We cannot overcome climate crises without equality for girls and women. That’s why this gift aligns green innovations with global women’s empowerment. It fosters economic and environmental stability by helping women and youth in the regions most affected by climate crises to gain skills to grow small businesses that help their communities thrive and the planet flourish. Supplies and training for women’s ventures in seaweed farming, mushroom foraging and beekeeping help communities’ environments, food availability and incomes. With conservation tactics rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing, such as mangrove planting, this gift draws from a collaboration between experts and local residents. These eco-conscious efforts help communities protect their lives, land and livelihoods against threats such as extreme weather and declining fish stocks. Help women and entire communities adapt and flourish, even in the face of climate change.
This gift helps girls and women gain equal access to technology. It provides devices, data and networks so they can connect, learn their rights and safely participate online. It also supports tech-equipped development centres and trainings in digital literacy, computer programs and mobile banking so women can grow their learnings, careers and financial independence.
Humanitarian Aid
When an emergency hits, families’ lives are shattered. Losing homes, livelihoods and health means they need more than immediate aid relief to recover. This gift helps refugees access both urgent life-saving resources like food, hygiene kits and psychological first aid as well as long-term supports like savings groups and farming tools and training.
Girls Belong Everywhere
This gift helps ensure that the perspectives of girls in Canada and all over the globe are included wherever decisions are made. It engages girls in schools, refugee camps and a variety of communities to take part in leadership-skills trainings, advisory panels and meaningful interactions with governments, corporations and civil-society organizations. This gift opens space for girls in boardrooms, in politics and anywhere else they want to be.
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