News January 2012
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International Development Week 2012 Posted January 31st 2012
February 5-11, 2012 is International Development Week (IDW). The theme for this year is I Am Making A Difference and the focus is the Empowerment of Women and Girls. MCIC has produced nine video profiles of Manitobans from all walks of life who are contributing their time and effort to take action as global citizens. Click here to watch these profiles as well as the music video “Unbreakable”, a song about the importance of the empowerment of women and girls, written, composed and recorded by eight young people from around Manitoba. Visitors who view these videos can enter a contest to win a $250 Fair Trade wardrobe.
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One-Month Challenge 2012 Posted January 30th 2012
The Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC) is excited to present the sixth annual Fair Trade One-Month Challenge.
We invite all Manitobans to take up the challenge by only consuming fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate, rather than conventional brands, for the period from Valentine’s Day, February 14th to March 14th.
