THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$40,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Haiti
- Fiscal year
- 2017-2018
- Agreement period
- March 23, 2018 – December 31, 2023
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D004698001
Published purpose
This project aims to reduce hunger and malnutrition towards children and to increase the enrolment rate, especially girl, in Haiti. It also aims to stimulate the local economy in a sustainable way by purchasing local food from women producers and entrepreneurs, allowing them to seize more opportunities to contribute to their own economic success and their communities. Project activities include: (1) offering daily nutritious meals to 180 000 school-aged children to increase their attendance and their academic achievement; and (2) offering economic opportunities for women in rural areas through local purchasing.
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This project provides funding to reduce child hunger and malnutrition in Haiti by offering daily school meals to 180,000 children, while also supporting local women producers through local food purchasing to stimulate the rural economy.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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