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Ethiopia Drought and Food Security Crisis – CARE Canada 2016
December 2015 - As a result of a particularly strong El Niño event in the Pacific Ocean Ethiopia is facing its worst food security crisis in thirty years. Failed rains in many areas of southern and …
Partner: CARE Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,900,000.00
Iraq Crisis - No Lost Generation - 2015
March 2015 - The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate. The violence between armed groups and government forces has displaced an estimated 2.4 million people from their homes. An es…
Partner: Mercy Corps
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,900,000.00
Local Development - Nord-Est - Adaptation to Climate Change
This is a component of the Local Development - Nord-Est project. Its aim is to decrease the vulnerability of communes in the Nord-Est department to climate change. It includes building family cistern…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme - Haiti
Sectors: Water resources conservation (including data collection) (10%), River basins' development (10%), De…
$1,900,000.00
Standing Together for Nutrition - Phase II
Phase II of the "Together for Nutrition" project aims to respond to the urgent need to provide timely improved and globally indicative data to measure the unfolding effects of climate change on nut…
Partner: Micronutrient Forum
Sectors: Basic nutrition (100%)
$1,900,000.00
Syria Crisis – Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon – UNRWA 2023
February 2023 – The humanitarian situation in Syria has continued to deteriorate due to civil war resulting in displacement severe protection risks and restricted humanitarian access. In Lebanon t…
Partner: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Ne…
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,900,000.00
Mine Clearance for Resettlement and Restoring Livelihoods
This project aims to remove about 10 000 anti-personnel mines in the Northern Province Sri Lanka. Some 300 000 people were displaced as a result of the 25-year civil war that ended in May 2009. Alth…
Partner: The HALO Trust
Sectors: Removal of land mines and explosive remnants of war (100%)
$1,899,913.00
Improving Maternal Newborn and Child Health in Mali - Response to COVID-19
This project builds on a previous project that supported the Malian Red Cross’ efforts towards the Government of Mali’s plans to reduce maternal and child mortality in the regions of Koulikoro and Si…
Partner: Canadian Red Cross
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (14.25%), Basic health care (14.25%), Basic health infr…
$1,899,352.00
Preventing violent Extremism and gender based violence in Tunisia
This project aims to improve law enforcement capacities and community resilience to violent extremism and gender-based violence (GBV) in Tunisia. Project activities include: (1) assessing and conduct…
Partner: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Sectors: Security system management and reform (50%), Countering violent extremism (50%)
$1,898,663.00
West Africa Technical Assistance Facility
The project aims to improve performance of small and medium enterprises operating in the agribusiness sector in Ghana Mali and Ivory Coast to create jobs for youth stimulate sustainable economic gr…
Partner: Lundin Foundation
Sectors: Advanced technical and managerial training (50%), Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developm…
$1,893,901.00
Championing gender equality and inclusive education program 2024 to 2028
This project aims to improve access to gender-responsive and inclusive education particularly for girls and young women with disabilities in 2 districts of northern Sierra Leone: Tonkolili and Bomb…
Partner: University of the Fraser Valley
Sectors: Education policy and administrative management (100%)
$1,889,597.00
E-Learning for Peacekeepers
The project aims to improve the capacity of peacekeepers through large-scale e-learning programs. These self-paced e-learning courses are delivered at regional and national peacekeeping training cent…
Partner: POTI – Peace Operations Training Institute
Sectors: Participation in international peacekeeping operations (100%)
$1,885,934.00
Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Nuclear Security in the Middle East
This project aims to improve the capabilities of state security and law enforcement agencies in Iraq Jordan and Lebanon for planning and carrying out intelligence operations to prevent attempts to …
Partner: United Nations Interregional Crimeand Justice Research Institute
Sectors: Disarmament of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (100%)
$1,879,436.00
Bati Adapts to Climate Change Impacts
This project aims to improve the ability of the people of Ethiopia’s Bati woreda (Bati district) to withstand the impacts of climate change on their lives. More specifically it works with 4 660 hous…
Partner: Canadian Hunger Foundation
Sectors: Agricultural development (22%), Agricultural land resources (78%)
$1,870,071.00
Police Development Assistance for the National Police of Ukraine
The project aims to strengthen the Strategic Reform Unit (SRU) of the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) to efficiently and effectively implement security sector reform processes that are locally owned…
Partner: Uncoded
Sectors: Police (100%)
$1,866,872.00
Titukule Azimai (Empower Women)
This project aims to enhance gender equality and economic empowerment for women and girl survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Machinga Mulanje and Phalombe districts of Malawi…
Partner: Emmanuel International Canada
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (20%), Women's rights organisations and movements …
$1,857,836.00
Coordination of Humanitarian Responses in Africa - OCHA 2017
March 2017 – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) primary mandate is to oversee the coordination of international humanitarian responses in partnership with…
Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$1,850,000.00
Counter terrorism project for the Middle East - phase II
This regional project aims to provide technical assistance in Iraq Jordan and Lebanon to disrupt foreign terrorist fighter mobility. It seeks to enhance counter-terrorism capacities addressing the…
