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.

  • Addressing Over-Exploitation of Fishery Resources

    Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) | Country: Peru | Amount: $19,585 | Funded in 2010/2011

    In Addressing Over-Exploitation of Fishery Resources, MEDA is focusing on the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary in Peru. Small-scale extractors of threatened crab species are transitioning their livelihoods into sustainable shrimp harvesting in the mangrove buffer zones.

  • Agro-Biodiversity Project

    USC Canada | Country: Nepal | Amount: $8,225 | Funded in 2010/2011

    USC’s Agro-Biodiversity Project is working in a fragile but resilient high Himalayan environment toward securing local seed stocks, rebuilding degraded soil and biodiversity resources, and reaching out with sustainable agriculture support to all farming communities, thereby reducing hunger and environmental deterioration.

  • Bike Aid

    WUSC - World University Service of Canada | Country: Malawi | Amount: $10,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    WUSC’s Bike for Aid project distributes bikes and bike ambulances to community-based organizations that provide home-based care, counselling and testing, prevention, outreach, and transportation services for HIV/AIDS patients in Malawi. This pilot project will focus on income generating activities that will pay for urgently-needed bike repairs.

  • Building an “Universal Design” Accessible School in the Rural Community of Chirasauta

    Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre | Country: Zimbabwe | Amount: $6,828 | Funded in 2010/2011

    This project is Building an “Universal Design” Accessible School in the Rural Community of Chirasauta, Zimbabwe that will accommodate students with disabilities and those from low-income families. Access to quality education is an essential step toward the elimination of poverty and hunger, and the empowerment of marginalized communities.

  • Burundi Project, Phase II

    Accountable Development Works | Country: Burundi | Amount: $9,970 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Burundi Project, Phase II will construct a youth centre that will provide fifty war-affected youth with a home, food, education and training. The youth will be trained in small income-generating activities to help them eventually become self-sustaining within their communities.

  • Capacity Building for Indigenous Rights

    United Church of Canada | Country: Peru, Philippines | Amount: $29,213 | Funded in 2010/2011

    In its Capacity Building for Indigenous Rights project, the UCC seeks to improve the capacity of communities in Peru and Philippines to mobilize members to understand human rights and engage local governments in healthy collaboration.

  • Children’s Book Project

    CODE | Country: Tanzania | Amount: $8,280 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Children’s Book Project will provide Tanzanian children with a sustainable learning environment and ensure development through education that empowers children to learn. This will ultimately result in a brighter future for children, their families and the community as a whole.

  • Community Development & Civic Participation

    Nicaraguan Children’s Fund | Country: Nicaragua | Amount: $7,310 | Funded in 2010/2011

    NCF’s Community Development & Civic Participation project contributes to sustainable economic development through the promotion of community-based ecotourism and strengthens rural agricultural communities by improving local participation in decision-making and by increasing local food security.

  • Conservation & Transformation of Garden Produce

    Crossroads International | Country: Niger | Amount: $1,536 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Conservation & Transformation of Garden Produce project will support the training of three groups of women gardeners in Niger, enabling them to make better use of what they grow in their collective garden sites, and thereby contributing to their food security.

  • Developing the Plum Subsector in Protected Dry Forest Areas

    Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) | Country: Peru | Amount: $20,000 | Funded in 2010/2011

    In Developing the Plum Subsector in Protected Dry Forest Areas, MEDA is working in the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary in Peru to improve the productivity and quality of plum production and the marketing of value-added products such as jams and juices by small-holder farmers and their associations.