Manitoba Council on International Cooperation

International Projects

HOPE International Development Agency

  • Water Supply for Integrated Community Development

    Fund: Development Fund | Country: Philippines | Amount: $11,805 | Funded in 2008/2009

    HOPE International Development Agency is supporting its local Filipino partner to collaborate with community and regional organizations in the construction of 48 water systems. This project takes place within the broader context of integrated community development. It will provide access to clean water for approximately 17,000 people.

  • Emergency Relief for Congolese Refugees in Sudan

    Fund: Relief and Rehabilitation Fund | Country: Sudan | Amount: $20,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    HOPE, together with partner organization Sudanese Development and Relief Agency, is providing non-food relief items for 280 refugee families fleeing from the Congo to the Madebe, Igig, and Naganga areas, located in Ibba County, Sudan.

  • Flooding Relief

    Fund: Relief and Rehabilitation Fund | Country: Honduras | Amount: $20,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    HOPE International Development Agency is supporting its local partner in Honduras to provide immediate relief to farmers devastated by the hurricane and subsequent flooding. HOPE is helping 2,500 families who have lost their crops to replant 2,000 acres of corn and beans.

  • Emergency Flood Relief & Rehabilitation

    Fund: Relief and Rehabilitation Fund | Country: Myanmar | Amount: $40,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

    HOPE Myanmar is responding to severe flooding and other effects of Cyclone Nargis which recently hit Burma. It assists affected people with immediate relief and later with rehabilitation to meet the basic needs of families. MCIC funds were used to purchase supplies, outfit mobile health teams and take on future rehabilitation tasks as identified.

    This project was part of $100,000 received from the Government of Manitoba, designated specifically to respond to flooding in Burma/Myanmar caused by Cyclone Nargis.

  • Tapping a Southern Solution

    Fund: Development Fund | 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.