UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

$10,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $0.24 for every person in Canada ≈ 128 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
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Recipient country
Ghana
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
February 15, 2021 – December 30, 2022
Project status
Closed
Reference
CA-3-P009317001

Published purpose

This project aims to reduce deaths and illnesses related to COVID-19, particularly among marginalized and vulnerable people in the Ashanti region. Project activities include: (1) increasing the number of laboratories with COVID-19 diagnostic capacity; (2) providing water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in public places; (3) acquiring personal protective equipment; (4) enhancing community awareness about COVID-19; and (5) delivering maternal, newborn and child health, and infant and young child feeding, with appropriate COVID-19 preventive measures.

In plain English AI-generated

This project supports COVID-19 response efforts in Ghana's Ashanti region, including laboratory capacity, water and sanitation, protective equipment, community awareness, and maternal and child health services.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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