Grants and Contributions

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

March 2020 - Over 4.8 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015, many of whom are currently residing in neighbouring countries such as Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In addition to hosting over 1.6 million Venezuelans, Colombia continues to suffer from the effects of longstanding violence and armed conflict between armed groups and criminal gangs. Crisis-affected people, including those in host communities, are in need of basic health assistance, food and nutrition assistance, protection services, shelter, and water and sanitation.

With GAC’s support, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada is increasing access to basic health care and mental health care in the department of Valle del Cauca, Arauca and Norte de Santander in Colombia. Project activities include: (1) providing comprehensive medical care to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV); (2) providing mental health care for survivors of violence; (3) providing training to health workers on mental health, psychological first aid, and SGBV; and (4) increasing awareness on mental health and prevention, treatment and response to SGBV issues within vulnerable communities and relevant organizations/institutions.

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, Médecins Sans Frontières is providing emergency health care for refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights services. Project activities include: (1) delivering quality and free-of-charge sexual and reproductive health care, including antenatal and postnatal care and family planning for pregnant and lactating women; (2) offering maternity services, neonatal support, paediatric care and 24/7 emergency room services; (3) providing medical treatment for infectious diseases, physical injuries and trauma; and (4) conducting community awareness raising sessions on sexual and reproductive health and sexual and gender-based violence.

March 2020 - An estimated 7.5 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection as a result of armed conflict, food insecurity, malnutrition, economic decline and disease. Approximately 1.5 million people are internally displaced within South Sudan and almost 2.2 million South Sudanese have sought protection in neighbouring countries. An estimated 6.4 million people are currently severely food insecure, with malnutrition rates over emergency thresholds. Outbreaks of communicable diseases have strained an already overwhelmed health system.

With GAC’s support, Concern Worldwide is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition assistance for up to 132,985 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity Equatoria state. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating, maintaining or developing 9 water points in the Rubkona and Guit counties of South Sudan; (2) constructing 60 communal latrines, and 100 household latrines in the Bentiu, Guit and Rubkona; and (3) delivering outpatient therapeutic programs, targeted supplementary feeding programs and infant and young child feeding services for 19,974 children and 11,792 pregnant and lactating women across all project sites.

March 2020 – Ongoing drought and population displacement caused by intercommunal conflict since late 2017 have left at least 8.4 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance, including emergency food rations, treatment for acute malnutrition and other healthcare services, and safe water and sanitation services. Additionally, some 700,000 refugees, from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, are now living within Ethiopia’s borders and remain reliant on international assistance to meet their basic needs.

With GAC’s support, Concern is providing treatment to address acute malnutrition for 20,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. Project activities include therapeutic and preventative interventions to lower the rates of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.

March 2020 - After a brief period of calm in 2016, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) started to deteriorate in 2017. This has continued through late 2019, where a resurgence of direct confrontations between armed actors was observed. This, combined with continued insecurity, led to suspensions of movements of humanitarian actors, impacting the humanitarian response. CAR is one of the most dangerous contexts in the world for humanitarian workers. The crisis in CAR is a protection crisis, with violence against civilians, particularly women and girls, and sexual and gender-based violence cases commonplace. Approximately 35% of the population is food insecure and only 50% of the population has access to clean water. Regular violence across the country that is controlled by armed groups continues to exacerbate displacement; currently, over one quarter of the country's population is displaced, either internally (600,100) or as refugees in neighbouring countries (592,000).

With GAC’s support, Doctors Without Borders Canada is providing emergency health services for up to 593,000 conflict-affected people in Ouham and Ouham-Pende prefectures in the Central African Republic. Project activities include: (1) providing primary health care, including 381,000 outpatient consultations and treating 300,000 people for malaria; (2) providing sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including 1,000 postnatal consultations and 3,400 assisted deliveries; and (3) providing secondary healthcare services, including 23,400 inpatient admissions and 9,800 pediatric admissions.

March 2020 – Ongoing drought and population displacement caused by intercommunal conflict since late 2017 have left at least 8.4 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance, including emergency food rations, treatment for acute malnutrition and other healthcare services, and safe water and sanitation services. Additionally, some 700,000 refugees, from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, are now living within Ethiopia’s borders and remain reliant on international assistance to meet their basic needs .

With GAC’s support, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada is providing ongoing support to Gambella Hospital, the only top-level medical facility with surgical capacity in the region, as well as health facilities in two refugee camps, serving a combined population of roughly 800,000 South Sudanese refugees and Ethiopian host communities. In 2020, MSF is focusing on sexual and reproductive health services, including psychosocial and mental health support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.

Contribution to assist the Canadian Environmental Law Association, in collaboration with Northwatch, Nuclear Waste Watch, and the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County, in participating in the Commission hearing process for CNL's proposed Douglas Point Waste Facility licence amendment.

The project consists of coordinating and supporting the implementation of training initiatives coming from the member organizations of the National Justice Training Network. The initiatives will contribute to increasing access to justice in both official languages through the provision of French legal language training for justice professionals and legal courses provided in French. The organization will also collect data to demonstrate the impact of the initiatives of the network.

The project consists of coordinating and supporting the implementation of training initiatives coming from the member organizations of the Réseau national de formation en justice (National Training Consortium in Justice). The initiatives will contribute to increasing access to justice in both official languages through the provision of French legal language training for justice professionals and legal courses provided in French. The organization will also collect data to demonstrate the impact of the initiatives of the consortium.