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.

Download the CSF Funding Guide

For those interested in applying for the fund, the next orientation session will take place on April 27, 2010 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm and April 28, 2010 from 9:30 am - 11:00 pm.

Same session offered at both times.

Location: MCIC office, 302-280 Smith St. Winnipeg

• Design & Computer Laboratory at “el mARTadero”

  Fort Garry United Church, Winnipeg | Country: Bolivia | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The Association for the Development of the Arts in Cochabamba is rehabilitating a building that will be used by the local community, a poor neighbourhood, for arts and cultural activities and events. These funds provide affordable and accessible space for artists as well as recreational and educational programs for youth and others regardless of class or ethnicity.

• Housing for Persons with Disabilities

  International Centre of Winnipeg | Country: Mexico | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2007/2008

  Casas sin Barreras, the International Centre of Winnipeg’s partner organization in Mexico, coordinated the building of five homes in Guanajuato City, which are accessible to their inhabitants who have disabilities. The people with disabilities and their families now own these homes, which were built according to their own recommendations and with the help of their extended family members. Having their own homes has increased both the dignity of the participants and their ability to participate effectively in community life.

• Pirkhain Project

  Canadian Association for Bangladesh Development | Country: Bangladesh | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The Pirkhain Project is a development model located in rural Bangladesh which has poor socio-economic conditions, high maternal and child mortality, and poor access to education and training. The introduction of computer education at the high school level is a continuation of development that started with a health care centre, a high school and a library.

• Sinkunia Water Wells Project

  Sinkunia Development Community Organization, Inc. with International African Child Relief and Peace Foundation of Canada | Country: Sierra Leone | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The Sinkunia Water Wells Project seeks to provide a pure and drinkable water supply that will be accessible to all residents in the Sinkunia community as well as the entire region.

• Youth and Community Bridge Project

  | Country: Sierra Leone | Amount: $5,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The 2008 Youth and Community Bridge Project offers, through MCIC support, critical relief earmarked as food costs to a locally run orphanage in Sierra Leone. This relief will come at a time when the S.O.S Canada House and its local partners are struggling in the face of rapidly rising food costs.