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.

  • Economic Growth and Food Security Project

    Co-operative Development Foundation | Country: Colombia | Amount: $17,897 | Funded in 2010/2011

    CDF’s Economic Growth and Food Security Project in Colombia will help farmers to plan and grow substitute crops for coca using market analysis, business planning and co-operative development.

  • Education is Our Future

    Canadian Humanitarian | Country: Ethiopia | Amount: $7,704 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Education is Our Future project is designed to provide training in three vocations: metalworking, woodworking and hairdressing. Sixty young adults will gain the skills and experience needed to obtain meaningful employment, as these vocations are in high demand.

  • Enhancing Livelihood Opportunities

    Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund | Country: Sri Lanka | Amount: $16,316 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Enhancing Livelihood Opportunities will facilitate resettlement of returnee families in their original villages of Mannar District of Sri Lanka, enhancing their livelihood opportunities through improved local agricultural infrastructure, capacity building and the promotion of ecological agriculture.

  • Farmer’s First Project

    Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief | Country: Tanzania | Amount: $12,745 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Farmer’s First project supports vulnerable households, with a focus on women-headed households and those affected by HIV. This project will work on improving their food security while managing their natural resources sustainably.

  • Helping Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth

    YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg | Country: Mexico | Amount: $10,058 | Funded in 2010/2011

    This project, at the YMCA of Baja California, is Helping Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth by providing a refuge to young people and children who have been detained or deported from the United States. This program protects youth from the dangerous streets of Tijuana and participation in drugs, prostitution and violent crime.

  • Improving Food Security & Natural Resource Conservation

    Christian Reformed World Relief Committee | Country: Honduras | Amount: $12,740 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Improving Food Security & Natural Resource Conservation project will work with 150 rural households, promoting sustainable food production and conservation of the natural environment through raising awareness in local communities of environmental issues.

  • Medan Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Project

    SIM - Canada | Country: Ethiopia | Amount: $10,411 | Funded in 2010/2011

    Medan Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Project seeks to close gaps in the continuum-of-care by bridging the efforts of other organizations to enable holistic and comprehensive care. This includes free HIV voluntary testing and counselling, home-based care through volunteer networks, income generation for infected clients, and community education on HIV prevention.

  • Micro-Irrigation Project

    IDE Canada | Country: Mozambique | Amount: $25,508 | Funded in 2010/2011

    This Micro-Irrigation project is improving the livelihoods of poor farmers by increasing agricultural productivity and income. This pilot project will increase the income of smallholder farmers in Maputo province through the adoption of micro-irrigation technologies.

  • Microfinance Development Impact

    World Relief Canada | Country: Liberia | Amount: $15,661 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Microfinance Development Impact project offers its partner groups opportunities for microfinance development, and training in governance, board and staff development and management of human and financial resources.

  • Nungua Community Library

    Osu Children’s Library Fund | Country: Ghana | Amount: $8,919 | Funded in 2010/2011

    The Nungua Community Library project will purchase twelve computers and furnish that library’s new computer lab. With the necessary equipment available, community members will have access to government delivered training, become computer literate, and use these skills in finding gainful employment.