Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada (SARVAC)

$425,000.00 CAD

≈ 5 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Public Safety Canada
Program
(HWF) Supporting a Humanitarian Workforce to Respond to COVID-19 and Other Large-Scale Emergencies
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2021-2022
Agreement period
November 29, 2021 – March 31, 2022
Reference
ps-sp:088-2021-2022-Q3-00067

Published purpose

This 5-month project will build a robust infrastructure allowing The Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (St. John Ambulance) to successfully expand their emergency response volunteer services. This will allow the organization to increase their readiness capacity to deploy and respond to COVID-19 and other large-scale emergencies across Canada.

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