Africa
Kenya—$650,000
In response to the prolonged increasing drought and high food prices the Kajiado District the Emergency Food-for-Work project is providing food assistance to 3,000 households and 7,000 primary school students over a six-month period, beginning March 2009. This project will improve the food situation by increasing crop production, protecting water resources, building fencing, helping with land preparation and more. The Maasai Integrated Development Initiatives and Presbyterian Outreach Mission Church are implementing this project. The project is funded through donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government.
Kenya – $590,400
Two years of failed crops followed by another two years of drought have resulted in a lack of food in the Machakos and Kitui districts of Eastern Kenya. Farmers who are involved in MCC’s long-term food and water security activities like building sand dams are forced to leave their communities in search of work, or are unable to work because they are so hungry. MCC is responding by providing food to 3600 of these households. This food allows people to continue working on the sand dams in preparation for the rains and future food production. Excellent Development Kenya and the SASOL Foundation are implementing the project. It is funded through donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government.
Ethiopia—$164,000
Chronic malnutrition is severely affecting the development of children in inner-city Addis Ababa. MCC’s support for the Supplementary Feeding for Women and Children program assists 1,150 children (under five years old) and 75 mothers with supplementary food over a period of two years, June 2008-July 2010. The project is implemented by Community Based Integrated Sustainable Development and funded by donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government.
Ethiopia - $ 800,000
MCC continues to assist chronically hungry families in Boricha and Awassa-Zuria districts in Southern Ethiopia. This three year project will assist 6,000 families with food through a food and cash-for-work program. The project aims to improve agricultural practices, build household savings and support income diversification. This project is implemented by the Meserete Kristos Church Relief and Development Association and funded by donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government.
Burundi—$422,800
Approximately 1,333 households in the provinces of Kirundo, Rutana and Makamba are receiving maize and beans over a one-year period, March 2009 to February 2010, through the Food-For-Work Reforestation Programme. This program helps improve soil quality and agricultural production. As well, around 3,000 households will receive maize and bean seed as a supplement to their poor/failing harvest from which they have rarely been able to conserve seed for the subsequent season. Since 2004, MCC has assisted farmers in planting over two million trees in order to rehabilitate degraded land following years of conflict. MCC supports this program with donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian Government. This program is implemented by Help Channel Burundi.
Asia
India—$850,000
In August 2008, severe flooding in northern India displaced thousands of people in the Bihar State, Supaul District. The North Bihar Flood Rehabilitation Program is rehabilitating agricultural land while providing food for 7,500 families who were most vulnerable to the flooding and a chronic lack of adequate food. This project is implemented by the Church Auxiliary for Social Action and will run from February to September 2009. It is funded through donations to MCC’s account and the Presbyterian World Service and Development account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank with matching grants from the Canadian government
India—$1,130,000
In the final year of this four-year program, the Food for Community Development Project will assist 176 villages across 30 districts of 10 states in India. The project, funded by donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government, will assist approximately 37,000 people. Households will receive food and participate in activities which will enhance local soil fertility, irrigation and regenerate local water systems. This project is implemented by MCC’s partner organization, Church Auxiliary for Social Action.
Afghanistan - $300,000
Through a long-time partner, MCC is assisting families with urgent food needs in Afghanistan. Through a cash-for-work project, the most vulnerable families receive payments in cash for their work on road construction which will also enhance local food markets. $24 allows one family to purchase a diversity of food from the local market. This project is funded by donations to MCC’s account at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and matching grants from the Canadian government.
Myanmar - $100,000
A year following the deadly cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, thousands of households are struggling to rebuild and regain their livelihoods. MCC is providing funds for agricultural rehabilitation including small-scale irrigation. One food powered treadle pump costs $16 and one drip irrigation system costs $14. This project is funded with MCC funds.
Latin America and the Carribean
Colombia--$35,000 per year
Mencoldes, a local Mennonite partner of MCC, is providing food assistance and other resettlement support to families forcibly displaced to the city of Bogota by conflict in Colombia. Over a three year period beginning in March 2008, the Material and Food Aid for the Displaced Population in Colombia Project will assist 550 families per year in providing transitional shelter and meeting their basic needs (food and household supplies) when they get their own homes. This project is funded by MCC.
Ecuador—$12,350
The Quito Mennonite Church congregation is supporting refugees from Colombia seeking safety and refuge in Ecuador. MCC’s financial support for the church’s Community Center for Colombia Refugees will meet the basic needs (housing, food and clothing) of 50 refugee families, November 2008-August 2009. This project is funded by MCC.
Europe and Middle East
Bosnia Herzegovina—$10,000
In cities, throughout Bosnia Herzegovina a MCC partner organization, Merhamet provides food assistance to over 7,000 beneficiaries though soup kitchens. MCC’s contribution to the Flour for Soup Kitchens and Wheat Production project will assist Merhamet with the purchase of flour as well as seeds so that wheat flour can be produced for the soup kitchens in the long-term. This three-year program gets underway in May 2009.
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