UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
$40,300,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- Switzerland
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- March 31, 2021 – December 31, 2021
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:064-2020-2021-Q4-00420
Published purpose
P010168001: January 2021 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and in some instances, internally displaced persons, including in response to the secondary impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The UNHCR searches for lasting solutions to their situations. With the support of GAC and other donors, this project provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern in five regions and twenty-three specific countries across the world. Project activities include: (1) providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items; (2) providing adequate water, sanitation and health services, including in reproductive health; (3) providing opportunities for education and livelihoods support; (4) providing protection, including against sexual and gender-based violence, child protection and working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees, and help issue identity documents; (5) working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens; and (6) expanding opportunities for durable solutions for people of concern. P010168002: January 2021 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides international protection and assistance to the world’s refugees, stateless persons, asylum seekers, and in some instances, internally displaced persons, including in response to the secondary impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The UNHCR searches for lasting solutions to their situations. With the support of GAC and other donors, this project provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern in five regions and twenty-three specific countries across the world. Project activities include: (1) providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items; (2) providing adequate water, sanitation and health services, including in reproductive health; (3) providing opportunities for education and livelihoods support; (4) providing protection, including against sexual and gender-based violence, child protection and working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees, and help issue identity documents; (5) working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens; and (6) expanding opportunities for durable solutions for people of concern.
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This project funds UNHCR to provide protection and assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons, and other vulnerable people in 23 countries across five regions, including shelter, health services, education, livelihoods support, and protection from gender-based violence.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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