Grants and Contributions:
Title:
CRC – Caribbean – Matching Fund - 2025
Agreement Number:
7473254 P017172001
Agreement Value:
$1,500,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 14, 2026 - Nov 30, 2026
Description:
October 2025 – Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean, reaching Category 5 speeds and becoming one of the strongest tropical storms on record. Over 6 million people are estimated to have been impacted across the region. Melissa caused significant damage and destruction, particularly in Cuba and Jamaica.
With the support of a GAC Matching Fund, the Canadian Red Cross (CRCS) is responding to needs emerging from Hurricane Melissa in Cuba and Jamaica. The project addresses life-saving needs of crisis-affected people, through both CRCS relief operations and support to emergency response led by national Red Cross societies in Cuba and Jamaica.
In Cuba, project activities include: (1) providing essential shelter and non-food items; (2) providing health and protection services, including emergency medical services and mental health and psychological support; (3) providing water, hygiene and sanitation services.
In Jamaica, CRCS will deploy its Emergency Clinic with outreach/mobile capacity to affected areas, reinforcing essential health-service delivery. This responds to a request from the Government of Jamaica and is undertaken in coordination with the Jamaica Red Cross and IFRC. Project activities include (1) providing health and protection services, including emergency medical services and mental health and psychological support.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcome of this project includes increased access to life-saving humanitarian assistance, including health, shelter and non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene services and protection for disaster-affected populations.
The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in communities experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.
Location:
OTTAWA, Ontario, CA
Reference Number:
064-2025-2026-Q4-0012
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
The Canadian Red Cross Society Duplicate Of 10049981
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.