Grants and Contributions

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.

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 people displaced during the conflict against Daesh, more than 1.4 million people 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, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is implementing a cross-sectoral shelter and housing, land and property (HLP) intervention that aims to contribute to addressing critical shelter vulnerabilities, targeting up to 11,000 conflict- and displacement-affected individuals, experiencing the most acute vulnerabilities, particularly women-headed households. Project activities include: (1) repairing or rehabilitating critical war-damaged shelters; (2) providing legal assistance with accessing civil documentation and HLP rights; and (3) repairing and rehabilitating basic community infrastructure in areas severely affected by the conflict.

Environmental Farm Planning Module for Species at Risk and Wildlife Habitat

Protected and conserved native Maliseet area in the Marshes of Cacouna

Supporting the Implementation of a Specie at Risk Act s.11 Agreement for the Recovery of Species at Risk on Shuswap Indian Band Lands

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

AGvisorPRO will collect data to develop software that uses machine learning to make matches between questions and people with the expertise to answer those questions specifically for agriculture.

This contribution supports the provision of assistance to park visitors when they encounter difficulties, such as a car accident, death of a travelling companion, or an injury.

This contribution supports a project that will include a spatial geographic information system dataset that represents the extent of natural heritage features based on aerial photo and digital elevation model interpretation in the area of interest.