Grants and Contributions

The project aims to improve the economic empowerment and well-being of women and children in artisanal mining communities in the Keniéba circle in Mali. Project activities include: 1) supporting approximately 1,400 women and 200 men working in the artisanal mines of Keniéba in the creation and structuring of local associations and savings groups; 2) training approximately 1,400 women and adolescent girls in modern, safe and environmentally friendly mining techniques and alternative sectors; 3) establish four incubation centers for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and support the creation, management and formalization of MSMEs by women and adolescent girls; 4) carry out awareness campaigns on the rights of children and women in relation to their work in the artisanal mining sector 5) strengthen the capacity of village protection and alert committees to identify and respond to cases of child labor in artisanal mines and support them in the implementation of programs for the reschooling of approximately 480 children between the ages of 8 and 13, including 240 girls; and 6) provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Mines to integrate measures to reduce child labor and promote respect for women's rights into regulatory and legal reforms related to the artisanal mining sector.

The project will directly benefit approximately 1,700 women, 400 men, and over 500 children (at least 50% of whom are girls) involved in the artisanal mining sector in the Keniéba cercle in the Kayes region. The project will indirectly benefit the entire population of women and children in these communes, approximately 33,300 adult women (18 years and older) and 78,000 children (0-17 years), and their households.

This project aims to improve the resiliency and environmental security of Filipino women and vulnerable communities through support for the climate financing environment in the Philippines. It seeks to create an innovative financing ecosystem that help increase investments into nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Project activities include: (1) establishing a climate finance lab; (2) supporting climate data platforms for research in nature-based solutions finance; (3) training financial institutions to design and incorporate gender-responsive and green and climate-related policies in their lending programs; and (4) establishing an impact management system to report on SDG impacts of green and climate investments by the private sector and financing institutions.

The project’s nature-based solutions benefit at least 19 Peoples Organizations and 100 households. At least 3 communities benefit from nature-based solutions projects developed and matched with climate financing instruments. At the national level, the project builds capacity to develop innovative climate finance solutions and SDG impact monitoring of key agencies.

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Tourism Relief Fund: the project aims to improve the winter tourism offer of Destination Sherbrooke, a NPO working in the field of tourism event organization, by adapting its product to the current context and by adopting environmentally responsible practices.

Community facility: The project aims to build an outdoor sports facility in Grande-Rivière in order to foster the development of this community so that it can recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community facility: The project aims to build an outdoor sports facility in Grande-Rivière in order to foster the development of this community so that it can recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Assessments, Orientation, Accommodation, Linkages

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