Grants and Contributions

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. Project activities include: (1) training village women agents in marketing, finance management and livelihood and business development, using the Situation, Task, Action and Result (STAR) approach, a discussion (reflection) circle that allows for issues that affect the community to be discussed and promotes a safe environment for dialogue to identify and address SGBV, and Village Savings and Loans (VSL) methodology; (2) establishing marketing groups for survivors and linking their VSLs to markets in each district; (3) increasing awareness of human rights and social norms that perpetuate SGBV by sensitizing traditional leaders, religious leaders, legislators, and communities through men and women SGBV champions, awareness campaigns, and message dissemination; (4) developing and establishing standard operating procedures for SGBV prevention and response, including referral pathways and reporting mechanisms; and (5) training women and girls to develop tailored community messages on SGBV that alter unfavourable norms and perceptions.

The project is implemented with local CSO partners, such as EI Malawi (the primary implementing partner) and The Center for alternatives for victimized women and children, to implement critical training, monitoring, and evaluation activities in Phalombe and Mulanje Districts.

Provide export assistance for PEI companies

Acquisition of digital equipment: The project aims to ensure growth, improve productivity and increase the production capacity of a company specializing in the manufacturing of furniture and countertops in quartz, granite, marble and Laminam products.

Operating costs: The project aims to ensure the operation of an organization dedicated to the development of its community, so that it can carry out local economic development activities and offer support and financing services to small businesses and young entrepreneurs.

Acquisition of equipment: The project aims to increase the productivity and production capacity of the business, which produces all-season turnkey shelters (yurts, glamping tents, etc.).

Acquisition of digital equipment: The project aims to ensure growth, improve productivity and increase the production capacity of a company specializing in the manufacturing of furniture and countertops in quartz, granite, marble and Laminam products.

Operating costs: The project aims to ensure the operation of an NPO dedicated to the development of its community, so that it can carry out local economic development activities and offer support and financing services to small businesses and young entrepreneurs.

Acquisition of equipment and marketing strategy: The project aims to improve productivity and increase production capacity, as well as implement a marketing strategy for a company that manufactures food products.

Implementation Tools and Sustainable Financing Options for the Regional Green Infrastructure Network

Between 1990 and 2000, the Inuvialuit Social Development Program (ISDP) conducted three major oral history projects to document Inuvialuit use and traditional knowledge of the Yukon North Slope (including Herschel Island) and Banks Island (Northwest Territories). These were: 1) the Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island) Cultural Study (1990–1991); 2) the Yukon North Slope Cultural Resources Survey (1991–1994); and 3) the Aulavik Oral History Project (1995–2000).

Thanks to 2022–2023 funding from Library and Archives Canada's Listen, Hear Our Voices, the audio and textual materials produced during these oral history projects are now accessible on the Inuvialuit Digital Library (IDL) website.

The current project’s goal is to digitize 664 slides and photographs from these three Inuvialuit oral history projects and integrate them into the Inuvialuit Digital Library. Activities include sorting, identifying, and digitizing 182 colour slides and 482 black-and-white photographs depicting Inuvialuit Elders, the places they visited, and the heritage features they discussed. After digitization, these images and their accompanying information will be added to the Inuvialuit Digital Library. Furthermore, 844 photographs already available on the IDL website will be reviewed to address missing information and edit mistakes.