CARE Canada
$45,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- July 22, 2021 – January 31, 2029
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:064-2021-2022-Q2-009
Published purpose
This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, particularly girls who have dropped out of school. Project activities include: (1) providing training and support on SRHR and life skills to adolescent girls; (2) providing training and support on financial literacy and entrepreneurship to adolescent girls; (3) building understanding and support for adolescent girls’ rights among parents, community leaders, men and boys; (4) building the capacity of health care providers and health care managers to deliver appropriate and respectful sexual and reproductive health care to adolescent girls and boys; and (5) building the capacity of youth groups and women’s rights groups to advocate for improved laws, policies and services concerning adolescent SRHR. The project expects to benefit over 200,000 girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 19. CARE is implementing this project in partnership with the Centre for Reproductive Rights, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, and Restless Development.
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This project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, aims to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescent girls in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, including training, advocacy, and health system capacity building.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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