Grants and Contributions

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Monies allocated over more than one fiscal year;Repayable Contribution

Support inbound/outbound international missions and trade shows in Asia, Europe & Americas

Support inbound/outbound international missions and trade shows in Asia, Europe & Americas

P001040001 : This initiative aims to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and children under 5 years, while working with local health authorities. Activities include: (1) training health workers to provide education on and identify, monitor and treat malnutrition in mothers, pregnant and breastfeeding women and infants and children under 5 years; (2) delivering campaigns to encourage optimal breastfeeding, establishing household and school gardens to grow a diversity of nutritious foods, and holding cooking demonstrations to encourage use of new and unfamiliar foods; (3) constructing, rehabilitating and maintaining community water sources; and, (4) raising awareness on good water, sanitation and hygiene practices, as well as promoting open dialogue on gender norms and distribution of food, resources and assets within households and across household members. This initiative is expected to contribute directly to the improved health of approximately 190,000 women, children and men directly, and over 1 million individuals indirectly.
The initiative is being implemented in Malawi (Dowa and Ntchisi districts), Mozambique (Funahlouro and Homoine districts) and Zambia (Mpika and Shiwa Ng’andu districts). It is implemented through a consortium led by Care Canada, and including McGill University, CUSO International, and the Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development. Project implementation is also supported by the following local partners: in Malawi: Development Aid from People to People; in Mozambique: Associação Para Promoção e Desenvolvimento da Mulher, Associação Juvenil para a Educação e Promoção de Juventude, and REDE Pastoral de Homoine; and in Zambia: the National Food and Nutrition Commission and the CSO SUN Alliance.

P001040003 : This project aims to lessen the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and marginalized communities in targeted areas of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Aligned with national pandemic response plans, this project works to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, by increasing the capacity of health care centers, health care workers, and communities to prevent and respond to the pandemic. Project activities include: (1) providing training to facility- and community-based health workers to better identify and respond to COVID-19; (2) providing health centers with essential hygiene and sanitation supplies, including locally-procured personal protective equipment; (3) raising awareness about COVID-19 prevention and safe hygiene and sanitation practices among community members; (4) increasing access to essential hygiene and sanitation supplies at the household level; and (5) strengthening community-based sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response mechanisms.

This project expects to directly benefit 59,000 women, girls, men, and boys in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. This project also expects to indirectly benefit an additional 1,075,000 women, men, girls and boys.

P001040004 : This project aims to lessen the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on poor and marginalized communities in targeted areas of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Aligned with national pandemic response plans, this project works to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, by improving nutrition and food security resilience among households and communities, and strengthening community-level sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response mechanisms.

Project activities include: (1) 6,250 farm households in Zambia and in Mozambique are receiving training and support through Farmer Field Business Schools to improve farming practices and marketing skills, leading to increased food security and strengthened livelihoods; (2) 200 households in Mozambique at greatest risk of severe malnutrition are receiving a cash transfer package so that they can purchase essential food; (3) 620 Village Savings and Loans Associations in Malawi and Zambia are being strengthened and expanded to support women’s income generating activities; (4) Community Health Workers are being supported to conduct nutritional status detection, monitoring and treatment to reduce the incidence of malnutrition among women of reproductive age and children under 5YOA; (5) linkages between health care workers and community health workers are being strengthened to improve the delivery of survivor-centred support and referral to services; (6) training and awareness on issues related to gender inequality, SRHR and positive masculinities are being conducted with community health workers, local faith and opinion leaders, young people, and parents.

This phase of CARE Canada's COVID-19 response expects to directly benefit 61,900 women, girls, men, and boys in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. This project also expects to indirectly benefit an additional 286,550 women, men, girls and boys.

P000887001: This project aims to create an improved business environment for up to 23,000 firms in Tanzania by addressing the country’s principle constraints to investment, productive growth and job creation. IFC will partner with Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and Export Development Canada (EDC). By working with the Government of Tanzania, the private sector and Canadian experts, the project would reform national business, tax and trade regulations in order to improve market access, increase trade, investment and job creation and enhance private sector competitiveness. These interventions would in turn increase competitiveness and job creation in the agro-processing, tourism and extractive sectors in Tanzania, and, therefore, promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth and reduce poverty.

Project Activities include: (1) Streamlining government procedures related to business licencing and inspection reforms; (2) Training and working with at least 100 officials from the Tanzania Revenue Authority to simplify tax administration, including value-added tax refund management, revenue collection and regularizing tax incentives; (3) Designing and implementing procedures for the removal of up to 20% of non-tariff barriers to trade such as red tape and customs delays to increase trade volumes and investment in Tanzania; (4) Facilitating public-private dialogue with at least 50 institutions involved in the agro-processing, tourism and natural gas sectors to develop supportive policies and establish market links for businesses; (5) Supporting the Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Office of the Prime Minister to draft regulations and policies to increase local content development in the natural gas sector; (6) Providing support to public and private sector stakeholders to address supply chain bottlenecks, including the introduction of standards, certification and skills; (7) Employing gender sensitive analysis and providing training to local partners to support enhanced market access, private sector investment mobilisation and product diversification for female- and male-owned businesses in the agri-processing, extractives and tourism sectors; and (8) Training and mentoring local partners and Tanzanian officials to increase their capacity to plan for and manage results.