Partner: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization
Sectors: Countering violent extremism (33%), Fight against transnational organised crime (34%), Cyber securi…
$1,843,043.00
Empowering Rohingya Refugees Burmese and Bangladeshi Women & Youth for Sustainable Peace
The project aims to ensure that Bangladeshi Rohingya and Burmese women affected by violent conflict are empowered to lead and participate in community-based peacebuilding and decision-making at loc…
Partner: Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$1,840,251.00
Women’s Voice and Leadership - Middle East
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program. This program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks working to promote women’s rights and advance…
Partner: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (25%), Human rights (25%), Women's rights organisations …
$1,840,000.00
Women’s Voice and Leadership in the Middle East
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empo…
Partner: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (25%), Human rights (25%), Women's rights organisations …
$1,830,000.00
Women's Voice and Leadership in the Middle East
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empo…
Partner: Oxfam QC
Sectors: Democratic participation and civil society (25%), Human rights (25%), Women's rights organisations …
$1,830,000.00
Support for Responsive Newborn and Maternal Health in Bauchi-COVID-19
This portion of the larger project works to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Activities include: (1) develop and disseminate information through text messaging social media radios an…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: COVID-19 control (30%), Reproductive health care (30%), Family planning (15%), Personnel developmen…
$1,818,707.00
Advancing Women Peace and Security Implementation in South Sudan
This project aims to support grassroots South Sudanese women’s organizations to support peacebuilding and reconciliation in their communities through capacity building and providing small grants for…
Partner: UN Women
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$1,814,401.00
Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy in Myanmar
This project aims to support the work of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Myanmar and contribute to the establishment of a culture of human rights promot…
Partner: OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sectors: Human rights (100%)
$1,810,000.00
Women’s Inclusion for National Growth Strategy
This project aims to empower girls and women from Rwanda and Uganda by strengthening their level of education and by improving opportunities for gainful employment. Project activities include: (1) pr…
Partner: Beautiful World Canada Foundation
Sectors: Higher education (100%), Reproductive health care (0%)
$1,810,000.00
Better Beginnings Stronger Families
The project improves access to basic education health and livelihoods for 200 000 individuals living in 10 villages in the territories of Walikale and Lubutu located East of the Democratic Republic …
Partner: Jane Goodall Institute
Sectors: Education facilities and training (36%), Basic health care (43%), Food aid/food security programs (…
$1,809,016.00
Climate Resilience and Co-operatives
The project aims to increase economic social and ecological resilience to climate variability and change of 12 000 resource-poor farming households in the Woreda district of Fogera in the Amhara Reg…
Partner: Canadian Co-operative Association
Sectors: Agricultural development (70%), Agricultural co-operatives (30%)
$1,808,871.00
Addressing global challenges
This project aims to improve approaches for reducing global poverty and improving lives. It focuses on women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It seeks to provide evidence-based research a…
Partner: Center for Global Development
Sectors: Research/scientific institutions (100%)
$1,807,452.00
Sectoral Budget Support in Sexual and Reproductive Health - Technical Assistance
This technical assistance project aims to strengthen the Government of Mali's capacity to implement sector budget support that helps ensure the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services and…
Partner: CHUM-USI CECI
Sectors: Population policy and administrative management (50%), Reproductive health care (25%), Family plann…
$1,805,690.00
Support to the South Sudan Peace Process
This project aims to contribute to the peace process in South Sudan by supporting the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) and its …
Partner: Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission
Sectors: Civilian peace-building conflict prevention and resolution (100%)
$1,803,350.00
Systems enhancement for transformative health - C-19
This project supports national COVID-19 preparedness and response activities in Kenya and Guatemala. Project activities include: (1) supporting infection prevention control; (2) disseminating message…
Partner: Action Against Hunger
Sectors: Health policy and administrative management (25%), Basic health care (30%), Basic nutrition (30%), …
$1,800,000.00
Strengthening the resilience of women's organizations in the social economy (FORTER'ESS)
This project aims to promote the decent work of Tunisian women and improve the sustainability of women-led Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) during the COVID-19 crisis in Tunisia. I…
Partner: ILO - International Labour Organization
Sectors: COVID-19 control (10%), Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (40…
$1,800,000.00
Investigating Breaches of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law in Syria
This project aims to increase access to justice for Syrians by holding war criminals accountable. The project does this by collecting evidence investigating and building case files against individu…
Partner: Commission for InternationalJustice and Accountability
Sectors: Security system management and reform (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Ethiopia - Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Persons - Save the Children Canada 2019
In 2019 drought and inter-communal conflict are expected to leave at least 8 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance including nearly 2.9 million people displaced by violence and natu…
