Grants and Contributions

March 2025 -The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) primary mission is to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The ICRC assists and works to prevent further suffering by promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law. The ICRC collaborates with local Red Cross and Red Crescent national society staff and volunteers to implement its protection and assistance programmes worldwide.

With GAC and other donors’ support, the ICRC’s humanitarian operations aim to provide protection, emergency relief, and other essential services to people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. This includes countries such as including Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti, Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, West Bank or Gaza, and Yemen. It also seeks to promote respect for international humanitarian law.

Project activities include: (1) engaging with warring parties on the respect for international humanitarian law; (2) conducting protection activities to support those protected under international humanitarian law; (3) assisting people affected by conflict and violence by providing medical care, income support, and food assistance; 4) working and abiding by the Fundamental Principles such as neutrality, impartiality, and independence, with all stakeholders; and (5) negotiating safe access to populations in need.

March 2025 -The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) primary mission is to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence. The ICRC assists and works to prevent further suffering by promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law. The ICRC collaborates with local Red Cross and Red Crescent national society staff and volunteers to implement its protection and assistance programmes worldwide.

With GAC and other donors’ support, the ICRC’s humanitarian operations aim to provide protection, emergency relief, and other essential services to people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. This includes countries such as including Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti, Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, West Bank or Gaza, and Yemen. It also seeks to promote respect for international humanitarian law.

Project activities include: (1) engaging with warring parties on the respect for international humanitarian law; (2) c

This project aims to reduce poverty by increasing the economic well-being of women-managed or owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) located in poorer, rural, and more remote areas outside of capital cities in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. COMPETE seeks to build the capacity of local Trade Support institutions to deliver gender-responsive services and support and women-owned or led SMEs to expand trade relationships with established Canadian buyers. Project activities include: (1) facilitating “Train the trainer” workshops on exporting to Canada, including information on consumer demands and export readiness; (2) conducting local market research on selected sectors to support women-owned or led SMEs participation to enter the Canadian market; (3) providing training to women-owned or led SMEs on export financing; (4) coordinating knowledge-sharing opportunities to connect SMEs with experience in export finance with SMEs beneficiaries; and (5) providing coaching to export-ready women owned or l

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and in some instances, internally displaced persons. With the support of GAC and other donors, this project provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern between 2025-2026. Project activities include, providing lifesaving assistance to refugees and other people of concern, including protection, shelter and core relief items, health care services, water, sanitation and hygiene, cash assistance, livelihoods and socio-economic inclusion, mental health, and psychosocial support.

This project aims to increase access to and use of gender-responsive and culturally relevant health services in Indigenous communities in Quetzaltenango. Project activities include: (1) facilitating discussion groups with civil society organizations on analysis and advocacy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with public institutions; (2) launching an information and awareness campaign aimed at men on themes of respect and recognition of women’s contributions; (3) delivering courses on SRHR to journalists and social media communicators; (4) organizing motivational talks by well-known “champions” with an emphasis on women who have positively influenced youth culture; and (5) delivering courses to the health and public service sectors in SRHR and cultural relevance.

This project provides funding to the Canadian Commercial Corporation to provide technical expertise to negotiate and implement a Supply Arrangement Agreement. This agreement supports procuring and delivering equipment to support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s next Integrated Field Exercise for on-site inspections.

The goal of the project is to strengthen the protection of civilians in the border region between Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso, where insecurity is growing because of the expansion of non-state armed groups. The project addresses the critical needs of vulnerable border communities through the following actions: implementing inclusive community protection groups; strengthening forums for dialogue between communities, civil authorities, and defence and security forces (DSF); training DSF to protect civilians; and carrying out strategic advocacy with national and local (communes, departments) authorities.

The project is designed to help reduce the spread of insecurity and violent extremism on the border area between Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali by establishing local conflict management mechanisms that are coordinated across borders, with a particular focus on women, youth and the most marginalized groups within the communities. Project activities include the following: (1) building the capacity for dialogue and coordinated efforts among the target populations; (2) increasing their capability to mobilize and build networks to manage tensions and conflicts in their communities; and (3) strengthening the capacity of local organizations that work with women, youth and marginalized groups. This is achieved through training, coaching, technical and financial support (grants), and by implementing local and cross-border initiatives focused on peacebuilding and stabilization.

This project aims to empower diverse young women and men to be collaborative leaders driving peaceful change in the northern borderlands of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. It seeks to increase the prospects for sustained peace and security in the northern border regions by empowering young people to strengthen the emerging peacebuilding ecosystem in the region. The project also aims to ensure that decision-making and peace processes are grounded in, and responsive to, the vulnerabilities and frustrations driving youth recruitment, strengthening youth resilience against being drawn into violence. Project activities include: (1) building the capacity and confidence of youth for peace leadership; (2) shifting barriers to youth engagement to create a conducive environment for their meaningful engagement in decision-making and peace processes; and (3) connecting youth locally, nationally and across borders.

This project aims to close data gaps for emergency assistance and enable open access to data and analytics tools to support evidence-based policymaking in conflict programming. The Complex Risk Analytics Fund is a global partnership among the United Nations (UN) Member States, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia and technology partners dedicated to using data and analytics to better anticipate, prevent, and respond to complex risks. Project activities include: (1) investing in innovative data initiatives and supporting developing critical data sets; (2) supporting developing analytics tools for better crisis early warning, anticipation, prevention and response and strengthen stakeholder data literacy; (3) providing data literacy training; and (4) facilitating and promoting data sharing and increased access to data.