In March 2020, the four-year program in Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique and Tanzania to empower women and girls through various maternal healthcare and education programs came to a close. However, in June 2020, PWRDF was granted a one-year extension to support these partners through the COVID-19 crisis. Your donation will help ensure the gains made in maternal and newborn health, food security and nutrition will be sustained while partners work to supply communities with PPE, information and facilities for handwashing and proper hygiene, and science-based information about prevention and treatment of COVID-19. All donations to this program are matched 6:1 by the Government of Canada. Please note is program including the 6:1 match are only available until June 30 2021.

Donate Now to All Mothers and Children Count COVID-19 Extension Fund with 6:1 Government of Canada match

Your gift supports the Emergency Relief work of PWRDF. Every year we respond to emergencies in Canada and around the world. Climate change causes droughts and natural disasters like flooding, hurricanes, and typhoons that destroy access to food and shelter. Often these occur in areas that affect the world’s most vulnerable populations. Through our partnerships, we can respond quickly and help those in urgent need. In many cases, funds are needed months after the immediate crises as families need to rebuild their lives and livelihood.

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PWRDF’s newest project is bringing light to moms and babies in Mozambique. Working with our partner EHALE and California-based We Care Solar, PWRDF is building on our previous work done in 2016 by installing 50 more solar suitcases in rural medical clinics. A solar suitcase is a wall-mounted unit that opens like a suitcase and includes phone charging ports, a portable headlamp and a fetal Doppler to monitor baby’s heartbeat that is connected to a roof mounted solar panel. Donations to the Light for Every Birth program are being matched 1:1 by a generous anonymous donor. 

Donate Now to A Light for Every Birth with 1:1 match

PWRDF is now accepting donations to support India as it struggles with the current COVID-19 outbreak. While Canada faces its own challenges and grief over COVID-19, the images and stories of mass deaths, blackmarket oxygen tanks and parking lot crematoria are shocking and heartbreaking. Several fellow ACT Alliance members in the region – including former PWRDF partners – are working night and day to provide emergency services and relief

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Your gift supports the work of PWRDF and its Indigenous program partners. PWRDF is committed to nurturing and building relationships with Indigenous communities in Canada, supporting the preservation of language and culture, and defending the right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination. These vital  programs support traditional education and cultural activities, provide youth with business skills training, improve access to and advocate for clean water, and nurture a dialogue around holistic health.

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Your gift supports the work and partnership of PWRDF with the Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB). As one of 15 members of the CFGB, PWRDF has an equity account that grows with donations from caring donors like you. When disaster strikes, PWRDF can access the funds and work with other Foodgrains Bank members to implement a greater and more effective response to feed the needy. These funds are often leveraged with a 4:1 match from the Government of Canada.

Donate Now to Grow Hope with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Your gift supports the work of PWRDF and its partners in climate change-related work. Climate change is impacting partners’ who work on food security, in health care, on gender issues, in emergency response and with refugees. PWRDF works with local partners to implement community programs in response to those impacts and based on community needs. You help to support initiatives that are both mitigating climate impacts and adapting to climate change.

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When you receive your vaccine, “Pay it forward” and make a donation to PWRDF’s Vaccine Equity Fund. Your gift will support PWRDF partners in the most vulnerable parts of the world as they prepare for vaccination rollout, including work already underway to supply PPE, thermometers, sanitation and handwashing facilities, and accurate public health information. Donations to this Vaccine Equity Fund may also support the “Love My Neighbour” movement.

Donate Now to Vaccine Equity Fund

Your gift supports the work of PWRDF and its partners in preventive health. Around the world many vulnerable communities are not equipped with the funds, capacity or tools to raise healthy children and ensure their future. PWRDF works with local partners to implement programs based on community needs. You help support initiatives in areas such as microfinance, food security, climate change mitigation, local health and clean water projects in many developing nations.

Donate Now to Sustainable partnerships for health, food security and human rights

You’ve chosen to support our work with Youth programs. This is a wonderful choice to empower young people. PWRDF is a leading force in the investment of youth, not only through our development programs taking place overseas, but also engaging young people in the work and practice of PWRDF here in Canada. Through these investments we have seen young people from across the country stepping up and into leadership roles within their communities. Your kind support makes this work with youth possible.

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