Grants and Contributions

This project aims to increase economic opportunities for vulnerable youth, particularly young women, in two border regions in southeastern Senegal, namely Tambacounda and Kédougou, which are affected by unemployment, low agricultural productivity exacerbated by climate change, and deeply rooted gender inequalities.

The project's activities include: 1) strengthening the capacities of communities, educational actors, and authorities to reduce gender and age-based barriers and to maintain them in educational programs at the middle and secondary levels, as well as technical and vocational training; 2) developing and delivering academic and technical and vocational training programs that are adapted to the specific conditions of markets and the climate-smart green economy; 3) strengthening employment hubs and professional integration cells to prepare and guide young people towards educational pathways and green economy jobs; 4) implementing a literacy and financial literacy support program that takes into account the differentiated vulnerability factors of young people. This project aims to train and strengthen the capacities and means of action of more than 43,800 youth (including 24,550 young women), focusing on education, technical and vocational training, and entrepreneurship in the promising sectors of the green economy. Overall, the project will indirectly reach 258,000 people by improving national policies and mobilizing green financing for the socioeconomic empowerment of young women and women.

This project aims to empower Canadian small and medium organizations (SMOs) and their partners in the Global South. It provides flexible funding, capacity-building, and public engagement opportunities to support poverty reduction and address key development challenges, such as gender equality. The project helps SMOs design and implement impactful development projects by removing barriers like limited funding and insufficient capacity.

The project supports over 550 SMOs in Canada and their partners in the Global South, including approximately 150 SMOs in Canada receiving funding. It also seeks to engage over 400 representatives of diverse SMOs in Canada and their local partners through self-directed learning opportunities, accompaniment during application processes, and select facilitated learning exchange initiatives.

This Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (ICAS-HKH) project aims to increase resilience to climate change impacts and improve the livelihoods of rural women, Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The revival of springs and improved management of springsheds - the areas of land that contribute groundwater to a spring - are vital to ensuring present and future water security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, a region that faces significant challenges from climate change. Working primarily with women, ICAS-HKH aims to support communities, women’s and Indigenous Peoples’ groups and local institutions to design and implement gender-responsive interventions to improve springshed management, address water scarcity and provide renewable energy technology for irrigation systems. ICAS-HKH seeks to promote the development and implementation of gender-responsive policies, strategies and guidelines by local government institutions to enable the scaling up of the approach. It also aims to enhance the capacity of beneficiaries to access other sources of climate adaptation funding to sustain this approach in the long term. Project activities include: (1) promoting sustainable land management practices and installing renewable energy technology for irrigation such as solar panels and pumps; (2) building the capacity of policy and decision-makers to strengthen the enabling environment for scaling up the integrated climate adaptation approach beyond the pilot sites, including through policy recommendations, knowledge-sharing events, workshops and joint monitoring visits; and (3) identifying climate adaptation funding sources and building the capacity of women’s groups and Indigenous Peoples’ and local community networks to design climate adaptation projects, prepare investable proposals and access funding.

March 2025 - The International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) aims to protect the lives and dignity of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence in various countries. This includes people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. 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.

Canada will also provide rapid and flexible resources via the drawdown fund allocations to enable the ICRC to respond to new and unexpected crisis and reach beneficiaries more efficiently and in a timely manner.

With GAC and other donors’ support, the ICRC’s humanitarian operations aim to provide protection, emergency relief, and other essential services

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.

This project aims to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) against girls, adolescents, and young women aged 11 to 28 in 4 regions of Colombia including Medellín, Cali, Uribia, and Dibulla. Project activities include: (1) deconstructing the harmful norms and practices that underpin GBV; (2) empowering women and girls through comprehensive education and skills-building; and (3) strengthening communities and institutions to better prevent and respond to GBV.

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.

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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.