Building a Sustainable Future Through Education and Training

In recent years a large number of people have returned to South Sudan and reintegration of returnees places a strain on already weak infrastructure and basic services. This initiative seeks to impro…

Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada

Sectors: Teacher training (50%), Primary education (10%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (10%), Voca…

Inkanyezi: Transforming Women Leadership

This project seeks to use an intersectional approach that empowers women and young women leaders to advocate for the transformation of community systems that discriminate against women. The project a…

Partner: Sonke Gender Justice

Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (40%), Women's rights organisations and movements and g…

Integrated Development in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

This project is designed to alleviate poverty in select communities of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) through improved livelihoods basic development services income-generating oppor…

Partner: Sarhad Rural Support Program

Sectors: Education facilities and training (10%), Basic health infrastructure (10%), Water resources conserv…

Women's Entrepreneurship and Adaptation

This project is one of the 10 projects funded under the Canada Fund for African Climate Resilience Call for Proposals. It aims to strengthen the ability of the people of Senegal’s Saloum Islands to a…

Partner: Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles

Sectors: Fishery development (37%), Agro-industries (53%), Bio-diversity (10%)

Women's Economic Linkages and Employment Development

This project aims to remove barriers to women’s access to the labour market in Salt Irbid and East-Amman. It seeks to provide skills-based development in the private health sector find solutions t…

Partner: WUSC - World University Service of Canada

Sectors: Vocational training (30%), Health personnel development (30%), Ending violence against women and gi…

Technical Assistance Envelope - 2

An estimated $15 million for deploying short-and long-term specialist advisory resources providing targeted technical assistance and mainstreaming gender equality in the four areas of CIDA focus in…

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (5%), Education facilities and training (5%), Teache…

Parliament and Accountability of the Security Sector in Ukraine

This project supports relevant committees of Ukraine’s National Parliament the Verkhovna Rada to initiate draft debate revise pass and oversee key legislation that supports security sector refo…

Partner: Parliamentary Centre

Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (25%), Legal and judicial development (25%), Dem…

Combatting Corruption

This project aims at increasing the effectiveness of the Government of Ukraine in developing a national anti-corruption strategy and in building the capacity of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine an…

Partner: Department of Justice Canada

Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (40%), Legal and judicial development (60%)

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Monitoring & Impact Project

This project seeks to increase the Nature-based Solutions Nature-based Solutions best practice knowledge and capacities of climate change and biodiversity practitioners in developed and developing c…

Partner: IUCN International Union forConservation of Nature and

Sectors: Water resources conservation (including data collection) (10%), Agricultural development (10%), For…

Ukraine – Humanitarian aid – HelpAge Canada 2023

March 2023 – Humanitarian needs in Ukraine continue to be significant. The 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) indicates 17.7 million people require humanitarian assistance in Ukraine this year. …

Partner: HelpAge International

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Humanitarian Response to Cyclone Freddy – UNICEF 2023

April 2023 - Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall in southern Africa in February and March bringing heavy rains flooding and landslides to Mozambique and Malawi. Altogether it is estimated that …

Partner: UNICEF

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Syria Earthquake Response – Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2023

February 2023 – The humanitarian situation in Syria deteriorated significantly following powerful earthquakes that struck Syria and Türkiye on February 6 and February 20. The UN estimates that at lea…

Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Lebanon - Emergency Protection and WASH Support – Oxfam-Québec 2022-2023

January 2022 – Lebanon continues to host an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide. Communities throughout the country are struggling to cop…

Partner: Oxfam QC

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (60%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…

Lebanon - Emergency WASH and Shelter Response - NRC 2022-2023

January 2022 – Lebanon continues to host an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide. Communities throughout the country are struggling to cop…

Partner: Norwegian Refugee Council

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa - Covid-19 Crisis Pool

This project supports activities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to women traders in Eastern Africa within the scope of the overall project. In particular the project focuses on …

Partner: TradeMark East Africa

Sectors: Ending violence against women and girls (45%), Trade facilitation (55%)

Global Famine Response - FAO – 2022/2023

October 2022 - This project supports the Anticipatory Action (AA) implementing window of the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA). The SFERA enhances FAO’s capacity to rap…

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

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (85%), Emergency food aid (15%)

Education and Training Sector Transition Plan support - Niger

This project supports the Niger Education and Training Sector Transition Plan to improve education. Global Affairs Canada has signed a delegated cooperation arrangement with the Agence française de d…

