CARE Canada: federal grants and contributions: 117 agreements; $530M value; 2 departments; 6 programs.
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This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, particularly girls who have dropped out of school. Project activities include: (1) providing training and support on SRHR and life skills to adolescent girls; (2) providing training and support on financial literacy and entrepreneurship to adolescent girls; (3) building understanding and support for adolescent girls’ rights among parents, community leaders, men and boys; (4) building the capacity of health care providers and health care managers to deliver appropr
This project contributes to improving the health and well-being of the most vulnerable adolescent girls in Ethiopia, in particular, out-of-school girls and young mothers in the Afar and Oromia regions. It seeks to enhance adolescent girls’ access to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Nutrition (ASRHN) services and to improve their economic independence through nutrition and climate-smart income generation. Project activities include: (1) providing capacity-building training and coaching to health care providers, government staff and community facilitators to deliver integrated and c
P001040001 : This initiative aims to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) and children under 5 years, while working with local health authorities. Activities include: (1) training health workers to provide education on and identify, monitor and treat malnutrition in mothers, pregnant and breastfeeding women and infants and children under 5 years; (2) delivering campaigns to encourage optimal breastfeeding, establishing household and school gardens to grow a diversity of nutritious foods, and holding cooking demonstrations to encourage use of new and unfamil
April 2024 – An estimated 300 million people worldwide need humanitarian assistance and protection due to ongoing conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks. In response to humanitarian needs, Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) humanitarian assistance provides predictable, multi-year, and multi-country support to longstanding partners in protracted humanitarian contexts globally. With GAC’s support, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) Canada aims to provide assistance to address the urgent needs of 310,929 beneficiaries in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo,
March 2026 - Sudan is facing one of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises, driven by armed conflict, mass displacement, collapsing state institutions, and recurring disease outbreaks. The ongoing conflict has resulted in the largest internally displaced population globally and the collapse of livelihoods, markets, and services across the country. More than half the population are in need of humanitarian assistance. The impacts are felt across the region, heightening insecurity and driving large-scale refugee movements that are straining already fragile host countries. With G
March 2022 – Prior to the onset of coronavirus (COVID-19), global humanitarian needs, including those related to food security and nutrition, had already reached unprecedented levels. The pandemic has exacerbated the situation by disrupting food production, supply, and distribution; destabilizing food prices; and reducing country and consumer purchasing power, exacerbating undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries, including in South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Yemen. With GAC’s support, CARE Canada aims respond to acute malnutrition needs in fi
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting their activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building, as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and mov
November 2024 – The central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) is facing multiple humanitarian crises driven by armed conflict, internal and cross-border displacement, high rates of acute food insecurity and malnutrition, and gaps in emergency health services. In 2024, one in five people in the central Sahel countries (approximately 17.7 million people) require humanitarian assistance. With GAC’s support, CARE Canada is providing multi-sectoral assistance to 721,077 displaced persons and host communities in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. The initiative focuses on responding to the urgent h
P007216001: The project aims to strengthen the capacities of adolescent girls and young women, and the broader education system that supports them. The project targets socio-economic barriers that are worsened by the lingering crisis in Zimbabwe, prohibiting girls’ sustained engagement in secondary education and/or training, and their successful transition into adulthood. Project activities include: (1) establishing mechanisms to spread awareness and information campaigns such as Social Analysis Actions groups and peer platforms; (2) facilitating safe spaces in schools and communities for girl
This project aims to help 200,000 women, men, girls and boys feed themselves by increasing their incomes so that they can purchase more food, or by increasing their ability to grow more food. The project targets farm-based families in eight districts in the West and East Hararge and South Gondar zones of rural Ethiopia who are traditionally dependent on food aid for several months a year. It provides training to adults and youth, both women and men, to help them develop the skills needed to increase their agricultural productivity or start small businesses, and to help them secure the necessar
The project aims to improve the economic well-being of small-scale entrepreneurs and producers in the tourism and coffee sectors, in particular women, youth and indigenous people in the Dry Corridor of Honduras. It seeks to increase the capacity of private and public actors to support small-scale businesses, as well as the leadership capacities of small-scale entrepreneurs. It also seeks to increase productivity and revenues of small-scale entrepreneurs through increased productive and marketing capacities, and access to credit. Project activities include: (1) providing training to women, you
The project aims to improve access to quality education in Somalia for marginalized adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19, including nomadic girls, girls with disabilities and affected by conflict and violence. To encourage the enrolment and retention of girls, the project works with religious leaders, parents, men and boys to address barriers that hamper the demand for and access to education for girls, while strengthening the capacity of the government, schools and teachers to provide inclusive and gender-responsive education for girls. Project activities include: (1) renovating scho
P002782001: This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the globally recognized, significant gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and moveme
Iraq Crisis - Water and Hygiene Assistance for Internally Displaced People - CARE Canada 2017-2019
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (WVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs) and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality in developing countries. Understanding that WROs and their networks are critical change agents, the Program provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding to strengthen institutional capacity and bolster feminist alliances. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WRO
This project aims to economically empower rural women in Morocco’s Marrakesh-Safi region. It seeks to increase women’s decision-making power over their businesses, to improve business development support services’ responsiveness to gender equality issues. The project also seeks to engage communities in supporting women’s rights and breaking down gender stereotypes (in public and private spheres) related to women’s entrepreneurship. It aims to ensure that women have genuine, full control over the assets, technologies, finances and benefits of their economic activities and to significantly reduc
