International Projects

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)

• Support to Peacebuilding Work

  Fund: Development Fund | Country: Uganda | Amount: $45,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  The overarching goal of this project is to strengthen community structures to advocate for peace, to constructively respond to conflicts, and to participate in reconciliation efforts. The community structures are parent support groups and youth groups of highly motivated and directly affected individuals that are committed to working towards peace in their community. Mediators will contribute to the reunification of families as formerly-abducted children return and mediate in the many conflicts between families that are a result of the war.

• Agricultural Food Security Program

  Fund: Development Fund | 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.

• In Support of Peace Building Work

  Fund: Development Fund | 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.