Manitoba Council on International Cooperation

Global Citizens in Manitoba

  • Roberta Gramlich

    Roberta (30) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has worked for the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, a member agency of MCIC. She is Making a Difference by helping volunteers in Canada implement educational campaigns in their communities on international issues and works in both English and French. Roberta had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala to visit some development projects and learned that big progress is being made in the lives of many women who are now able to read and write and thus improve their lives. Such experiences served only to reconfirm Roberta’s conviction in her work, and she has seen first hand that young and old people working together can Make a Difference.

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  • Othello Weese

    Othello (29) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, helped to develop the African Market in the Central Park area of Winnipeg. Born in Liberia, he saw first hand the injustice that young people had to bear in the refugee camps of the Ivory Coast. When he immigrated to Canada, Othello was determined to Make a Difference by encouraging fellow African immigrants to produce their traditional goods and sell them in an African Market which he set up with the help of other volunteers. This brightened up the area of Winnipeg in which is situated and continues to be a space where people from all backgrounds can share their culture.

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  • Zoë Gross

    Zoë (25) from Beresford, Manitoba, is studying Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Zoë is Making a Difference by putting what she has learned into practice in developing countries. She worked for six months in Nairobi, Kenya for a national women’s organization, and discovered that many of the concerns that Kenyan women had were similar to those of Canadian women. Zoë believes that these shared problems reflect how our world today is interconnected in so many different ways, a state that, she believes, justifies the importance of everyone’s participation in international development.

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  • Sané Dube

    Sané Dube (24), originally from Zimbabwe, has a passion for HIV/AIDS issues. Currently an employee of Nine Circles Community Health Centre, she works on getting services to those suffering from HIV/AIDS in Manitoba. Eventually, she plans to return to Southern Africa, using the knowledge she’s gained here to help those in her home country. “It’s amazing how similar issues come up around HIV/AIDS, no matter where you are in the world,” says Sané. “This really is a global issue.”

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  • Dale Camuyong

    Dale Camuyong (17) believes music has the ability to reach youth and get them engaged in global issues on a deeper level. As participant in MCIC’s High School Music Video project, Dale worked with seven other youth from across Manitoba to create an original music video on issues of fair trade and child labour. “Today we have more access to information about these things than ever before”, he says. “There’s no excuse not to be informed.” Dale also promotes social justice in his High School and mentors younger students on issues like peer pressure and drug use.

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