This project aims to improve the climate resilience of communities relying on forest ecosystems in Vietnam, especially women and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC). The project seeks to achieved this by developing a high-quality, inclusive and gender-responsive forestry carbon market. It also addresses the power imbalances and barriers that IPLCs, particularly ethnic minority women, face in equitably participating in the forestry and carbon trade, ensuring consideration is given to their unique needs and climatic vulnerabilities. Given their exposure to climate change, the projec
The initiative entitled FAMKAD (Fanm Kanpe Ak Diyite - Women and Girls Standing with Dignity for Our Sexual and Reproductive Rights) aims to improve the exercise of the right to health of Haitians, particularly to sexual health and rights and reproductive workers (SDSR) of women and adolescents. It will be implemented at the departmental level in the Southeast and at the national level in Port-au-Prince (PaP) over a four-year period by a consortium of three Canadian organizations: CARE Canada, the Centre for International Health Cooperation and (CCISD) and Lawyers Without Borders Canada (CBSA)
This project aims to improve the economic well-being of poor rural women, particularly ethnic minorities in Vietnam by increasing women’s participation in paid economic activities. The project also aims to challenge discriminatory gender norms by addressing the root causes of the unequal distribution of care work placed on women in Vietnam. At the national level, this project aims to influence the provision of public services, infrastructure, childcare and social protection policies. This helps to reduce mobility barriers, reduce and redistribute the unpaid care work disproportionately shoulde
Syria Crisis - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Assistance for internally Displaced Persons - 2017-2019
December 2024 – The humanitarian impact of the conflict in northern Ethiopia from 2020 to 2022 continues to be felt. The Tigray region suffered significant damage, with much of its healthcare and water infrastructure damaged or destroyed. Many people remain displaced from their homes and basic services remain limited for much of the population. With GAC’s support, CARE Canada helps provide a multi-sectoral humanitarian response to critical needs in Tigray. Project activities include: (1) restoring water points and sanitation facilities; (2) supporting local health facilities; and (3) providin
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting their activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building, as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements a
The project aims to improve the human dignity of women, particularly Indigenous and rural women domestic care workers in Honduras. Project activities include: (1) training paid domestic workers on life, technical and negotiation skills and rights. This includes training on gender equality, gender-based violence, labour rights, financial literacy, digital education and environmental sustainability; (2) developing Community Action Plans through social analysis and action to recognize, reduce and redistribute care work; and (3) providing technical assistance to form new and strengthen existing wo
P008963001: Yemen is currently the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 24 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The conflict and collapsing economy has pushed nearly 10 million people to the brink of famine, and over 3.6 million people have been displaced since the beginning of the crisis in 2015. Basic service provision is collapsing, including critical water, sanitation, hygiene and health services, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks such as cholera, dengue fever and diphtheria. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the lack of access to essential servic
This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organizations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting their activities, building their institutional capacity and promoting network- and alliance-building, as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and moveme
January 2020 – In 2020, there are an estimated 4.1 million Iraqis in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 1.77 million are in acute need. Out of the 6 million displaced people during the conflict against Daesh, more than 1.4 million remain internally displaced. Those directly affected by the conflict against Daesh, particularly those who were displaced and whose lives and livelihoods were uprooted and destroyed, continue to require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. With GAC’s support, CARE is improving access to essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), protection,
This project contributes to improved gender-equitable and sustainable food systems for women, men and children in the most vulnerable communities of the Perico and Jovellanos municipalities in the province of Matanzas. To accomplish this, CARE Canada works in partnership with Cuban institutions, developing the capacities of governments and agricultural authorities to promote women’s leadership, strengthen local agri-food businesses and targeted value chains, provide essential nutrition education to community members, and ensure equitable access to nutritious and more affordable food. Project
Somalia - Water, Sanitation, Protection and Livelihoods Support - CARE Canada 2017
May 2018 - Yemen is currently the world’s largest humanitarian crisis according to the United Nations, with 22.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million that require immediate life-saving assistance. Sixty percent of the population (17.8 million people) is food insecure, with 8.4 million people on the brink of famine. Malnutrition has soared by over 65% in 2017, and an estimated 400,000 children under five years of age are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. More than 3 million people have been displaced and basic service provision is collapsing. Yemen i
February 2022 - The conflict in northern Ethiopia is well into its second year and has given rise to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. An estimated 9.4 million people in the three conflict-affected states currently require humanitarian assistance, including up to 90% of the population of the Tigray region. Displacement, disruption of livelihoods and constraints on humanitarian access have left at least 400,000 people facing famine conditions, and human rights abuses, including widespread sexual violence, have marked the conflict since its outset. With GAC’s support, CARE addr
Niger - Humanitarian Assistance in Diffa Region – CARE Canada 2017
March 2018 – Uganda hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa, more than 1.4 million, with roughly two thirds of them having arrived from South Sudan since July 2016. This large and rapid influx has strained the humanitarian response capacity in northern Uganda to near breaking. New refugee settlements almost immediately reach full capacity, while service providers struggle to meet the most basic needs of the community. Overall, South Sudanese make up more than three quarters of the refugee population in Uganda (more than 1 million people). With GAC’s support, CARE Canada is providing su
In 2019, drought and inter-communal conflict are expected to leave at least 8 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance, including nearly 2.9 million people displaced by violence and natural disasters. Populations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are amongst the most vulnerable in Ethiopia, living in nearly 1,200 informal settlements, often extremely remote and with almost no access to food or basic services. In addition, Ethiopia hosts more than 900,000 refugees reliant on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. With GAC’s support, CARE Canada is helping to addre
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.