Grants and Contributions:

Breaking barriers, improving girls’ education, hope and totality

7420168 P007252001 P007252002

$12,750,315.00

May 21, 2020 - Mar 31, 2024

P007252001: This project aims to contribute to improving equitable education for vulnerable girls and women in targeted areas in Myanmar, Niger, and Sudan. It seeks to increase community-led actions in breaking barriers to gender-equal education while improving the availability of inclusive education systems. The project also increases access to learning opportunities for livelihood and life skills. Project activities include: (1) delivering women leaders leadership training to promote integrating women’s education, leadership, and participation in community decision-making and peace processes; (2) establishing the Innovative Teachers Establishing Education Services program to provide localized community-based, inclusive, gender and climate-responsive education to out-of-school girls; (3) developing localized curriculum for livelihoods and life skills training on Early Childhood Care and Development for out-of-school girls and women; (4) providing small grants for community groups to support community-led gender-transformative action that addresses barriers to women’s and girls’ education; and (5) supporting peer networks managed by grassroots women organizations. These networks are safe spaces for confidential services in sexual and reproductive health and rights, sexual and gender-based violence, child, early, and forced marriage, and women trafficking and drug use. P007252002: These activities will provide assistance to crisis-affected people, mitigate protection risks and respond to protection needs through humanitarian action in support of two of the main COVID-19 related strategies in the Sudan Humanitarian Plan for 2021. COVID-related activities include: A) Provide support to Kerenik isolation centre and health units in the targeted villages; B) Conduct gender-responsive awareness campaigns about Covid-19 prevention measures; C) Build capacity of local community groups and leaders and health workers on Covid-19 preventive measures; D) Provide cash transfers to vulnerable households for basic needs and education; E) Strengthen community protection structures on protection and gender-sensitive approaches and referral pathways; F) Support community protection structures to strengthen monitoring and support for household most vulnerable to COVID-19.

Global Affairs Canada

P007252001:The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased community-led actions that break multi-dimensional barriers to gender-equal education for vulnerable girls and women; (2) improved availability of inclusive, innovative, gender and climate-responsive education systems and integrating psychosocial support for vulnerable out-of-school girls and women; and (3) increased access to gender-responsive, environment-sensitive, market-driven learning opportunities for livelihood and life skills among vulnerable out-of-school girls and women.

P007252002:
i) Increase the capacity of health units to combat the COVID crisis in targeted villages;
ii) Increase awareness of Covid-19 prevention measures in large population areas;
iii) Improve the understanding of the needs and priorities of marginalized groups like women and girls, people with disabilities and seniors so they are taken into account by local community groups, leaders and health workers;
iv) Improve the economic situation of extremely vulnerable households so they can provide they children with basic needs and education.
v) Improve referral pathways to primary and secondary healthcare facilities and existing COVID-19 government taskforces;

Newcastle, Ontario, CA

064-2020-2021-Q1-00145

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Grants and Contributions

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Feb 17, 2022

ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency Canada

International Development Assistance Program

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