Partner: Agence Française de Développement

Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (15%), Teacher training (25%), Primary education (60…

Building Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change and COVID-19

This project aims to strengthen the resilience of agro-sylvo-pastoral communities in the Boucle du Mouhoun region once known as “the breadbasket of Burkina Faso.” The region now struggles to play th…

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

Sectors: Agricultural development (25%), Agricultural water resources (10%), Livestock (10%), Forestry devel…

Support to students and families to preserve nutrional status during class suspension

This project supports activities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. This project aims to pivot programming activities during school closures to minimize the impact of health and eco…

Partner: WFP - World Food Programme

Sectors: School feeding (50%), Basic nutrition (50%)

Strengthening the Promotion Monitoring and Respect for the Rights of Women and the LGBT Community

This project aims to improve the respect of human rights of women and lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Honduras. The project focuses on building a better human rights culture …

Partner: OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (10%), Human rights (30%), Ending violence against women…

Iraq Crisis - Response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence - Islamic Relief 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: Islamic Relief Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (80%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…

Prevention and Reduction of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Situations - ICRC 2015

March 2015 - This project increases the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) capacity to prevent and reduce sexual violence in armed conflicts particularly for women and girls who face …

Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)

An Integrated Food Systems Approach to Build Nutrition Security

This project aims to rapidly increase the production and consumption of bio-fortified staple crops by vulnerable smallholder farming households who have the greatest need for nutrition and health. Th…

Partner: IFPRI – International Food Policy Research Institute

Sectors: Basic nutrition (100%)

Water Sanitation and Hygiene and Protection for Conflict-Affected Persons in Syria

January 2020 – The ongoing crisis in Syria continues to be a driver of displacement and humanitarian needs throughout the country. Over 9 years into the conflict an estimate 11 million people remain…

Partner: Uncoded

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Strengthening the Health Outcomes of Women and Child - COVID-19 Response

This project contributes to reducing maternal and child mortality amongst vulnerable women and children including adolescent girls in targeted underserved remote areas of Bangladesh Ghana Haiti …

Partner: Plan International Canada

Sectors: Basic health care (30%), Health education (20%), COVID-19 control (10%), Population policy and admi…

Sudan - Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur Sudan - CARE Canada 2023-2025

March 2023 - An estimated 15.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across Sudan as a result of armed conflict political instability economic decline food insecurit…

Partner: CARE Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (40%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (47%), Relief co-or…

South Sudan Crisis - Water Sanitation Hygiene and Protection Assistance – Oxfam Canada 2022-2024

March 2022 - An estimated 8.4 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition economic decline an…

Partner: Oxfam Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Multi-sector Emergency Response for Crisis-affected Communities in Yemen 2012-2023

March 2021 - Yemen currently faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with over 24 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The conflict and collapsing economy have pushed over 16 mil…

Partner: Oxfam QC

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Humanitarian Response to Conflict in Ethiopia – Oxfam Canada 2022

February 2022 - The conflict in northern Ethiopia is well into its second year and has given rise to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. An estimated 9.4 million people in the three co…

Partner: Oxfam Canada

Sectors: Reproductive health care (25%), Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (25%), Material relie…

Nigeria Crisis – Emergency Assistance - Save the Children 2022-2023

February 2022 - Twelve years of conflict between Islamist insurgents and government forces in northeastern Nigeria have left the region facing a desperate humanitarian crisis characterized by mass p…

Partner: Save the Children Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (3%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (57%), Relief co-ord…

Democratic Republic of the Congo Crisis - Emergency Assistance - Doctors of the World 2022-2023

February 2022 - The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is characterized by inter-ethnic conflict and widespread human rights abuses including sexual violence. In 2022 27 million p…

Partner: Doctors of the World Canada

Sectors: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (82%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (18%)

Strengthening social cohesion resilience and empowerment of women and girls in Chad

This project aims to strengthen social cohesion resilience and empowerment of women and girls in the face of climate change in the Lake Chad and Kanem provinces of Chad. The project activities inclu…

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

Sectors: Social Dialogue (10%), Agricultural education/training (45%), Agricultural financial services (45%)

Strengthening Primary Health Care System in Bauchi State

This project seeks to strengthen the primary health care (PHC) system in Bauchi State with a focus on reducing maternal and under-five mortality through the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive ri…

Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (40%), Population policy and administrative management …

Iraq Crisis - Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Response - ACF 2020-2021

