Grants and Contributions

February 2026 - Food insecurity remains at alarming level in many countries, driven by conflicts, climate change, and economic shocks. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies and saves lives by quickly getting food assistance to crisis-affected populations. WFP also provides common services to humanitarian agencies by transporting humanitarian workers and light cargo and conducting emergency medical and security evacuations.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), WFP provides targeted emergency food assistance to crisis-affected populations to reduce acute food insecurity and malnutrition and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfers; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women and girls; and (3) providing logistical support to humanitarian agencies and enabling access to the most remote and hard-to-reach locations. This project operates in multiple countries, including Bangladesh, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen and Globally.

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. Gavi’s long-term mission is saving lives and protecting people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable vaccine use. This project supports Gavi's four strategic goals for the 2026-2030 period. Project activities include: introducing and scaling up vaccines against infectious disease, including human papillomavirus and malaria, through procurement and delivery support; (2) supporting and strengthening health systems to increase immunization equity, including dedicated support to extend immunization services to under-immunized and zero-dose children; (3) improving the sustainability of national immunizations programs; and (4) ensuring healthy markets for vaccines and related products.

Canada's assessed contribution to European Commission

This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria uses these funds and other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. Created in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a unique, public-private partnership and leading international financing institution dedicated to mobilizing additional resources to prevent and treat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It is a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector, and affected communities that represents an innovative approach to international health financing. This grant supports the Global Fund’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, the primary objective of which is to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with a focus on making catalytic investments and leveraging innovations for faster progress in reducing new infections in 126 low and middle-income countries. The Global Fund’s model centers on the concepts of country ownership and performance-based funding, which means that organizations and institutions in developing countries implement their programs based on their priorities and must be able to show achieved results. This grant contributes towards meeting the Sustainable development goal target of eliminating HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics by 2030 by supporting countries to scale up treatment and prevention services. This grant also contributes to improving the health and rights of women, adolescents and children by breaking down barriers to access to life-saving prevention and treatment services. It also focuses on international assistance efforts on helping the poorest and most vulnerable. To date, the Global fund has saved over 70 million lives.

Engagement of Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak on the Modernization of the Canada Water Act and Other National Freshwater Initiatives: Leadership in Water Governance

Canada Water Agency and the Métis National Council’s collaboration on the modernization of the Canada Water Act and other national freshwater initiatives

Engagement of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami on the modernization of the Canada Water Act and other national freshwater initiatives

This project will advance a made-in-Canada handheld bioprinting system (INSITE), engineered to treat severe skin injuries in space and in remote environments where conventional surgical care is unavailable. The device enables the operator to print thin, bioactive layers directly onto wounds, accelerating healing while reducing scarring, pain, and donor-site morbidity. The project includes the validation of INSITE’s performance in microgravity aboard Virgin Galactic’s Delta spacecraft flight and will involve developing direct-use cryopreserved bioinks that eliminate the need for on-orbit culture. Deliverables include a flight-tested handheld bioprinter, validated cryopreserved bioinks, and standard operating procedures for suborbital use.

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture