CCFC - Christian Children's Fund of Canada: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $27.3M value; 1 departments; 1 programs.
Assay record ASY-CA-19DPOH506M · Cite as: Assay Systems, “CCFC - Christian Children's Fund of Canada: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/ccfc-christian-children-s-fund-of-canada/
The project aims to improve the well-being of children and youth in five countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua), whom are at-risk of irregular migration. The project addresses the poverty, exclusion and lack of opportunities that have forced tens of thousands of children and young people (between the ages of 6 and 24), many of them girls, to flee Central America in the past several years. Many of these irregular migrants encounter violence and sexual exploitation, both in their home countries and on the perilous journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. Through
The project aims to reduce poverty and contribute to closing the gender gap in youth employment by improving the job readiness and employability of 12,000 youth, including 7,200 young women. In Nicaragua, youth aged 15 to 29 are disproportionately affected by unemployment. Young women face additional challenges and are more likely to work informally and under vulnerable conditions. The project employs a youth-centered model that includes: (1) providing gender sensitive technical and life-skills trainings and raising youth awareness on labour-related issues; (2) providing job search trainings
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.