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Title:

Rohingya Crisis - Improving nutrition in Rakhine State, Myanmar - ACF 2020

Agreement Number:

7419640 P008953001

Agreement Value:

$700,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 29, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Description:

March 2020 – The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is characterized by a complex combination of vulnerability to armed conflict, inter-communal tension, protracted displacement and food insecurity. It is estimated that 985,000 crisis-affected people are in need of humanitarian assistance this year, including more than 273,000 displaced people (of which 69% are women and children) who remain in camps or camp-like settings across the country. With GAC’s support, Action Against Hunger is providing quality, gender-responsive undernutrition prevention and treatment services to vulnerable populations in the Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar. Project activities include: (1) treating acutely malnourished children, and pregnant and lactating women; (2) referring cases of severe acute malnutrition to outpatient treatment centres; and (3) delivering infant and young child feeding counselling to pregnant and lactating women, and caretakers of children.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcome of this project is improved access to gender-responsive undernutrition prevention and treatment programs and services by women, adolescent girls and children.

The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in communities experiencing humanitarian crises or that are food insecure.

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S 2R4

Reference Number:

064-2019-2020-Q4-00183

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

833634678

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Action Against Hunger

Federal Riding Name:

University--Rosedale

Federal Riding Number:

35110

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.