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.

  • Farmers First Project

    Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief | Country: Tanzania | Amount: $10,357 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Farmers First project will use the “Farmer Field Schools” program to prepare trainers to meet with farmers to improve their production methods from planting to harvesting. Farmers will be encouraged in these “schools without walls” to build on their existing knowledge through experimentation and discovery. Approximately 1,500 households will benefit from this project (especially women, children and those living with HIV/AIDS) in Karatu and Bunda.

  • Feasibility Study of Fair Trade Agricultural Products

    Canadian Crossroads International | Country: Bolivia | Amount: $1,608 | Funded in 2008/2009

    CCI’s Bolivian partner organization, FONCRESOL, provides training and microcredit to rural producers. This project explores the opportunities and implications for small agricultural producers to increase their markets by adopting Fair Trade practices.

  • Food & Livelihood Security

    USC - Canada | Country: India | Amount: $7,607 | Funded in 2008/2009

    USC and the GREEN Foundation promote on-farm conservation of diverse varieties of food crops to build up the community seed supply systems in Southern India. Farmers are involved at all stages of the process, from planning activities and collecting planting materials, to managing conservation through community seed banks.

  • Girls Scholarship Program

    UNICEF Canada - Prairie Region | Country: Kenya | Amount: $30,000 | Funded in 2009/2010

    This Girls Education in Kenya project includes a Scholarship Program to Send Girls to Secondary School. It provides girls from rural, nomadic communities in northeastern Kenya with equal opportunities to compete for placements in universities and other post-secondary training.

  • Governance, Ecosystems and Livelihoods Project

    World Vision Canada | Country: Congo (DR) | Amount: $120,000 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Governance, Ecosystems and Livelihoods project will provide coping strategies that will assist communities in withstanding ecosystem shocks, stresses, trends and seasonality. MCIC funds will be used for capacity building in household income/assets, local decision making processes and ecosystem health.

  • Governance-Ecosystems-Livelihoods Program

    World Vision Canada | Country: Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Mauritania, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic Of | Amount: $110,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    The GEL program has been initiated to build the capacity of the partners and communities World Vision works with in Africa in order to better design appropriate and effective community-based development initiatives. Through these community projects, the GEL program will support initiatives that positively impact household income, enhance community decision-making processes and address relevant environmental challenges.

  • Helping Marginalized & Vulnerable Populations

    YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg | Country: Mexico | Amount: $7,179 | Funded in 2008/2009

    This project seeks to reduce the number of migrant youth who, after being detained or deported from the United States, are thrown back into the dangerous streets of Tijuana and exposed to drugs and prostitution.

  • In Support of Peace Building Work

    Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) | Country: Uganda | Amount: $45,000 | Funded in 2009/2010

    In Support of Peace Building Work, this project will build capacity for Ugandan victims of conflict. The project is part of a larger program that provides holistic non-violence and conflict transformation through training and mediation in Uganda and in other conflict regions.

  • In Support of Rural Female Producers

    People to People | Country: Tanzania | Amount: $2,000 | Funded in 2009/2010

    This project will Support Rural Female Producers; Creating an Association with Women in Agriculture in Ukiriguru, Tanzania. In working with 18 women’s groups in the Lake Zone district, the aim of this project is to strengthen communication, expand training, enhance leadership and extend efforts at micro-enterprise and value-added agricultural processing.

  • Kariba Rural Drought Relief Programme

    United Church of Canada | Country: Zimbabwe | Amount: $10,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    This project is an intervention to assist drought stricken people in Kariba using proven conservation farming techniques. The protracted relief program is meant to alleviate the critical food and nutrition challenges of 200 families and enable them to survive the next year without loss of life or livelihood.