Partner: Save the Children Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
South Sudan - Water Sanitation and Hygiene Nutrition and Livelihoods - Concern 2018
March 2018 - An estimated 7 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across the country as a result of armed conflict food insecurity malnutrition ec…
Partner: Concern Worldwide
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Nigeria - Livelihoods and Protection Assistance - Plan Canada 2018-2019
March 2018 – The conflict between Boko Haram and Nigerian armed forces has devastated communities in north-eastern Nigeria. It is estimated that 10.2 million people will require humanitarian assistan…
Partner: Plan International Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
DRC - Emergency Assistance – Solidarites International – 2018
February 2018 – The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deteriorated at an alarming rate since 2016. A surge in violent conflict and inter-communal tensions erupted …
Partner: Solidarités International
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Bangladesh - Humanitarian Response to Rohingya Refugee Crisis - CARE 2017-2018
December 2017 – Following the outbreak of violence in Northern Rakhine State in August 2017 more than 647 000 Rohingya crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh over a period of several months.These refu…
Partner: CARE Canada
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Uganda - Emergency Healthcare for South Sudanese Refugees - Doctors Without Borders 2017
March 2017 – Uganda hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa approaching one million with nearly one half of this total having arrived from South Sudan since July 2016. Overall South Sudanes…
Partner: Doctors Without Borders
Sectors: Material relief assistance and services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Emergency Assistance - Country-Specific Funding - OCHA 2015
March 2015 - OCHA has the mandate to coordinate international humanitarian responses in order to achieve more coherent and effective humanitarian action. This grant represents Canada’s support to the…
Partner: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Sectors: Relief co-ordination, protection and support services (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie - Institutional Support 2015-2017
This grant constitutes Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF). The AUF uses these funds and those of other donors to fulfil its mandate. The …
Partner: AUF - Agence universitaire de laFrancophonie
Sectors: Higher education (100%)
$1,800,000.00
Improving Gender Equality Waste Management and Clean Energy in Haiti
The project aims to improve the well-being of the population of the commune of Gonaïves in Haiti. The project aims to incorporate waste management by allowing the sale of carbon credits and the produ…
Partner: Biothermica Technologies Inc.
Sectors: Waste management/disposal (48%), Biofuel-fired power plants (52%)
$1,799,837.00
Support to Gender Advisors in MINUSCA - Central African Republic
This project aims to address gender expertise capacity gaps within the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Women are essential…
Partner: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central…
Sectors: Participation in international peacekeeping operations (100%)
$1,792,323.00
Access to Quality Education in Bihar
The project's objective is to transform the lives of 17 830 disadvantaged and marginalized children in poor neighbourhoods in three districts of the state of Bihar India by improving access to and …
Partner: Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Sectors: Primary education (70%), Basic life skills for youth and adults (30%)
$1,787,441.00
Review of CARICOM Regional Institutions
The Review of the CARICOM Regional Institutions project implemented by the Caribbean Community Secretariat will provide CARICOM with an evidenced based analysis of the institutions which will outli…
Partner: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
Sectors: Public sector policy and administrative management (90%), Women's rights organisations and movement…
$1,786,610.00
Loan guarantee fund-Support to women and youth's socioeconomic empowerment in Senegal
This project represents funding allocated to the loan guarantee fund of the Support to women and youth's economic and social empowerment project in Senegal. For administrative reasons a separate pro…
Partner: DID - Développement international Desjardins
Sectors: Formal sector financial intermediaries (12%), Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (30%), …
$1,783,715.00
Strengthening Mother Newborn and Child Health in Haiti - COVID-19 response
This project aims to help reduce maternal neonatal and child mortality through a comprehensive integrated approach that promotes a continuum of care in seven communes in Haiti. This project provide…
Partner: Doctors of the World Canada
Sectors: Basic health care (11%), Basic health infrastructure (9%), Basic nutrition (19%), Reproductive heal…
$1,782,955.00
Pathways for Inclusive Development and Participation of Young People
This project aims to support young Iraqi men and women boys and girls between the ages of 10 to 24 in developing essential life and employment skills finding meaningful work and becoming agents of…
Partner: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Sectors: Basic life skills for youth (50%), Vocational training (50%)
$1,782,000.00
Building international capacity to implement United Nations sanctions on North Korea
This project funds the US Civilian Research and Defence Foundation (CRDF Global) to implement six activities to build regional and international capacity to implement UN Security Council sanctions on…
Partner: U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation
Sectors: Disarmament of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (100%)
$1,781,820.00
Increasing Women's Participation in United Nations Peace Operations
This project aims to support the long-term positive impact of increasing uniformed women’s meaningful participation in United Nations (UN) Peace Operations through improved policies and programming …
Partner: International Peace Institute
Sectors: Women's rights organisations and movements and government institutions (90%), Participation in int…