Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Multi-Country Humanitarian Appeals - UNICEF 2024
Agreement Number:
7460466 P014237001
Agreement Value:
$31,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jul 11, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In countries experiencing humanitarian crises, UNICEF fulfills its mandate through humanitarian assistance programming activities outlined under the Humanitarian Action for Children appeal and guided by its Core Commitments for Children.
With GAC’s support, UNICEF provides life-saving health and nutrition interventions for children and pregnant and lactating women to support the treatment, growth, and development of healthy children. Project activities include: (1) providing ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat severe acute malnutrition and child wasting; (2) providing community-based health care services to identify and treat malnutrition; (3) supporting complementary nutrition activities that are essential to deliver effective nutrition programming. This includes ante and post-natal care, infant and young child feeding counselling and support, cash-based interventions for pregnant and lactating women, nutrition supplementation, and deworming and malaria control.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to treatment of children between the ages of 6 and 59 months suffering from severe acute malnutrition using ready-to-use therapeutic food; and (2) increased access to services to identify and treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, particularly those hardest to reach.
The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.
Location:
New York, US
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q2-00364
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Operating Name:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
Federal Riding Number:
NA
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.