Summary

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund is an important component of CIDA’s regional Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Program (CDRMP) which is administered from the Canadian High Commission in Barbados. The CCDRM Fund provides support to national and regional voluntary agencies and community groups as well as governmental agencies which, using their own initiative and resources, undertake small-scale projects at the community level to enhance disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction.

Funding priority will be given to activities that reduce vulnerability to natural hazards in low-income and rural communities, involve women and men in their planning and implementation, are gender sensitive, protect or improve the environment, and make maximum use of locally available resources.

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Fund provides assistance to non-governmental, community-based, and voluntary organizations and government agencies in CARICOM member states . Funds are approved by the Head of Aid, CIDA, Bridgetown, on the basis of written proposals submitted by the requesting organizations. Projects will be selected on a competitive basis. Priority will be given to projects in the $25,000 to 50,000 CDN range. Projects outside this range may be considered on an exceptional basis; however requests for project funding cannot exceed 100k CDN.

The required, specific project outcome is the delivery of tangible disaster risk reduction benefits to men, women, youth, indigenous persons, and/or marginalized communities.