International Projects

United Church of Canada

• Kariba Rural Drought Relief Programme

  Fund: Development Fund | 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.

• Strengthening the Local Economy and the Community Cooperative of the Santa Marta Region

  Fund: Development Fund | Country: El Salvador | Amount: $10,085 | Funded in 2008/2009

  This project aims to strengthen an integrated community development project and community cooperative in the Santa Marta region by: augmenting its apiary, kitchen garden, and poultry raising activities with 10 families to improve nutrition and income; strengthening the existing cooperative, integrating 100 members; and, assisting the cooperative in defending communal lands threatened by the possible eviction of 62 families.

• Bihar Flood Relief

  Fund: Relief and Rehabilitation Fund | Country: India | Amount: $15,000 | Funded in 2008/2009

  In August 2008, Bihar experienced a massive flood disaster that has left almost 45 people homeless and many missing. VAK intends to carry out relief operations in 2 districts by providing food packets, medicines, health services and study materials for children affected in the disaster.

  This project was part of $50,000 received from the Government of Manitoba, designated specifically to respond to flooding in the Bihar region of India.