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Sauvetage et résilience pour la société civile ukrainienne
This project supports the safety and continued operations of civil society and independent media actors regarding Russian military aggression in Ukraine and the region around Ukraine. This includes p…
Partner: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Sectors: Human rights (100%)
$8,479,372.00
Institutional Development for Poverty Reduction
The project supports the Aga Khan Rural Support Program's (AKRSP) work in Pakistan's Northern Areas and in the district of Chitral. The purpose is to achieve improvement in peoples' livelihoods by in…
Partner: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (100%)
$8,460,976.00
Innovation in Non-traditional Vocational Education and Skills Training (INVEST) for women in Ghana
This project addresses key socio-cultural barriers to women’s participation in more lucrative non-traditional and high-growth sectors by using an inclusive market system approach. This project is pa…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Teacher training (18.55%), Vocational training (19.23%), Women's rights organisations and movements…
$8,450,000.00
Combatting Violence Against Girls and Young Women in the Great Lakes Region - II
This regional project aims to increase protection and respect for the physical and moral integrity of girls and young women in the Great Lakes region. The project is divided into three components: (1…
Partner: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (15%), Medical services (15%), Reproductive health care (20%…
$8,447,219.00
Preventing Reprisals and Mitigating Violence in Iraq
This project supports a grassroots movement in the Anbar and Ninewah Governorates in Iraq to prevent retributive violence and protect vulnerable populations. This initiative also establishes communit…
Partner: Development Transformations
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$8,445,485.00
Mother and Child Health Enhancement Program - Phase 2 (PASME 2)
The second phase of this initiative aims to contribute to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality in the health districts of Bogandé and Manni (eastern region) Yako and Gourcy (northern regio…
Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada
Sectors: Basic health infrastructure (8.08%), Health education (45.96%), Personnel development for populatio…
$8,430,915.00
Increasing the Effectiveness of United Nations Peace Operations
This project aims to provide critical support to United Nations (UN) peace operations and help enhance the UN’s peace and security architecture. Project activities include: (1) providing support for …
Partner: DPO – United Nations Department of Peace Operations
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$8,420,550.00
WE CARE South Asia
This project seeks to improve the health and resilience of vulnerable households particularly women and girls in Bangladesh India and Nepal. Project activities include: (1) providing training to w…
Partner: Opportunity International Canada
Sectors: Ending violence against women and girls (33%), Reproductive health care (25%), Basic health care (4…
$8,418,000.00
Investing in Leadership and Learning for Development Effectiveness
This project aims to improve the ability of emerging leaders in developing countries to implement innovative solutions to development challenges influence public policy and take on key decision-maki…
Partner: St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute
Sectors: Promotion of development awareness (2%), Democratic participation and civil society (98%)
$8,405,839.00
Project to Support the Institutional and Technical Reforms for Equity
This technical assistance project complements Canada’s financial support to Burkina Faso's Basic Education Strategic Development Program. It aims to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Basic E…
Partner: Alinea International Ltd
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (30%), Primary education (25%), Lower secondary educ…
$8,397,000.00
Community Based Education in South Sudan
This project aims to improve access to education and learning opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable out of school children especially girls in South Sudan. Project activities include: (1) e…
Partner: STICHTING BRAC INTERNATIONAL
Sectors: Education facilities and training (10%), Teacher training (20%), Primary education (65%), Lower sec…
$8,356,300.00
Mother Care and Child Survival in Underserved Regions of Mali Mozambique and Pakistan
The project aims to improve maternal newborn and child health and nutrition practices and strengthen local health systems in 12 districts in the Mopti Region of Mali the province of Cabo Delgado …
Partner: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Sectors: Basic nutrition (31%), Reproductive health care (69%)
$8,299,698.00
Regional Economic Empowerment of Women Project
The project's main components consist of: capacity-building for better business development services (BDS) and building the capacity of key partner organizations through training mutual learning in…
Partner: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (30%), Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (20…
$8,280,952.00
Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa – 2020 to 2024
This project aims to enhance the capacity of four African Regional Economic Communities (Economic Community of Central African States Economic Community of West African States the Intergovernmental…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme – Mozambique
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (5%), Women's rights organisations and movements and go…
$8,280,950.00
Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Benin
