Grants and Contributions

To develop information-sharing systems and platforms that increase access to information to affected communities. To improve the capacity of affected communities to understand and use marine information. To support public education programs relatd to marine safety. To support purchase and installation of infrastructure and equipment to improve local access to training for remote and isolated communities, Indigenous and Inuit peoples and women.

To ensure continued operations at the Saint John NB - Digby NS ferry service

Honoring our Heroes – Remembrance day Activities 2020

Project School Visits

Expansion and development of digital programs and traveling exhibits

This project aims to support Lebanon’s manufacturing (agro-food) and agriculture sectors, which have been identified as having a high potential for job creation for women and youth in disadvantaged areas. The project works to promote equal access to economic opportunities for women and men in productive sectors, in order to support social and economic equality and stimulate economic growth. Project activities include: (1) developing strategies and legislative reviews; (2) supporting infrastructure investment; and (3) enhancing skills and production capacities for farmers, cooperatives, and small businesses.

February 2020 - The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is characterized by inter-ethnic conflict and widespread human rights abuses, including sexual violence. In 2020, 15.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the DRC, a 22% increase from 2019, and it is expected that 2020 brings additional population movement, creating significant needs in protection, livelihoods, and food security. Currently, the DRC is home to the second largest food crisis, with almost 16 million people severely food insecure. In addition, it is home to the largest internally-displaced persons (IDP) population in Africa with 5.01 million displaced people. These needs are exacerbated by the ongoing Ebola outbreak, increased violence, and the forced return of hundreds of thousands of Congolese refugees.

With GAC’s support, People in Need is providing assistance to address the urgent needs of up to 24,524 conflict-affected people in Kabambare territory, DRC. This project focuses on improving water, sanitation and hygiene conditions of health structures (such as hospitals, clinics, health care centers), preventing and treating malnutrition, and providing basic health services to conflict-affected people.

Project activities include: (1) distributing up to 48 medical kits to existing health structures; (2) providing sanitation and hygiene kits to health structures; (3) providing training to over 60 community health volunteers; and (4) distributing food supplements and equipment to help treat severe acute malnutrition.

March 2020 – Following the outbreak of violence in Northern Rakhine State in August 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya people crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh over a period of several months. Currently, there are approximately 855,000 Rohingya refugees living in 34 highly congested settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The speed and scale of the influx has resulted in significant humanitarian needs.

With GAC’s support, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is providing comprehensive protection programming for children at heightened risk of trafficking and abuse, focusing on prevention and response through a community-based approach. Project activities include: (1) providing gender-sensitive case management support for child survivors and children and adolescents at risk of protection violations; (2) disseminating information to other agencies on referral pathways for case management services for children; (3) providing family tracing and reunification support to unaccompanied and separated children; (4) providing training to local agencies and community volunteers on identification, referral and response; and (5) offering gender-sensitive life and vocational skills programs to children and adolescents.

During conflicts, natural disasters and other complex emergencies, sexual and reproductive health needs must not be overlooked. It is essential to ensure life-saving interventions as related to sexual and reproductive health services, and protection from and response to sexual and gender-based violence are provided.

With GAC’s support, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is contributing to meeting the sexual and reproductive health needs of vulnerable women and girls in sexual and reproductive health, and preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence. The project operates in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya and Yemen. Project activities include: (1) providing emergency obstetric care, and sexual and reproductive health services; (2) providing protection from and response to gender-based violence; and (3) providing health services, supplies and commodities, medication, dignity kits, and reproductive health kits to crisis-affected people.

Global refugee resettlement needs have doubled in recent years. For 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has identified over 1.44 million refugees in need of resettlement around the world. The UNHCR is strengthening its response to such needs through the development and implementation of a Three-year Strategy on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways, as foreseen in the Global Compact on Refugees. With the support of Canada and other donors, the project helps support UNHCR global resettlement operations and the implementation of the Three-year Strategy on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways. The primary activity is providing support to the UNHCR to increase the agency’s capacity to conduct assessments and referrals of refugees for third country resettlement.