Grants and Contributions
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In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
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Jul 16, 2024
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Humanitarian response in Ethiopia – Save the Children 2024
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April 2024 - Northern Ethiopia continues to feel the humanitarian impact of the 2-year war in Tigray from 2020 to 2022. The Afar region, which was already poor, underserved, and vulnerable to climatic shocks, experienced significant population displacement and critical infrastructure destruction, including health facilities, as the conflict expanded across its borders. The drought in 2023 worsened needs and protection risks for over 275,000 highly vulnerable, internally displaced, and returning persons in the region.
With GAC’s support, Save the Children aims to address the essential health and protection needs of crisis-affected populations in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Project activities include: (1) providing material and technical support to local health facilities and operating mobile health units in hard-to-reach areas; and (2) providing safe spaces, psychosocial support, and case management services to address critical protection needs, including for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.