This project aims to reduce maternal mortality gender-based violence and the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the Beninese population through the promotion of human rights in sexual and reproductive health.…
Partner: Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sectors: Reproductive health care (50%), Family planning (20%), STD control including HIV/AIDS (10%), Person…
$8,250,000.00
Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprise and Linkages (PROPEL) - CHF
The project aims to contribute to economic growth in the Caribbean through increased sales of fresh produce by small-scale local producers to high value markets. It is helping small farmers to increa…
Partner: Canadian Hunger Foundation
Sectors: Business support services and institutions (30%), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developm…
$8,243,710.00
Ethiopia-Canada Cooperation Office (PSU VI)
The Ethiopia-Canada Cooperation Office (ECCO) formerly known as the Programme Support Unit is a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) project established to provide support in the develo…
Partner: Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti
Sectors: Multisector aid (100%)
$8,225,247.00
Youth Employability Project in Mali (PEJM)
The project aims to increase the employability of vulnerable young Malians especially women and gold washers by improving technical and vocational training in promising fields of employment. Each y…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Vocational training (100%)
$8,215,545.00
Emergency Assistance - Regional-Level Funding for Africa Americas and Asia - UNHCR 2018
March 2018 – The Africa region continues to accommodate the largest population of concern to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) worldwide with more than 20 million people in s…
Partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (55%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$8,200,000.00
Syria Unrest - UNHCR 2012
With CIDA support in response to the unrest in Syria the UNHCR is providing multi-sector support for refugees and internally displaced people in Syria and Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries …
Partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,200,000.00
Greening our rice: gender-just low-carbon rice value chains in Vietnam
This project aims to enhance the well-being of small-scale producers and businesses in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta rice supply chain and to foster a more resilient and environmentally responsible rice sec…
Partner: Oxfam Canada
Sectors: Plant and post-harvest protection and pest control (20%), Agricultural alternative development (20%…
$8,200,000.00
Gaza Crisis – Regional Humanitarian Response – International Committee of the Red Cross 2023
November 2023 – Hostilities between Hamas and Israel erupted on 7 October 2023 resulting in a scale of violence unseen in the past decade. The current humanitarian crisis is unfolding in connection …
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (45%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (15%), Relief co-or…
$8,200,000.00
Women's Rights Action and Advocacy Project - WRAAP Philippines
This project works to provide support to local women’s rights organizations (WROs) and coalitions working towards the realization of the rights of women and girls especially those belonging to the …
Partner: Philippine Business for SocialProgress
Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (15%), Human rights (10%), Women's rights organi…
$8,200,000.00
Targeted Support to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
The project aims to improve comprehensive disaster management in the Caribbean Region with a focus on vulnerable populations particularly women and girls. The project is designed to strengthen the r…
Partner: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (1%), Material relief assis…
$8,200,000.00
Her Future Her Choice: Strengthening Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This project aims to support poor and vulnerable adolescent girls and young women in targeted communities of Ethiopia Malawi Mozambique and Zambia by increasing their knowledge of and access to the…
Partner: Oxfam Canada
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (40%), Reproductive health care (12%), Family plann…
$8,156,778.00
Youth@Work: Employment for Young Women and Men
This initiative aims to increase employment for youth in Morocco. The International Labour Organization (ILO) aims to provide technical assistance to: strengthen entrepreneurship education and traini…
Partner: ILO - International Labour Organization
Sectors: Vocational training (25%), Employment policy and administrative management (25%), Business support …
$8,150,000.00
Philippines-Canada partnership on nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
The Philippines are among the world’s most vulnerable countries to disasters and climate change . This situation risks further marginalizing vulnerable communities including women and Indigenous Peo…
Partner: Philippine Tropical ForestConservation Foundation Inc.
Sectors: Bio-diversity (40%), Environmental education/training (40%), Disaster Risk Reduction (20%)
$8,150,000.00
Pathways: empowering women and adolescent girls in Upper Egypt
This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Assiut and Minia Governorates Upper Egypt. The project focu…
Partner: Save the Children Canada
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (35%), Family planning (20%), Ending violence again…
$8,100,000.00
Socio-Economic empowerment of women in Oasis and Argan grove areas in Morocco
This project aims to empower women and strengthen their economic status in Morocco's oasis zones. The Socio-economic empowerment of women in Oasis and Argan Grove Areas project will support women's e…
Partner: Cowater International Inc.
