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- Blended finance
  We use blended finance and strategic investments to support innovators on their journey to scale
- Investment funds
  Learn more about our role as a catalytic investor in global health investment funds
- Gender lens investing
  We apply a gender lens to all of our investments
Our portfolios
Our portfolio includes bold ideas that span global health, humanitarian and Indigenous innovation
- Being Initiative
  Being is a global mental health initiative that envisions a world where young people feel well and thrive
- Climate and health
  An emerging area of our work: we’re exploring bold, locally driven solutions to address the growing health impacts of our changing climate
- Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge
  Humanitarian grand challenge that focuses on life-saving interventions in crisis and conflict settings
- Global Mental Health
  Community-driven solutions to promote mental health and well-being
- Indigenous Innovation Initiative
  Investing in First Nations, Inuit and Métis innovators in Canada to advance community-led solutions
- Maternal and newborn health
  Innovations to improve care, outcomes, and survival for mothers and newborns.
- OPTions Initiative
  Expanding access and the creation of next generation methods for pregnancy termination, where there are legal grounds to support it
- Play Learn Thrive
  Supporting early childhood development and education for children in crisis settings
- Sanitation
  Innovations that improve access to safe, sustainable sanitation for all
- Saving Brains
  Early childhood innovations that protect and nurture brain development in the first critical years of life.
- Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
  Investing in community-led solutions to end sexual and gender-based violence
- Stars in Global Health
  Seed funding for bold, early-stage ideas to address pressing global health challenges

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RFP: Play Learn Thrive
Play Learn Thrive—a new funding opportunity to address gaps in early childhood development in emergencies (ECDiE) and education in emergencies (EiE).
RFP: Being
Being is a global mental health initiative that envisions a world where young people feel well and thrive. We are seeking applications for seed and Transition to Scale innovations 12 priority countries.

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OPTions RFP Swahili

Categories: Blog
Date Published: 14 December 2018

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Grand Challenges Canada’s programs are primarily undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada.

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