Grants and Contributions

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies, saves lives by quickly getting food assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications, WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports humanitarian workers, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in the West Bank and Gaza.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), WFP provides targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfer; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support

This project is part of the renewed Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations, networks, and Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world.
This project, implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, is expected to directly benefit 92 local women's rights organizations and their extended networks in eight states across Nigeria. The project also aims to support the implementation of innovative ideas and approaches led by local women’s rights organizations.

The project aims to address the barriers that affect the sexual and reproductive health status and full enjoyment of rights of women and girls, with a focus on migrants in Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Honduras, and Peru. The project will seek to strengthen capacities among ministry of health employees, as well as health practitioners, by providing training on health information, surveillance and monitoring systems, gender-sensitive health services planning, and delivery of sexual and reproductive health services. In parallel, it will deliver workshops and comprehensive sexuality education to enhance knowledge among beneficiaries regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and increase their capacity to advocate for their rights. The project will organize awareness campaigns for community members and leaders on harmful gender-related norms and practices. Finally, it will provide technical support to governments and key stakeholders, including women elected officials, to develop, implement and enforce evidence-based SRHR public policies and strategies, in addition to providing training to civil society organizations, such as women’s rights organizations, to increase their capacity to advocate for the equal enjoyment of their rights.

The Palestinian Fund for Reconstruction and Development (PFRD) has been operational in West Bank and Gaza since 2021. Also, it is a vital tool to support the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian economy, especially following the war in Gaza. Canada’s proposed contribution of CAD $30M over 3 years to PFRD, specifically on Pillar III. It seeks to strengthen sustainable recovery, economic reform, and social resilience through the provision of indirect financial and technical support to the PA. In addition, PFRD has cross-cutting themes of gender, citizen engagement, climate resilience and digital innovation which are central to its operations and are implemented throughout its portfolio. This contribution aims to alleviate the heavy burden on the PA, facing unprecedented levels of fiscal instability, and risking their ability to sustain essential public services to the Palestinian people, implement their reform agenda and plan for long-term recovery and reconstruction and governance of Gaza.

Project

This project aims to improve the economic empowerment of 25,200 marginalized youth, including 15,120 adolescent girls and young women, in Rwanda, Somalia and Tanzania by providing skills development and Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) through the Building leadership, Opportunities and options for marginalized women and girls (BLOOM) Africa initiative. BLOOM Africa is implemented through a multifaceted approach to address issues across individual, community, and systemic levels. At the individual level, the project supports empowering marginalized adolescent girls and young women to develop skills, advocate for their rights to skills development and access economic opportunities, overcome barriers and promote safe work environments. At the community level, the project promotes social and behavior change to support equitable community structures, challenge traditional gender norms, and address discriminatory practices and power imbalances. At the systemic level, it aims to create compreh

The project aims to address the disproportionate effects of gender inequality, climate change, and conflict on women and girls in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and the West Bank. Led by KAIROS, a Canadian civil society development partner, and in collaboration with local human rights organizations, the project focuses on empowering women peacebuilders and local networks to lead interventions at the intersection of the triple nexus of climate change, conflict, and gender inequality. The initiative seeks to foster more sustainable, equitable, resilient, and peaceful societies in these regions by enhancing local capacity and strengthening the impact of gender-transformative approaches to these interconnected challenges.

The project focuses on capacity-building for partner staff and local groups in areas like fundraising, accounting, and digital communication. It will offer training on financial literacy, community savings, and socio-environmental issues for economic empowerment. The

This project supports young women living in poverty in 3 major cities in the South of Ghana (Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi) and 4 surrounding regions through access to decent, dignified, high paying work in sectors. The project trains and empowers young women to enter careers in high paying trades such as welding, heavy duty machinery, solar installation, and automotive mechanics. It supports these young women by placing them in internships, mentoring them and awarding them scholarships. Also, the project supports them to find decent work in the private sector both in formal employment and as entrepreneurs. The project aims to build the capacity of 72 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes to deliver gender-sensitive skills training. The project also collaborates with industry partners to hire, promote and retain women in the workplace. As part of the important work to improve societal attitudes toward women in trades, the project aims to conduct significant outreach to religious and

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) grant agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) grant agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.

The purpose of the Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP) grant agreement is to support Canadian SMEs identify international partners in CIIP target countries for industrial research and development collaboration that has good potential for commercialization.