International Projects

Theme Fund

The Theme Fund encourages MCIC member agencies to take a broader view of development projects by responding to current issues of international concern. With the 2008-2010 theme, “Adaptation to Climate Change,” the fund supports projects that help international partners address current climate risks and prepare for long-term climate change in their communities.

• Adaptive Measures to Integrated Resource Management

  Marquis Project | Country: Tanzania, United Republic Of | Amount: $20,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  TSAEE implements strategies in tree resource management with women and youth groups in practices which alleviate the impacts of climate change in rural Tanzanian agriculture. This is done by integrating woodlot development (agro-forestry), domestic fuel efficiency (cookstoves), and micro-enterprise development (tree seedling production and cookstove construction) in selected communities of Kwimba and Tabora Regions, Tanzania.

• Cassava Flour Value Chains

  Engineers Without Borders | Country: Malawi | Amount: $10,085 | Funded in 2008/2009

  EWB is working with IITA to develop a sustainable cassava flour value chain which will create opportunities for smallholder farmers in rural Malawi to grow and sell cassava in order to improve their livelihoods.

• Community Awareness and Responsiveness

  Canada World Youth/Jeunesse Canada Monde | Country: Kenya | Amount: $10,622 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The project is aimed at creating awareness on climate change, its impact and how the community can adapt to it using simple community driven adaptation measures. It also seeks to research adaptive measures being practiced elsewhere and replicate them in the local community.

• Dry Forest Recuperation in the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary

  Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) | Country: Peru | Amount: $25,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  This objective of this project is to conduct reforestation in the Buffer Zone of the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary and to ensure maintenance of existing vegetation cover by negotiating an agreement with land owners.

• Primary School Rainwater Harvesting

  Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief | Country: Tanzania, United Republic Of | Amount: $18,482 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The Primary School Rainwater Harvesting program works with school communities to secure continual access to safe water in a context of East African climate change effects. The installation of rainwater harvesting tanks harnesses the predicted increases in precipitation to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change in that region.

• Water Use Master Plans

  International Development Enterprises (IDE) | Country: Nepal | Amount: $20,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  In collaboration with the Government of Nepal, the Finnish Development Agency, Helvetas and Winrock, IDE brought its expertise in water-efficient technologies to the development of integrated Water Use Master Plans that mitigate the impact of climate change on water access and address deforestation as one of the key local contributors to climate change.