Grants and Contributions

Political participation, HUMAN RIGHTS and LGBTTTIQ, through public campaigns and training and community intervention spaces for social activism and support groups in Cuba.

Global Affairs Canada’s Academic Relations Program supports the participation of Jorge Enrique Olmo Velazquez in a range of activities including visits to the Canadian Parliament and the Senate by academics and officials to gain a better understanding of Candian society, institutions and to cultivate leadership skills..

Care in Matanzas. Resilience and Recovery

This project contributes to improved gender-equitable and sustainable food systems for women, men and children in the most vulnerable communities of the Perico and Jovellanos municipalities in the province of Matanzas. To accomplish this, CARE Canada works in partnership with Cuban institutions, developing the capacities of governments and agricultural authorities to promote women’s leadership, strengthen local agri-food businesses and targeted value chains, provide essential nutrition education to community members, and ensure equitable access to nutritious and more affordable food.

Project activities include: (1) updating the participatory gender analysis of cooperatives and other organizations in the agri-food sector and designing and implementing a training program on gender and masculinities for women and men within these organizations; (2) elaborating and launching a campaign for gender equity, women’s leadership and positive masculinities in the local food systems; (3) designing and implementing a training plan on gender equality, women’s leadership and positive masculinity for institutional and government management teams; (4) providing technical assistance to governments and agricultural institutions for implementing and monitoring the National Plan for Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Education at the local level; and (5) providing technical assistance to farmers, especially women, in financial management, agro-ecological practices, climate smart agriculture, value chains and circular economy models.

This initiative directly benefits 6,400 people (of whom 4,280 are women and 2,120 are men). This includes women and men farmers, members of agricultural cooperatives and self-employed women, some of whom receive support to strengthen or initiate an agri-food business. The beneficiaries also include women and men workers of the relevant local agricultural authorities and local government officials.

Responding to the emergency caused by the explosion at the Supertanker Base of Matanzas-Cuba

Strengthening the role of culture and creativity in Cuba as catalysts for the country's comprehensive and inclusive development by publishing and disseminating a multidisciplinary value chain study with a focus on gender and diversity, producing and disseminating dance and theater projects with a focus on inclusion and diversity, implementing training courses for artistic production in performing arts and renewing official social media to disseminate the programming of cultural events relating to performing arts in Cuba.

Every day is March 8th

Gender justice for climate justice in Matanzas municipality. A pilot experience.

“Promoting knowledge through a gender-based approach communication to self-care and collective care when facing the COVID-19 and its gender implications in the school environment in Cuba”

A contribution to the reach of the Rule of Law and well-being of women and men in relation to the problem of care in Cuba.