Grand Challenges Canada

$200,000,000.00 CAD

≈ $4.83 for every person in Canada ≈ 2,585 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
International Development Assistance Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2020-2021
Agreement period
November 30, 2020 – March 31, 2028
Reference
dfatd-maecd:064-2020-2021-Q3-00291

Published purpose

This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada (GCC). GCC uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate. GCC's mandate is to support innovators to develop and transition to scale innovations that improve the health, human rights, and well-being of women, adolescent girls, and children in low- and middle-income countries, including in conflict-affected areas.

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This grant provides institutional support to Grand Challenges Canada to fund innovators improving health, human rights, and well-being of women, girls, and children in low- and middle-income countries, including conflict-affected areas.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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