UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND: federal grants and contributions: 20 agreements; $234M value; 1 departments; 4 programs.
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This project supports the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund Global Programme to End Child Marriage, a multi-donor joint United Nations program. It aims to eliminate child marriage in 12 countries in Africa and South Asia where the rates of child marriage are among the highest: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia. The project focuses on enabling girls at risk of child marriage to choose and direct their futures, through activities aimed at bringing about change
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 the support of Canada and other donors, UNICEF provides an integrated package of life-saving services to conflict and
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
This project aims to strengthen health systems in 5 low-performing districts in Bangladesh to reduce maternal and child mortality rates and improve access to quality healthcare for women, adolescents and children. The project focuses on improving the quality of health policies, standards of practice and guidelines, as well as strengthening their implementation at the national level and in the targeted low-performing districts. This approach ensures that primary healthcare services, especially those related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including addressing gender-based violence
This project aims to address barriers that prevent children, particularly girls and nomadic children, from attending school. It focuses on Sudanese states with particularly low rates of school attendance and on states with high nomadic populations. Project activities include: (1) setting up new schools and learning spaces, including provision of gender-sensitive latrines to support girls’ attendance at schools; (2) providing awareness activities to communities to encourage school attendance, particularly for girls; (3) conducting training for teachers and other learning facilitators, and paren
The grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF uses these funds, along with other donor funding, to achieve its mandate. Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF supports the rights of children to help meet their basic needs and expand opportunities for children to reach their full potential. UNICEF seeks to improve the social and economic conditions of children by ensuring that they have access to health care, clean water, food, and education. UNICEF also works to ensure that children are protected f
The project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls in Tanzania’s Mainland and Zanzibar. Project activities include: (1) increasing awareness and access to quality sexual reproductive health services, including improved family planning services; (2) increasing the knowledge and skills of adolescents, especially girls, to negotiate for sexual and reproductive health rights, and improve the knowledge, attitudes and skills of communities to promote positive gender and social norms; (3) strengthening sexual and gender-based violence preventive and respons
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to Generation Unlimited (GenU). GenU uses these funds and other donors’ funding to achieve its mandate. Launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2018, and hosted by UNICEF, GenU is a global public- private-youth partnership that brings together young people, UN organizations, non-governmental organizations, governments and leaders, including Heads of State, CEOs, Heads of UN agencies, and civil society champions to co-create and deliver innovative solutions for youth on a global scale. GenU aims to reach over 300 million youth, focusing on
This project aims to increase the enjoyment of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), especially for indigenous women and adolescent girls experiencing violence, poverty, marginalization, and exclusion in Bolivia. Project activities include: (1) strengthening key institutions’ capacity to engage and protect SRHR; (2) developing programs and strategies to improve SRHR efforts; and (3) promoting awareness of SRHR and related programming. This project, implemented by UN Women, UNFPA, and UNICEF, contributes to Canada's 10-year global health commitment.
This project supports Afghanistan's Polio Eradication Initiative, which aims to ensure more children are protected from polio by increasing national polio vaccination coverage. Afghanistan is one of the three countries in the world where polio remains widespread. Experts believe that the country is at a critical point in its efforts to eradicate polio. Canada – in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Afghanistan, and other donors – is contributing to providing polio vaccinations to more than nine million children a
The project aims to promote peace and stability in conflict-affected states.
June 6, 2023 - Explosions at the Kakhovka dam destroyed the hydroelectric structure and caused large-scale flooding along the lower Dnipro River due to the water release from the Kakhovka reservoir. This has left 40,000 people affected by flooding requiring essential sanitation and hygiene services, and lack of access to water by 700,000 people dependent on the Kakhovka reservoir . UNICEF has launched emergency response activities in Khersonska, Mykolaivska, and Dnipropetrovska oblasts in flood-affected and frontline areas for a year. With GAC’s support, UNICEF will reach 500,000 people affe
This bilateral development assistance project aims to contribute to the interruption of wild polio and vaccine-derived polio throughout Pakistan. It seeks to address gender barriers to immunization to ensure all girls and boys receive the polio vaccine. Pakistan is one of the last 2 remaining polio endemic countries in the world (Afghanistan is the other), where the wild poliomyelitis (polio) virus continues to threaten the health and well-being of girls and boys. This project aims to continue the expansion of immunization in rural, remote, and high-risk areas in Pakistan and enhances transmis
February 2023 – The humanitarian situation in Türkiye and Syria deteriorated significantly following powerful earthquakes that struck south-east Türkiye and north-west Syria on February 6 and February 20. The earthquakes and aftershocks resulted in widespread damages and high casualties in both countries. The UN estimates that at least 9.1 million people in Turkey and 8.8 million people in Syria have been affected by the earthquake, with the majority anticipated to need some form of humanitarian assistance in the coming months. In Türkiye, a state of emergency was declared in 10 provinces as p
This project aims to achieve equitable, quality education for girls and boys, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable in developing countries, as well as in conflict, crisis-affected and humanitarian settings. This project supports the implementation of UNGEI’s Strategic Priorities 2023-2027. As a leader in gender equality and education, UNGEI works to increase awareness and participation of decision-makers in gender-responsive education sector planning, and increase the data available to support the need for gender-responsive quality education in low-income countries. Project activities
September 2023 – On September 10, Storm Daniel hit northeastern Libya with heavy rains and flash floods, affecting various cities, including Al Marj, Benghazi, and Derna. As of September 14, OCHA indicates that 884,000 people need humanitarian assistance. Several factors influence and exacerbate the severity of humanitarian needs, including pre-existing conditions, deteriorating socio-economic situations, and logistical and access constraints to certain areas. Before the storm, 300,000 people in Libya were assessed to require humanitarian assistance, according to the 2023 Humanitarian Overview
This project aims to increase the effectiveness of United Nations (UN) peace operations to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers by enhancing coordination between UN peacekeepers and Child Protection Actors (CPAs) to promote child protection efforts, even after a peacekeeping mission ends. Project activities include: (1) conducting research on child protection needs in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and South Sudan; (2) reviewing and strengthening the technical knowledge of UNICEF’s network to better support CPAs in their regions and contexts;
This project supports activities that promote the inclusion of the agenda of children in negotiations and peace dialogues with armed groups. It also promotes early commitments to implementing concrete actions to put an end to all grave violations against children in Colombia. It supports the design and establishment of the legal mechanism for the demobilization and reintegration of adolescents and young people from criminal groups. Project activities include : (1) providing training and gender and ethnic-sensitive technical assistance to the country task force on monitoring and reporting in t
Strengthening the Cuban National Health System in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Pinar del Río and Artemisa.
Responding to the emergency caused by the explosion at the Supertanker Base of Matanzas-Cuba
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.