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Syria Crisis - Water Sanitation and Hygiene Assistance for Affected Communities - 2017-2019
December 2016 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. An estimated 13.5 million people continue to be in need of humanitarian assis…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Water Sanitation Hygiene Health and Livelihoods Assistance – Oxfam-Québec 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: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Emergency Healthcare - Doctors of the World Canada 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: Doctors of the World Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Water and Hygiene Assistance for Internally Displaced People - CARE Canada 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: CARE Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Iraq Crisis - Emergency Non-Food Items and Shelter in Iraq - IOM 2016-2019
September 2016 – The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate as armed clashes between Daesh and government forces drive displacement. Since January 2014 over 3.3 million people have …
Partner: IOM – International Organization for Migration
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Sahel – Nutrition Health Water Sanitation and Hygiene Assistance – Action Against Hunger 2018
March 2018 - Conditions across the Sahel belt and neighbouring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have deteriorated resulting in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a range of factors including povert…
Partner: Action Against Hunger - Spain
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Support for the Funding Facility for Stabilization in Iraq
The Funding Facility for Stabilization provides the Government of Iraq with a mechanism to address the local population’s immediate needs in newly liberated areas from Daesh. The project is designed …
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Private Sector Development Through Education for Employment - Governement of Senegal
This project aims to increase the supply of vocational and technical training while improving the ties between the labor market and the vocational and technical training sector so that Senegalese you…
Partner: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance
Sectors: Vocational training (60%), Public sector policy and administrative management (20%), Agricultural e…
$8,000,000.00
Increasing Birth Registration in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This project aims to protect the rights of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo by increasing the rate of birth registration for boys and girls under 5 years old and increasing the number of …
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (75%), Human rights (25%)
$8,000,000.00
Canadian International Immunization Initiative - Phase III (UNICEF)
This grant is part of CIDA's continued support to the Canadian International Immunization Initiative (CIII). CIII aims to increase immunization coverage rates and lower morbidity and mortality from v…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Basic health care (10%), Basic health infrastructure (70%), Health personnel development (20%)
$8,000,000.00
Real-time Results Tracking - Phase II
The Real-Time Results Tracking project is working to develop assess and implement innovative methods to capture and track changes in child mortality in low-income settings. These new methods will al…
Partner: Johns Hopkins University
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (20%), Basic health care (60%), Health personnel develo…
$8,000,000.00
Including the Most Vulnerable Youth in Economic Development
This project aims to improve the skills of the most vulnerable young Moroccans by providing them with training and support to help them integrate into the labour market. The project provides these yo…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (40%), Vocational training (60%)
$8,000,000.00
Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garments Sector
This multi-donor project aims to improve the health and safety conditions in approximately 2 000 export-oriented garment factories in Bangladesh and increase the ability of government and non-governm…
Partner: ILO - International Labour Organization
Sectors: National monitoring and evaluation (25%), Fire and rescue services (35%), National standards develo…
$8,000,000.00
Combatting Trafficking of Children and Youth
This project aims to provide safe and secure futures for children and youth in Ukraine by ensuring protection and assistance for victims and vulnerable persons at risk of human trafficking particula…
Partner: IOM – International Organization for Migration
Sectors: Human rights (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Human Rights Protection in Colombia
With this project DFATD supports the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Colombia and contribute to: a) enhance the understanding of the Government of Colombia and stakeholde…
Partner: OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sectors: Human rights (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Adolescent pregnancy prevention in Belize and Suriname – program 2024 to 2029
This project aims to lower rates of adolescent pregnancy and allow girls and young women in Belize and Suriname to realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It seeks to positively impa…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (59%), Family planning (41%)
$8,000,000.00
Advancing decent work in Bangladesh
This project is a coordinated joint response by the International Labour Organization the Government of Bangladesh and workers’ and employers’ organizations to advance labour rights and support dec…
Partner: ILO - International Labour Organization
Sectors: Labour Rights (70%), Social Dialogue (9%), Responsible Business Conduct (21%)
$8,000,000.00
Emergency Health Services Deployment – Canadian Red Cross Society 2024 to 2028