Sectors: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development (15%), Business Development Services (10%), En…
$8,100,000.00
Financial Literacy and Business Development Services for Women
This project aims to increase women's participation in informal and formal economic activities by providing them with financial literacy training and access to business development services. In the l…
Partner: KASHF Foundation
Sectors: Education/training in banking and financial services (100%)
$8,088,936.00
TRUST: Women's voices midwifery leadership for resilient health
This project aims to improve the agency of women and girls including marginalized populations to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights in Malawi and South Sudan. Project activit…
Partner: Canadian Association of Midwives
Sectors: Reproductive health care (60%), Population policy and administrative management (40%)
$8,075,000.00
Improving Security in Haiti through Relationship Building in the Community
This initiative seeks to address youth violence in Haiti by engaging and empowering youth and young adults to have a voice in community decision making. In Haiti youth who increasingly lack hope f…
Partner: Mercy Corps
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (15%), Vocational training (20%), Civilian peace-building c…
$8,074,399.00
Community-Based Health Training and Practice Programme
The objective of the Programme is to help improve the quality of health care in Mozambique with a special focus on the province of Inhambane. It aims to improve the skills of health workers and incr…
Partner: University of Saskatchewan
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (10%), Health education (40%), Health personnel develop…
$8,072,529.00
Reducing Barriers to Women's Participation in UN Peace Operations
This project aims to improve the effectiveness of women in United Nations peacekeeping operations. Project activities include: (1) providing specialized training to uniformed peacekeepers; (2) improv…
Partner: DPO – United Nations Department of Peace Operations
Sectors: Participation in international peacekeeping operations (100%)
$8,069,948.00
Improving Community Health and Food Security
This project aims to improve the health of people living in 251 rural villages in Mozambique Tanzania and Burundi by increasing their access to primary health care and clean water promoting good he…
Partner: Primate's World Relief andDevelopment Fund
Sectors: Basic nutrition (26.25%), Health education (38.5%), Reproductive health care (35.25%)
$8,068,783.00
Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods Transformation in Northern Ghana
The project addresses the constraints that prevent smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana from producing sufficient food to feed themselves and generate revenue and from becoming resilient to unexpect…
Partner: Canadian Hunger Foundation
Sectors: Basic nutrition (5%), Agricultural development (10%), Agricultural inputs (10%), Food crop producti…
$8,068,018.00
Early Childhood Development Support
This project aims to strengthen the capacity of selected non-governmental and civil society organizations to improve the quality of and access to early childhood development services for poor famil…
Partner: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Sectors: Early childhood education (100%)
$8,060,108.00
Francophonie scholarships 2020-2025
The Canadian Francophonie Scholarship Program (CFSP) aims to train individuals to build the institutional capacities needed for sustainable development in their country. It targets the 37 developing …
Partner: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education
Sectors: Higher education (100%)
$8,031,600.00
Empowering Women Through the Development of Forestry Cooperatives in Morocco
The project aims to improve the living conditions of women and men in rural communities who are members of forestry cooperatives in the Middle Atlas and the Eastern Plateau of Morocco. The project ta…
Partner: SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (30%), Business Development…
$8,030,063.00
Women’s Voice and Leadership - Pakistan
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights and advance wom…
Partner: Oxfam Canada
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$8,004,925.00
Increasing Access to Safe Abortion and Contraception in Central America and Africa
This project aims to improve comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for women and adolescent girls in El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua Nigeria and Zambia. The project also s…
Partner: Ipas
Sectors: Reproductive health care (85%), Family planning (5%), Personnel development for population and repr…
$8,000,000.00
Support to Haiti's Fifth General Population and Housing Census
This project aims to increase the capacity of Haiti’s National Statistical Institution (Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique - IHSI) to plan and implement the fifth General Population an…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (30%), Public sector policy and administrative mana…
$8,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Healthcare and Sexual Health Assistance - International Medical Corps 2017-2019
December 2016 - The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. The violence between armed groups and government forces has displaced over 3 million people from their homes. The capacity…
Partner: International Medical Corps UK
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Promoting Employment for Women
This project aims to improve income-earning opportunities and employment conditions for women and men in Pakistan by supporting skills for employment improved access to business start-ups responsib…
Partner: ILO - International Labour Organization
Sectors: Vocational training (68.86%), Democratic participation and civil society (21.14%), Media and free f…
$8,000,000.00
Ukraine – Humanitarian Pooled Fund – OCHA 2022
January 2022 – Ukraine an estimated 2.9 million people require humanitarian assistance due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine with women and the elderly bearing the brunt of the ongoing hostilities…
Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
UNICEF Covid-19 Response in Tanzania
This project seeks to support the Government of Tanzania in implementing its national coronavirus (COVID-19) response plan. The implementation includes seven integrated interventions that directly co…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Medical services (5%), Basic health care (15%), Infectious disease control (30%), COVID-19 control …
$8,000,000.00
Lebanon Matching Fund - Humanitarian Coalition 2020
On August 4 2020 a massive explosion occurred in Lebanon’s capital Beirut killing at least 180 people and injuring over 6 500. The explosion took place in the city’s port which is the largest in…
Partner: Humanitarian Coalition
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Rights to Inclusive Education and Retention of Girls in School in Côte d'Ivoire
The project reduces barriers to access and retention for more than 700 000 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19 in the North-East West and Central regions of Côte d'Ivoire and the…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Primary education (30%), Secondary education (30%), Vocational training (10%), Population policy an…
$8,000,000.00
Syria Crisis - Emergency Health Assistance in Lebanon - Development and Peace 2017-2019
November 2016 – Lebanon continues to be dramatically affected by the crisis in neighbouring Syria. Lebanon is currently hosting over 1 million Syrian refugees adding to the existing Palestinian and …
Partner: Development and Peace
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (80%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…
$8,000,000.00
Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All in Indonesia
In light of persistently high levels of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning and prevalent harmful practices (including female genital mutilation and child marriage) the Advancing …
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (60%), Family planning (30%), Ending violence again…