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.

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

The Circle to Strength project will equip justice professionals with a referral-based toolbox for youth from the Mi’kmaw communities that are in conflict with the law and will support the development of a referral system, a gaps analysis, new program development and evaluation.

This project will analyze youth sentencing options to assess effectiveness and improve options, assess the relationship between youth in care and incarceration, develop recommendations for program and partners, and develop a resource team for Indigenous youth justice with service partners.

This project will support the research and development of traditional justice knowledge and tools for Kwanlin Dun First Nation. The research will be carried out in partnership with the University of Victoria and the findings will inform justice program models, governance models and administration of justice negotiations for Kwanlin Dun First Nation.

The purpose of this land-based program is to support the healing, and reintegration of Taku River Tlingit citizens who are returning from being in custody, from treatment for addiction, and/or those who are struggling with intergenerational trauma by participating in this program in the summer of 2026.

UNENE's project will deliver a non-regulatory, national forum designed to disseminate information, share best practices, and support engagement across Canada's nuclear energy ecosystem, while identifying priorities and opportunities related to nuclear education and training.