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.

With Global Affairs Canada (GAC) support, Save the Children Canada will provide lifesaving assistance to address the urgent nutrition and protection needs of crisis-affected people across the globe for three years.

This project aims to address the high rates of unintended pregnancies; maternal mortality; sexual and gender-based violence; and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs. The project will address individual, relational, community, and societal factors to improve SRHR outcomes. The project centers on a localization approach with adolescent girls and young women; women and youth rights organizations; and community stakeholders leading activities to encourage local ownership and sustainability.

This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women (AGYM) to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Assiut and Minia Governorates, Upper Egypt. The project focusses on enhancing knowledge of SRHR and improving access to gender-responsive adolescent-friendly SRHR services, including family planning, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) support. The project seeks to improve the capacity of civil society, government and institutional actors to promote SRHR and gender equality in public policies and programs. Project activities include: 1) training and coaching health facility staff and private providers to improve service delivery of gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly and environmentally friendly SRHR and SGBV to AGYM; 2) rehabilitating and improving health facilities to better meet the needs of AGYM, including those living with disabilities; 3) organizing training and social engagement initiatives to enhance knowledge and attitudes of SRHR topics, life skills, health and nutrition, positive gender norms, and SGBV for AGYM and their parents, as well as religious and community leaders; and 4) providing capacity-building support and training to government and civil society actors, including women’s rights organizations (WRO), to better mobilize public support and advocate for the implementation of government SRHR and GE policies. The project will target about 100 health facilities, and directly benefit approximately 39,434 people, including 33,500 direct beneficiaries and 5,934 intermediaries.

With GAC’s support, Save the Children Canada aims to reduce suffering, increase and maintain human dignity, and save the live of 153,507 crisis-affected girls, boys, women, and men in Al Ma’afer, Al Mawasit, and Maqbanah Districts, Taiz Governorate in Yemen.

With GAC’s support, Save the Children Canada helps provide lifesaving humanitarian health, nutrition, and psychosocial support in Afghanistan.

Keeping me safe programme.

April 2024 – Political instability, conflict and natural disasters have left about 40.7 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Syria 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, this project provides a multi-sectoral response targeting an estimated 105,978 people in DRC and Syria. Project activities include: (1) screening, referring, and treating girls and boys (under 5 years old) suffering from acute malnutrition; (2) training local stakeholders on promoting good nutrition practices for children under 5 years old; (3) providing access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene training and supplies to health and nutrition centers and communities; (4) providing services and referrals for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence; and (5)integrating messaging and information to raise awareness on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV), including how to report and access care across activities.

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.

Changing perceptions on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and gender through youth-led advocacy in Zhemgang.