January 2020 – In 2020 there are an estimated 4.1 million Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance of which 1.77 million are in acute need. Out of the 6 million displaced people during the conflic…

Partner: Action Against Hunger

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Sudan - Emergency Humanitarian Assistance in Darfur Sudan - CARE Canada 2021-2023

March 2021 - An estimated 13.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across Sudan as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition economic decline and dis…

Partner: CARE Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (54%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (46%)

CGIAR Institutional Support 2019-2025 - GENDER Platform

This grant represents Canada's institutional support to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s (CGIAR) Generating Evidence and New Directions for Equitable Results (GENDER) P…

Partner: CGIAR

Sectors: Agricultural research (80%), Forestry research (15%), Fishery research (5%)

Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership

This project aims to reduce death and illness among newborns and children in underserved districts in Ghana. By expanding paediatric nurse programs this project seeks to build the professional skill…

Partner: The Hospital for Sick Children

Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (10%), Health personnel development (90%)

Supporting Smallholder Farmers : A Women’s Economic Empowerment Approach - Nicaragua

This project aims to improve equitable and sustainable livelihoods for women and men smallholder farmers in Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor with a particular focus on the empowerment of women farmers to e…

Partner: WFP - World Food Programme

Sectors: Basic nutrition (10%), Business Development Services (30%), Agricultural development (40%), Environ…

COVID-19 Response Basket Fund in Nigeria

The project aims to support Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by ensuring optimum care of the confirmed cases containing further spread of the outbreak and establishing a pathway for rapi…

Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (15%), Basic health care (20%), Basic health infrastruc…

Joint Peace Fund - Support to the Myanmar Peace Process - Phase 2

The Joint Peace Fund (JPF) is a multi-donor fund designed to support national efforts to achieve lasting settlement of ethnic armed conflict in Myanmar and to build broad-based participation and supp…

Partner: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services

Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)

Peace Support Project Yemen

This project supports activities of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) aiming to end the conflict and allow for the resumption of a peaceful and inclusive Ye…

Partner: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services

Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)

Support to Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund

This project supports the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) which was established in 2016 and is an innovative global partnership of the United Nations governments and civil society organi…

Partner: UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office

Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (50%), Civilian peace-build…

Syria Crisis - Emergency Protection and WASH Support - Oxfam Québec 2020-2021

January 2020 – With the Syria crisis in its ninth year Lebanon continues to host over an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees most of whom reside in host communities. As personal savings erode and…

Partner: Oxfam QC

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)

Making Waves: Gender-Inclusive Radio-Based Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This project aims to improve learning outcomes for out-of-school children particularly girls and children with disabilities in conflict-affected and marginalized communities in the Democratic Repub…

Partner: War Child Canada

Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (5%), Primary education (48%), Lower secondary educa…

Syria Crisis - Health and Rehabilitation Services - Handicap International 2016

March 2016 – The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war and intensified violence in the country. The United Nations estimates that 13.5 million people i…

Partner: Humanity & Inclusion Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (50%), Relief co-ordination, protection and support service…

Sudan - Emergency Water Sanitation Hygiene Nutrition and Health Assistance - CARE 2019-2020

March 2019 - An estimated 7.1 million people across Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across the country as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition econom…

Partner: CARE Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (65%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (35%)

Sudan - Emergency Water Sanitation Hygiene and Protection Assistance - ADRA 2019-2020

March 2019 - An estimated 7.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across Sudan as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition economic decline and dise…

Partner: ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency Canada

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (90%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (10%)

Prevention and Reduction of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict Situations - ICRC 2019

This project supports the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in its work to prevent and reduce sexual violence in armed conflicts. Women and girls face increased vulnerability in situati…

Partner: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (45%), Basic Health Care in Emergencies (15%), Relief co-or…

Bangladesh - Humanitarian Response to Rohingya Refugee Crisis - Doctors Without Borders 2019

January 2019 – Following the outbreak of violence in Northern Rakhine State in August 2017 more than 735 000 Rohingya crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh over a period of several months.These refug…

Partner: Doctors Without Borders

Sectors: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (100%)

Somalia - Emergency Health Nutrition Water and Sanitation Assistance - ACF 2019-2021

March 2019 - Decades of political instability have left Somalia facing a complex and protracted humanitarian crises with an estimated 4.2 million Somalis (35 percent of the population) expected to re…

Partner: Action Against Hunger

Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)