for communities including the poorest and most vulnerable hosting natural resources development projects in Ghana Guinea Kenya and Cô…

Partner: IFC - International Finance Corporation

Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (19.88%), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) devel…

Todas Avante (All Ahead)

The Todas Avante project aims to increase the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of in and out-of-school adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 10-24 years in Nampu…

Partner: Plan International Canada

Sectors: Basic health infrastructure (10%), Population policy and administrative management (5%), Reproducti…

Support for Haitian Entrepreneurship

This project aims to support microbusinesses and small and medium-sized Haitian enterprises by increasing their access to technical support and credit. The project also provides support to the Haitia…

Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins

Sectors: Advanced technical and managerial training (10%), Financial policy and administrative management (1…

Support to the Agricultural Financial System

This project supports the agricultural financial system in Colombia. It provides technical assistance to 37 financial institutions in order to make insurance and credit available to 50 000 small farm…

Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins

Sectors: Agricultural education/training (19.8%), Agricultural financial services (79.19%), Sectors not spec…

Justice and Reconciliation in Mali

This project aims to help women children and other victims of conflict gain better access to justice and contributes to re-establishing peace and stability in Mali. The project supports Malian civil…

Partner: Consortium CECI ENAP Avocat sansfrontières

Sectors: Legal and judicial development (25%), Democratic participation and civil society (25%), Human right…

Benishangul-Gumuz Regional Food Security Program

This project seeks to ensure that women and men in seven districts of Benishangul-Gumuz have better access to safe sufficient and nutritious food more sustainable livelihood options and opportunit…

Partner: Save the Children Canada

Sectors: Basic nutrition (3%), Decentralisation and support to subnational government (9%), Democratic parti…