Grants and Contributions

The City of Pickering will retrofit the Redman House Program Centre, a heritage building that serves as the hub for visitor and volunteer activity at Pickering Museum Village.

AMANI MIPAKANI(AMI)Project. Swahili project name which stands for Cross-border security project.

Strengthening Women Participation in Violence Prevention and Peace Sustainability (SWP-VPPS)

The Caribbean Organizations for a Resilient Environment project aims to increase the resilience of Caribbean Communities to the impacts of climate change. The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund works with the National Conservation Trust Funds in eight countries to implement local, nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The project provides small- to medium-sized grants to environmental and women-rights organizations that reach key ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs and forests, and increase ecosystem services that support Caribbean communities’ resilience to climate change. The project also addresses institutional capacity gaps within regional and local organizations to ensure the sustainability of community-driven climate resilience initiatives. At the same time, the project creates and strengthens innovative financing mechanisms for more sustainable climate financing in the region.

The value of the TF would be up to $10 million over a period of 5 years and would complement existing Canadian programming by being an agile mechanism that allows for timely support to respond to evolving ASEAN needs.

This project promotes natural solutions to strengthen climate resilience and protect biodiversity. The project works with conservation partners, local communities, national and local authorities, and traditionally marginalized groups – particularly women.

The Natur'ELLES project aims to increase the adaptation to climate change of women and their vulnerable communities in the mangrove ecosystems of marine protected areas (MPA) of the Saloum and Casamance deltas in Senegal.

This project with UNDP Iraq supports 40,000 inhabitants living in the Al-Chibayish district of the Central Marshes in Thi-Qar governorate in addressing the inter-relationship between human livelihoods and biodiversity protection in the Mesopotamian Marshes based on their reliance on a shared, water-based ecology.

Project activities include: (1) establishing a pilot rainwater catchment pond and green technology for water pumping, purification, and distribution will improve the quantity and quality of water available for people and livestock (2) providing alternatives to illegal fishing and poaching in marsh communities; (3) empowering women in leadership positions, as water managers, and participation through community outreach to spouses, and tribal and religious leaders; and (4) strengthening policies and procedures at local, governorate and federal levels to better monitor the management of natural resources in the Marshlands.

This project addresses the unemployment crisis among youth and women in Iraq by strengthening the capacity of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. It contributes to economic growth and diversity by better aligning employer labour needs with appropriately skilled output from the TVET system. Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance for creating and fortifying partnerships between the private sector and institutional partners around on-the-job training and safe internships in workplaces for all trainees; (2) issuing grants to support and incentivize employers to create innovative, inclusive and gender-responsive work environments proactively ; (3) providing relevant training and technical assistance to training institutes supporting equitable access to entrepreneurship support; (4) developing models linking graduates to business development and financial services; (5) providing technical assistance for blended learning approaches that extends the reach of training opportunities; and (6) promoting women’s participation in the labour force with social marketing campaigns aimed at women to encourage employment or entrepreneurship in growth and non-traditional sectors of the economy.

With the support of GAC and other donors, OCHA fulfills its mandate in Afghanistan. Project activities include: (1) strengthening humanitarian leadership; (2) establishing and overseeing coordination systems; (3) monitoring and reporting on humanitarian situations; (4) advocating on behalf of affected people; (5) supporting humanitarian needs assessment, the prioritization of humanitarian needs and strategic planning; (6) promoting emergency preparedness; and (7) mobilizing funding for humanitarian assistance.