Grants and Contributions

"Miliki Uwezo" - strengthening women’s entrepreneurship, supporting their ability to build financially sustainable, profitable and growing enterprises, with the potential to enter the formal economy in Pemba.

This 21-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts (ANDPVA) will achieve this by challenging gender stereotypes at the Indigenous community level and pushing for policy change to better address gender-based violence (GBV) and provide adequate support to survivors; providing safe spaces for women and gender-diverse individuals to share stories, resources and hosting sharing circles to discuss GBV topics such as Indigenous Human Trafficking (IHT) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and reducing the feeling of shame for survivors; creating and hosting a culturally aware course on Indigenous GBV (including IHT and MMIWG) for band council members to educate them on stereotypes as well as influence the creation of new policies to prevent GBV within the community; creating partnerships with band council members (in Ontario and Quebec) to influence new policies; and performing an evaluation of the cultural relevancy and impact of the trainings for Indigenous communities, including lessons learned and proposed next steps for a national expansion.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.
For this project, the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre will facilitate connections with members of the Urban Indigenous communities and representatives of band councils; and provide advice on the content and materials for the training. Partnerships will be sought with council members in Ontario and Quebec with the intention of implementing new policies to prevent gender-based violence and support survivors.

Promoting participation and empowerment of women and girls in Cape Verde, through the creation of spaces for dialogue and action in favor of women’s rights and awareness-raising in high schools.

The objectives of the Program are to; support the development and utilization of effective approaches to address social issues and challenges;
develop, exchange and apply knowledge, tools and resources that address social needs of individuals, families and communities; foster partnerships and networks to address existing and emerging social issues; recognize and support the ability of not-for-profit organizations to identify and address social development priorities; and, recognize and promote community engagement initiatives (e.g. volunteerism, corporate social responsibility, innovation, partnerships, coalitions) that mobilize community assets and develop capacities and resources for action.

Amplify Peace Project: "Amplify Youth Efforts for Peace building".

Promoting ecological entrepreneurship and the economic empowerment of flood-affected women by supporting the creation and development of cooperatives and forestry and agricultural value chains.

Improving participation and consideration of women, youth and vulnerable people in the development and implementation of annual investment plans for the town councils of Bagangté (sic), Dschang and Bafoussam II through a digital platform, workshops, awareness campaigns and advocacy.

Strengthening the Institutional and Operational capacities of Local Community Based Organizations for Improve Governance and Quality Service Delivery in 2 Regions of Cameroon

To purchase equipment that will improve safety at the airport

To purchase equipment that will improve safety at the airport