Manitoba Council on International Cooperation

International Projects

Development Fund

The Development Fund supports projects that improve all areas of individual and community life in the Global South. Through the work of MCIC member agencies and their local partners, these projects are part of a long-term development process, rooted in a commitment to empowerment and self-determination for all peoples.

  • Agricultural Food Security Program

    Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) | Country: Bangladesh | Amount: $65,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    Through this program, organizational development will be promoted among 15 selected partners, by providing training assistance. By developing their capacity, partners will be enabled to promote improved and environment friendly agricultural technologies among rural poor beneficiaries. MCC Bangladesh will increase the income of and access to basic needs of families by providing support in the areas of agriculture technology.

  • Agriculture as a Business

    Engineers Without Borders | Country: Ghana | Amount: $6,466 | Funded in 2008/2009

    The focus of Agriculture as a Business is to increase farmers’ incomes on a sustainable basis by strengthening farmers’ capacity and creating an environment that enables farmers to take a business approach to farming.

  • Agriculture as a Business

    Engineers Without Borders | Country: Ghana | Amount: $8,168 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Agriculture as a Business project will increase farmers’ income on a sustainable basis by strengthening their capacity and creating an environment that enables them to take a business approach to farming. Engineers Without Borders will work with targeted communities on creating local linkages and developing the ability to share market information.

  • Building a Computer Lab

    Osu Children’s Library Fund | Country: Ghana | Amount: $8,038 | Funded in 2008/2009

    Funds for this project have gone toward the building of a computer lab for the existing Nungua Library in Accra, Ghana. The lab will serve library users and literacy students, giving them useful computer and keyboard skills.

  • Burundi Project

    Accountable Development Works | Country: Burundi | Amount: $9,414 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Burundi Project includes the construction of a youth resource centre in the town of Gasenyi where war-affected youth will be fed, educated and provided with a safe home environment. An additional 40 youth living with families in the community will also receive food, school fees and school uniforms.

  • Clean Water in Every Home

    International Development Enterprises (IDE) | Country: Cambodia | Amount: $22,463 | Funded in 2007/2008

    In Cambodia, many farmers have less than a hectare of land and earn less than $1 a day. International Development Enterprises (IDE) Canada, based in Winnipeg, is part of a worldwide organization whose goal is to improve the lives of these small-scale farmers.

    The Clean Water in Every Home project enabled at least 12,000 new households to purchase and use low-cost water filters to produce clean drinking water in their homes. IDE worked with local manufacturers, distributors and retailers who will continue to provide new and replacement filters as long as the demand exists.

    So far the project has seen impressive results. A recent study indicated that diarrhea, a leading cause of death among children, was reduced by 46% among users of the water filters.

  • Community-Based Development Program

    MATCH International | Country: Nepal | Amount: $5,985 | Funded in 2008/2009

    This project will enable women to earn a living and gain access to resources to take care of their health and that of their families. MCIC’s contribution goes toward funding the farming activities of this project.

  • Credit 2007 - 2010

    World Relief Canada | Country: Cambodia | Amount: $15,661 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Credit 2007 - 2010 project will focus on microfinance services to the poor and marginalized in Cambodia. The project ensures that these individuals will have the opportunity to develop their livelihoods and experience full and productive lives.

  • Developing Markets for Sustainable Livestock Assets

    International Development Enterprises (IDE) | Country: Viet Nam | Amount: $24,569 | Funded in 2008/2009

    This one-year project will enable 400 families to earn an average incremental income of $100 from pig production. The project will create demand and provide information on pig raising techniques and develop the local private sector supply chain network providing productive inputs to meet demand and link pig raisers to markets.

  • Ecotourism and Conservation in the Tumbes Mangrove National Sanctuary

    Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) | Country: Peru | Amount: $30,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    This project will enable long-term conservation in the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary. Eco-tourism will bring an alternative economic opportunity that will balance the needs of an impoverished community and a threatened ecosystem.