Lisanne Belanger

Occupation: Program Coordinator

Lisanne is a Program Coordinator at the Ottawa-based Humanitarian Coalition, where she is responsible for programming humanitarian appeal funds and overseeing the humanitarian disaster response of 12 member agencies.

She also manages a significant project fund for small-scale disaster response efforts.

Prior to joining the Coalition, Lisanne worked on the Program Development team at CARE Canada, where she deployed to Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai in 2019.

She is also passionate about contributing to her own community. Lisanne worked to support newcomers at Matthew House Ottawa, where she promoted their access to services and resources and has recently participated in community-based refugee sponsorship.

In 2017, Lisanne moved to Myanmar to work with the Women’s League of Burma, a local civil society organization that advocates against gender-based violence and promotes women’s role in the national peace and reconciliation process.

Lisanne holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Carleton University, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Queen’s University, she is also a SWL alumna from the Class of 2010.

To get more of an idea of the different work Lisanne has done so far in her career, feel free to visit the agency websites below:

Ottawa Humanitarian Coalition – Emergency Responses

Care Canada – Bringing Us Together to End Inequality

Matthew House Ottawa – Our Story & Values

Humanitarian Coalition
HOW WE WORK
In order to respond to humanitarian disasters quickly and effectively, the Humanitarian Coalition brings leading Canadian aid organizations together in a united effort to raise funds, partner with the government, and engage the participation of media, businesses and individual Canadians.

But when a woman, man or child survives a disaster — whether 1,000 or 100,000 people are affected — their basic needs are the same and they desperately need our help.

Thanks to the unique partnership with Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund (CHAF) allows the Humanitarian Coalition to respond quickly to such emergencies. The CHAF makes funds available almost immediately, and our members, on the ground in more than 150 countries, choose the agency among them that is best placed to provide aid quickly and effectively.