The frequency of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods has increased globally resulting in significant humanitarian needs. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters record…
Partner: Canadian Red Cross
Sectors: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Emergency Relief Supplies Deployment – Canadian Red Cross Society 2024 to 2028
The frequency of natural and climate-related catastrophes such as earthquakes and floods has been increasing globally resulting in significant humanitarian needs in the wake of disasters. In 2023 a…
Partner: Canadian Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Women and girls empowerment through inclusive education in Chittagong Hill Tracts Bangladesh
This project aims to improve the quality of education reduce barriers to education for girls and empower girls to pursue their education in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh. The proj…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Teacher training (15%), Primary education (35%), Lower secondary education (50%)
$8,000,000.00
Combatting and Responding to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Sudan
This project aims to enhance the dignity and safety from sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) of women girls and vulnerable populations in Sudan. Project activities include: (1) building capaci…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Ending violence against women and girls (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Women and Youth Empowerment Entrepreneurship and Employment in the West Bank and Gaza
This project aims to create sustained entrepreneurship opportunities directly benefiting young women and adolescent girls (between the ages of 15 and 18) by addressing the main gender-based barriers …
Partner: Consortium Save the Children & Norwegian Refugee Council
Sectors: Agricultural extension (10%), Agricultural education/training (45%), Agricultural co-operatives (45…
$8,000,000.00
Her Time to Grow
This project aims to improve the lives of rural women working in agriculture in Ethiopia Ghana and Zambia. It supports women to fully participate in the economic life of their communities earn an …
Partner: IDE Canada
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (33.33%), Agricultural deve…
$8,000,000.00
Securing Women’s Economic Empowerment for Recovery and Development
This project aims to improve the economic security of women and the most vulnerable or marginalized. It works with local stakeholders (government private sector and civil society) to support employm…
Partner: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
Sectors: Vocational training (30%), Social services (incl youth development and women+ children) (10%), Empl…
$8,000,000.00
Empowering Women and Girls Affected by Migration and Forced Displacement
The project seeks to directly support approximately 5 000 women and girls affected by irregular migration and forced displacement in Northern Central America - El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras. Th…
Partner: IOM – International Organization for Migration
Sectors: Vocational training (20%), Ending violence against women and girls (30%), Facilitation of orderly …
$8,000,000.00
Caribbean Organizations for a Resilient Environment (CORE)
The Caribbean Organizations for a Resilient Environment project aims to increase the resilience of Caribbean Communities to the impacts of climate change. The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund works with t…
Partner: Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
Sectors: Environmental policy and administrative management (12.38%), Bio-diversity (61.88%), Environmental …
$8,000,000.00
Thanaka: Girls' Power in Myanmar
This project aims to improve the realization of diverse adolescent girls’ and young women’s (AGYW) rights to safe inclusive economic opportunities and sexual and reproductive health and rights. It i…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth (25%), Population policy and administrative management (20%), Reproduct…
$8,000,000.00
Field Support Services - Democratic Republic of Congo (2022-2027)
Field Support Services are managed locally and provide essential support in the Democratic Republic of Congo to assist in the planning delivery and monitoring of Canada’s international development a…
Partner: Alinea International Ltd
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (20%), Population policy and administrative management …
$8,000,000.00
ADVANCE: Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria
This project aims to increase women’s participation election and appointment in the 2023 electoral cycle and in subsequent years specifically for young women in Nigeria. The project seeks to achie…
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (65%), Legislatures and political parties (25%), Ending …
$8,000,000.00
Spotlight+ Initiative: Promotion of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls
This project aims to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls by combating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the southern northern and central regions of Mali includi…
Partner: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (20%), Reproductive health care (30%), Family plann…
$8,000,000.00
Women's Voice and Leadership - Mali
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights and advance wom…
Partner: Consortium SOCODEVI / CECI Universite of Sherbrooke
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$8,000,000.00
Women Leading Durable Solutions in Myanmar
This project aims to empower women and girls in all their diversity by increasing awareness of their rights and access to and control of resources and decision-making power particularly in Rakhine…
Partner: Oxfam Canada
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth and adults (15%), Public sector policy and administrative management (1…
$7,999,181.00
Education for Crisis-Affected Girls in Eastern DRC
The project aims to support the reintegration of child survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) into a safer school system in the conflict-affected and marginalized communities of North a…
