Canadian Aid to Africa

UP TO $178 MILLION IN NEW INITIATIVES FOR AFRICA
The ten new projects focus on a small number of strategic, long-term development issues where Canada can make a difference. The Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is providing $177.7 million to different countries. The funding will be invested as follows:
$50 million to Burkina Faso to maintain the Burkina Faso Basic Education Development Plan in its transition period from 2009 to 2015.
$47 million to Tanzania to support the country's efforts to achieve the objectives of its Health Sector Strategic Plan, through improved management and delivery of primary health care services, such as the prevention and treatment of common illnesses. This will improve child survival and maternal health.
$19.2 million to Ethiopia for protecting maternal and child health. This projects aims at ensuring that quality basic health services reach more mothers and children under age five. The activities consist of procuring and distributing essential drugs, supplies and medical equipment.
$19 million to Mali to improve the public health, mainly of women and children. The project will support training for front-line health workers.
$15 million to Sudan to contribute to stabilization and peace. The project aims to strengthen child protection and basic services for 58,000 conflict-affected children and youth aged from 10 to 18 years.
$10 million to help the Government of Ghana to continue providing additional country-wide agricultural inputs, technologies, and extension services to farmers in 12,500 communities.
$7 million to Malawi to scale up a highly effective community approach to managing severe child malnutrition by training 5,100 front-line health workers and other health staff. It will result in better identification and treatment of severe malnutrition among children under five years of age, and contribute to reducing child mortality caused by acute malnutrition.
$6.8 million to Senegal to help 8,500 women and men small-scale rice producers boost production and enhance marketing opportunities. This project will result in increased incomes for these farmers.
$2.7 million to Zimbabwe for the Village Health Workers project which focuses on improving HIV prevention and care services for babies through a comprehensive approach that includes HIV testing, family planning, prenatal and postnatal care, breastfeeding practices and drug treatments.
$1 million to the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa to help reduce Africa's significant infrastructure gap, which constitutes a serious handicap to improved sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. The project will increase financing for sustainable infrastructure in Africa from public, private, and public-private sources.
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