Grants and Contributions

November 2024 - Political instability, conflict and natural disasters have left more than 25 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in need of humanitarian assistance. Populations face insecurity, malnutrition, and limited access to clean water and adequate sanitation. Also, hunger, displacement and conflict increase the risk of sexual and gender-based violence, especially for the most vulnerable

With GAC’s support, Médecins du Monde helps reduce suffering, enhance and maintain human dignity and lives saved for people on the move and in host communities, particularly women and girls in the Darien region of Colombia.

March 2023 - More than 7 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015. Many of them reside in Colombia, but others are in transit in Colombia to countries such as Ecuador and Peru. The refugee and migrant crisis continues to create significant humanitarian needs in Colombia, while also exacerbating the effects of long-standing violence and armed conflict. Populations with acute humanitarian needs, including refugees and migrants, have also been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

With support from GAC, Doctors of the World is helping to improve the health status of crisis-affected people, particularly women and adolescent girls, in Valle del Cauca, Nariño, and the Ipiales – Cali – Pereira migration route. Project activities include: 1) providing primary health care, SRH services, and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to vulnerable refugee and migrant populations as well as host communities; and 2) providing training to improve quality of the above mentioned services to crisis-affected populations.

This project aims to increase the economic empowerment of women and adolescent girls as well as their access to mental, sexual, and reproductive health services in the Niamey and Agadez regions of Niger. Project activities include: (1) setting up a transformational leadership school for women's economic groups members; (2) providing training for peer educators to carry out awareness-raising activities on the health rights of women and adolescent girls; (3) supplying medicines and medical equipment to health facilities; and (4) training and mobilizing educators and ambassadors of change to promote the right to health and the economic empowerment of women and adolescent girls. The project's direct beneficiaries are estimated at 33,000 women and adolescent girls. Indirect beneficiaries are estimated at over 348,000 members of the communities targeted by the project.

To address systemic racism and discrimination in Canada’s health systems by striving to ensure high quality health services are efficient and accessible, and by reducing health inequalities.

To address systemic racism and discrimination in Canada’s health systems by striving to ensure high quality health services are efficient and accessible, and by reducing health inequalities.

Supporting at-risk communities to strengthen their abilities to manage the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Benin.

With GAC’s support, Médecins du Monde is providing a comprehensive healthcare response to meet the immediate lifesaving needs of conflict-affected persons in Iraq, including internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities.

Reaching Home supports Canadian communities in their efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.The Designated Community stream provides funding to specific communities across Canada that have a significant issue with homelessness.

With the support of Global Affairs Canada, Médecins du Monde is helping to improve the health of up to 37,300 people affected by the Venezuelan crisis in the department of Nariño in Colombia.