Grants and Contributions

Acquisition of equipment and marketing strategy: The project aims to improve the productivity and increase the sales of a company that specializes in the manufacture of convertible furniture.

The objective of this project is to support producing plant-based proteins derived from peas and canola. The products will be the most pure, neutral tasting, and soluble plant protein isolates on the market and provide alternatives to animal and dairy derived proteins.

Upgrade infrastructure and undertake training at the Highland Arts Theatre

Develop and execute processing engineering and commercialization plans

Support the angel investment ecosystem in Atlantic Canada

Modernize pelagic plant for enhanced value-added secondary processing

Host the Down East Brewers Conference March 5 & 6, 2020

Modernize pelagic plant for enhanced value-added secondary processing

The project aims to improve access to quality education in Somalia for marginalized adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19, including nomadic girls, girls with disabilities and affected by conflict and violence. To encourage the enrolment and retention of girls, the project works with religious leaders, parents, men and boys to address barriers that hamper the demand for and access to education for girls, while strengthening the capacity of the government, schools and teachers to provide inclusive and gender-responsive education for girls.
Project activities include: (1) renovating schools to improve water and sanitation for menstrual hygiene management and the re-integration of out-of-school girls into the education system; (2) providing scholarships for the most marginalized girls to cover tuition and basic school supplies; (3) supporting girls’ empowerment forums in schools that promote girls’ rights and agency as well as boys’ forums working on positive masculinity and gender equality; (4) training teachers, with a specific emphasis on female teachers,) on quality, inclusive, gender-sensitive curriculum delivery, including improved methodologies in literacy and numeracy teaching and techniques to support crisis-affected students facing mental health issues; and (5) supporting women’s rights organizations and adolescent girls’ organizations in their advocacy for girls’ quality education.

January 2020 – In 2020, there are an estimated 4.1 million Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 1.77 million are in acute need. Out of the 6 million displaced people during the conflict against Daesh, more than 1.4 million remain internally displaced. Those directly affected by the conflict against Daesh, particularly those who were displaced and whose lives and livelihoods were uprooted and destroyed, continue to require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs.

With GAC’s support, CARE is improving access to essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), protection, and sexual and reproductive health services for up to 60,000 conflict-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps, as well as returnees in Ninewa governorate. Project activities include: (1) repairing, rehabilitating and maintaining water and sanitation infrastructure in IDP camps and conflict-affected communities; (2) supporting the delivery of lifesaving sexual and reproductive health services; (3) providing protection response services, including case management, for women, girls, boys and men; and (4) distributing cash transfers to vulnerable returnees in response to urgent protection needs.