Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Nigeria - Emergency Assistance in Borno State - CARE Canada 2019-2020
Agreement Number:
7406563 P007416001
Agreement Value:
$2,500,000.00
Agreement Date:
May 29, 2019 - Mar 31, 2021
Description:
March 2019 - The conflict between the Boko Haram and Nigerian armed forces has been ongoing for over 10 years. Across the three affected states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, approximately 7.1 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2019 out of the total population of 13.4 million. Assistance for basic survival and protection is vital for displaced populations, host communities and vulnerable people across north-eastern Nigeria, especially in Borno State, the epicenter of the crisis.
With GAC’s support, CARE Canada is helping to assist up to 47,000 conflict-affected people in the Borno state. Project activities include: (1) providing mobile clinics to offer emergency sexual and reproductive health services, benefiting up to 30,000 vulnerable people; (2) training of up to 32 healthcare service providers on sexual and reproductive health services in three primary healthcare centers (PHC); (3) providing reproductive health kits and equipment to three PHC, including essential medicines, contraceptives, antibiotics, intravenous fluids and delivery beds; (4) distributing delivery kits, which contain items required to ensure safe and clean deliveries, benefiting up to 8,100 pregnant women; and (5) creating and training three gender-based violence Protection Committees, benefiting up to 3,000 people, mostly women and children.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to sexual and reproductive health information and services; and (2) increased access of crisis affected population and survivors to gender-based violence protection services.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2E 7X6
Reference Number:
064-2019-2020-Q1-00197
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
118838333
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
CARE Canada
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa West--Nepean
Federal Riding Number:
35079
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.