Manitoba Council on International Cooperation

International Projects

Community Solidarity Fund

The Community Solidarity Fund provides funding to Manitoba not-for-profit, community-based groups involved in development projects overseas. The fund is available to non-member and MCIC affiliate members and provides another way to help Manitobans work together with partners around the world.

For those interested in applying for the fund, the next orientation sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, October 12th from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m and Thursday, October 13th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. These will be held at MCIC’s offices, 302-280 Smith St., Winnipeg, just south of Portage Avenue. Please contact Zack Gross at (204) 987 6420 or mgmgp@mcic.ca to register.

Click here for the Community Solidarity Fund Application Form and Funding Guide.

  • Dairy Farming in Busowa

    St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Parish | Country: Uganda | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Dairy Farming in Busowa will work with HIV/AIDS affected and infected individuals in the Bugiri District of Uganda, increasing their incomes and diets. This will be accomplished via distribution of cows/bulls, husbandry training, shelter building, record keeping, and integrating crop production of food with management of resources.

  • Humanitarian Visit

    Amigos de Luis, Inc. | Country: Dominican Republic | Amount: $4,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Humanitarian Visit will involve school personnel and students from Ste. Anne, Manitoba working with a girls’ orphanage and school to build recreational structures, plant a garden and deliver primary school programs on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic.

  • Kampala Educational Development & Feeding

    Mondetta Charity Foundation | Country: Uganda | Amount: $3,500 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Kampala Educational Development & Feeding supports the MCF’s efforts at Kampala City Council School to continue its nutrition and educational programs and undertake renovations to its building. A result will be foldable walls needed to create more classrooms.

  • Partnership for Research on Ugandan Women with Disabilities

    Canadian Centre on Disability Studies | Country: Uganda | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Partnership for Research on Ugandan Women with Disabilities is a project that gives voice to local Ugandan women with disabilities and builds the capacity of the National Union of Women with Disabilities in Uganda to practice evidence-informed project development and policy formation.

  • Room to Play

    Office of Student Life, University of Manitoba | Country: El Salvador | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Room to Play is a project in which the Office of Student Life is assisting with the development of facilities at El Escalon School in Sonsonate. The school serves as a community centre and emergency refuge and this project includes a properly ventilated kitchen and paved, enclosed recreation area.

  • Strengthening Jolom Mayaetik Cooperative through a Rotating Fund

    SEED Winnipeg | Country: Mexico | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Strengthening Jolom Mayaetik Cooperative through a Rotating Fund establishes micro-financing for almost 200 indigenous craftswomen in the Chiapas Region, enabling them to access at least partial advance payment for their textile production, contributing to the sustainability of their household economies.

  • The Barefoot Teacher Training Program

    Jesuit Centre, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba | Country: India | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Barefoot Teacher Training Program provides training and supplies to thirty youth at the Loreto Day School in Kolkata so that primary schools can be set up in urban slums and remote villages.

  • The Build a Home Challenge

    Scouts Canada | Country: Mexico | Amount: $2,500 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Build a Home Challenge will enable Manitoba Scouting groups to build three houses for impoverished families in Vicente Guerrero. Living conditions in a poor community will be improved and young Manitobans will learn about becoming global citizens.

  • The Tree of Life

    Winnipeg Rotary Club Community Services Fund | Country: Zimbabwe | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Tree of Life program works to support youth affected by organized violence and torture in Zimbabwe. It creates spaces for youth to interact thus reducing the likelihood of violence recurring.

  • Widows’ Microloan Project in Uvira

    Emergency Relief for Development Overseas | Country: Congo (DR) | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Widows’ Microloan Project in Uvira, is undertaken by Canadian Inter-Aid Link, sponsored by ERDO, to support micro-loans and training for widows and their families in Uvira Town, eastern DRC. Destitute women will use the funds to start a variety of small businesses to support themselves and their children.