Grants and Contributions

Main activities include the creation of a community of practice, GBA of the existing support system, consultations and focus groups, development of a gender equity action plan, knowledge sharing activities, and adapted resources for business providers.

This project aims to reduce child, early and forced marriage in the Bhola and Jhalokati districts of Bangladesh. It also aims to reduce the vulnerability and poverty of adolescents in these two districts with a focus on reducing the proportion of girls under 18 years of age that are married. Bangladesh has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world. Approximately 52% of girls in Bangladesh are married by their 18th birthday, and 18% by the age of 15. Bhola and Jhalokati districts are among the poorest districts in Bangladesh and have the highest rates of child marriage in the country. Project activities include: (1) raising awareness and engaging adolescents, especially girls, in life skills education such as financial literacy and vocational abilities; (2) mobilizing community stakeholders by encouraging open, inclusive and informed discussions on the harmful impact of child marriage; and (3) strengthening existing child protection mechanisms.

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Project activities include: (1) supporting people at risk, including survivors of gender-based violence, through a protection and information centre, a safe space, and provision of support such as protection services, benefiting up to 1,248 people; (2) training of state and non-state actors on legal protection framework (human rights, rights of refugees and internally displaced persons, international humanitarian law), benefiting up to 230 people; (3) providing unconditional cash transfers to increase buying power to meet basic needs, benefiting up to 2,625 people; and (4) creating village saving and loan associations to allow vulnerable women and girls to control resources and propriety, benefiting up to 300 people.

Project activities include: (1) providing quality services for holistic care to survivors of gender-based violence, benefiting up to 1,944 women and girls; (2) supporting the provision of care from health care personnel to survivors of sexual violence, benefiting up to 40 survivors; and (3) identifying and providing training to women’s groups on livelihoods activities, benefiting up to 300 people.

Project activities include: (1) providing health facilities with essential medication and medical supplies; (2) providing sexual and reproductive health services, including emergency obstetric and newborn care; (3) providing medical services and psychosocial support to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; and (4) screening and providing treatment for acute malnutrition, particularly among children and pregnant and lactating women.

February 2018 – The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deteriorated at an alarming rate since 2016. A surge in violent conflict and inter-communal tensions erupted in previously peaceful areas and intensified in others in 2017, forcing millions to flee their homes; bringing the total number of internally displaced people in the country to 4.49 million and severely stretching the humanitarian community’s capacity to respond. Across the DRC, at least 13.1 million people require humanitarian assistance - an increase of 79% from the start of 2017. This includes 7.7 million severely food insecure people and close to 2 million severely malnourished children.

With the support of GAC, Save the Children Canada is providing assistance to address the urgent needs of up to up to 92,199 conflict-affected people in the Kasaï Oriental province. This project will provide immediate lifesaving protection and nutrition services for conflict-affected girls and boys and their families. Project activities include: (1) provide regular transport support to bring mobile squad teams to target sites, benefiting up to 1550 people; (2) rehabilitate and equip Child Friendly Spaces, benefiting up to 48,129 children; (3) rehabilitate classrooms and wash facilities of target schools, benefiting up to 2000 children; (4) equip and train female and male community health workers on nutritional screening, benefiting up to 4000 children; and (5)training up to 60 SC staff and community health worker in the delivery of Infant and young children feeding (IYCF).

May 2018 - Yemen is currently the world’s largest humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations, with 22.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million that require immediate life-saving assistance. Sixty percent of the population (17.8 million people) is food insecure, with 8.4 million people on the brink of famine. Malnutrition has soared by over 65% in 2017, and an estimated 400,000 children under five years of age are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. More than 3 million people have been displaced and basic service provision is collapsing. Yemen is currently facing a diphtheria outbreak with over 1,500 suspected cases, and could face another wave of cholera with the beginning of its rainy season in April. In 2017, it was afflicted by one of the largest cholera outbreaks ever recorded, with over 1 million suspected cases and 2,200 deaths reported. Many health facilities have been destroyed or have stopped functioning. Humanitarian access remains a significant challenge.

With GAC’s multi-year support, Mercy Corps is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene and livelihoods support to up to 329,400 of the most vulnerable conflict-affected people, particularly women, in the Lahj and Al Dhale governorates of Yemen. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating critical water and sanitation systems and infrastructure; (2) promoting hygiene awareness in affected communities; and (3) providing cash assistance to vulnerable households to meet their basic needs.

Project activities include: (1) screening and treatment of acute malnutrition in girls and boys, young mothers, and pregnant and lactating women; (2) providing training and support for health workers and community members on the integrated management of malnutrition; (3) providing cash assistance to increase access to essential food and non-food needs; (4) constructing and rehabilitating water points and a water distribution system; and (5) providing gender-sensitive health and hygiene promotion sessions, including improving sanitation and waste management in schools.

It seeks to increase women’s decision-making power over their businesses, to improve business development support services’ responsiveness to gender equality issues. The project also seeks to engage communities in supporting women’s rights and breaking down gender stereotypes (in public and private spheres) related to women’s entrepreneurship. It aims to ensure that women have genuine, full control over the assets, technologies, finances and benefits of their economic activities and to significantly reduce or even eliminate gender stereotypes in rural communities in the Marrakech-Safi region.