Partner: Save the Children Canada
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (15%), Education facilities and training (25%), Teac…
$7,998,846.00
Entrepreneurship Development for Conflict-Affected Rural Population - We Prosper
The project aims to improve the economic prosperity of rural women and the most vulnerable and marginalized people especially those affected by conflict. In response to Russia’s illegal invasion of …
Partner: SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (15%), Food crop production…
$7,998,463.00
Integrated Development Initiative
This project contributed to reducing rural poverty in Nicaragua. Its objectives included improving the ability of vulnerable groups to expand their agricultural production through increased access to…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Basic drinking water supply (12.5%), Basic sanitation (12.5%), Public sector policy and administrat…
$7,981,877.00
Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Public Health Program
This project aims to improve the health of up to 47 000 Ghanaians including mothers their newborns and 4 500 schoolchildren in Bongo and Kassena Nankana West districts. It seeks to improve water …
Partner: WaterCan
Sectors: Health education (15%), Reproductive health care (10%), Basic drinking water supply (25%), Basic sa…
$7,974,736.00
Development Fund for Education
This project seeks to improve the quality of pre-primary primary and secondary education in Guatemala. As such it works to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Education especi…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Primary education (50%), Early childhood education (50%)
$7,912,092.00
Responding to the needs of adolescents in sexual and reproductive health and rights
This project seeks to support a resilient health system to respond to adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs in select communities in Dinajpur and Netrokona Districts of Ba…
Partner: World Renew
Sectors: Family planning (15%), Ending violence against women and girls (5%), Reproductive health care (50%)…
$7,886,330.00
Regional Emergency Appeals - ICRC 2013
March 2013 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Pro…
Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$7,875,000.00
EMPOWER
This project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive literacy and life skills for internally displaced people (IDP) and host community children (ages 6 to 12) particularly girls and children living …
Partner: Right To Play International
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (23%), Educational research (5%), Primary education …
$7,869,314.00
Women's Voice and Leadership - Kenya
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: CARE Canada
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$7,843,675.00
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Respect for the Rights of Adolescent Girls in Benin
This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls in the Atlantique and Mono departments of Benin. The project supports more than 108 000 adolescent girl…
Partner: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (5%), Reproductive health care (40%), Family planni…
$7,825,508.00
Supporting women micro-entrepreneurs to improve women’s economic empowerment
This initiative seeks to assist women micro-entrepreneurs in food clothing and home-style sectors to successfully and sustainably grow their businesses. The project aims to help women entrepreneurs…
Partner: Government of the Philippines - Philippines Commission on Women
Sectors: Business support services and institutions (30%), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developm…
$7,819,855.00
Women’s Voices and Leadership - Haiti
This project aims to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls by supporting local organizations that advance women’s rights in Haiti. It is building the capacity of local women’…
Partner: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$7,817,661.00
Women’s Voice and Leadership - Mozambique
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: CESC - Centro de Aprendizagem e Capacitação da Sociedade Civil
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (100%)
$7,814,402.00
Enhancing Community Security and Access to Justice in Lebanese Host Communities
This project aims to help Lebanese authorities provide basic security and justice services in host communities. Lebanese municipalities are the primary line of response to the Syrian refugee crisis d…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$7,804,263.00
Commonwealth of Learning – Institutional Support 2022-2024
This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The COL uses these funds along with other donor funding to achieve its mandate which is to help governme…
Partner: Commonwealth of Learning
Sectors: Education facilities and training (20%), Teacher training (10%), Basic life skills for youth and ad…
$7,800,000.00
Commonwealth of Learning - Institutional Support 2019-2021
This grant represents Canada's long term institutional support to the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The COL uses these funds along with other donor funding to achieve its mandate. The COL’s manda…
Partner: Commonwealth of Learning
Sectors: Education facilities and training (20%), Teacher training (20%), Vocational training (20%), Higher …
$7,800,000.00
Multi-Country - UNICEF Humanitarian Appeals 2013
March 2013 - Founded in 1946 the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN General Assembly to protect the rights of children and women in developing countries through its devel…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$7,800,000.00
Commonwealth of Learning - Institutional Support 2012 - 2015
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). COL uses these funds along with other donor funding to achieve its mandate. COL’s mandate is to help go…
Partner: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (25%), Education facilities and training (10%), Teac…