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.

  • Strengthening Entrepreneurship…of People with Disabilities

    Co-operative Development Foundation | Country: Philippines | Amount: $16,602 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Management and Governance of Worker Co-ops of Persons with Disabilities project promotes decent and productive work with differently abled men and women in the growth and development of sustainable micro enterprises. Capacity building is provided to targeted individuals through new business development, management and entrepreneurship support and networking.

  • Support of a More Literate Environment

    CODE | Country: Tanzania | Amount: $8,408 | Funded in 2009/2010

    In Support of a More Literate Environment, this project will provide local children, their families and communities with literacy skills for a brighter future. The goal is to ensure development through education that empowers children to learn.

  • Sustaining Peace and Enhancing Livelihoods in Southern Sudan

    CHF | Country: Sudan | Amount: $8,304 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Sustaining Peace and Enhancing Livelihoods in Southern Sudan project will target communities and assist them in mitigating the effects of conflict, while improving and sustaining livelihoods. This will be carried out through training local people to survey communities on their livelihood and peace-building asset needs. This project will also introduce locally appropriate technology to increase communities’ food production.

  • Tapping a Southern Solution

    HOPE International Development Agency | Country: Sudan | Amount: $13,482 | Funded in 2009/2010

    The Tapping a Southern Solution project will provide clean, reliable water to 4,000 men and women. Using Southern and Canadian expertise, HOPE International will also provide capacity building to their Sudanese partner organization to increase the knowledge, skills, and confidence of its development personnel.

  • Use of Small Indigenous Drought-Resistant Grains to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Climate Change

    Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre | Country: Zimbabwe | Amount: $6,857 | Funded in 2009/2010

    This project, which includes the Use of Small Indigenous Drought-Resistant Grains to Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Climate Change, will assist twenty families that include people with disabilities in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe. Modern farming techniques will be used to plant small grains such as sorghum and rapoko, which will help these families attain food security and contribute to their local economies.

  • Agricultural Food Security Program

    Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba | 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Developing Markets for Sustainable Livestock Assets

    IDE Canada | Country: Vietnam | 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.