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Annual Report 2008-09

� Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC)

� Canada World Youth (CWY)

� Canadian Catholic Organization for Development

and Peace (CCODP)

� Canadian Crossroads International (CCI)

� Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC)

� Canadian Hunger Foundation/Partners in Rural

Development (CHF)

� Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)

� Change for Children

� Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

(CRWRC)

� CODE Canada

� Cooperative Development Foundation/Canadian

Co-operative Association

� CUSO—VSO

� First Nations University

� HELP International

� Hope International

� Islamic Association of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)

� MATCH International Centre

� Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)

� Oxfam Canada

� Plan International Canada (PLAN/FPP)

� Presbyterian World Service and Development

(PWSD)

� Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund

(PWRDF)

� Save the Children Canada (SCC)

� SIM Canada

� The Leprosy Mission of Canada (LMC)

� The Salvation Army

� UNICEF

� United Church of Canada (UCC)

� USC Canada

� World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

� World Relief Canada (WRC)

� Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT)

� YMCA (Y International)

� YWCA

SCIC Member Agencies

� African Links Development

� Briarpatch Magazine

� Canadian Federation of

Students-Saskatchewan

� Canadian Training Institute

� Chakam School of the Bible

� Council of Canadians

� Cuernavaca Project

� Daughters of Africa

� Earthcare Connections

� Engineers without Borders

Regina

� Engineers without Borders

Saskatoon

� Friends of Loa

� Friends of Vaku

� Global Neighbors Canada

� GreenRoots Sustainable Living

Inc.

� Heifer International

� Jubilation Residential Centres

� National Farmers Union

� National Native Addictions Part-

nership Foundation

� North Saskatchewan Fair Trade

Network

� PCTC Calling Lakes Centre

� Project Hope (Humanitarian

Opportunities for Peace &

Education)

� Quint Development Corpora-

tion

� Regina Open Door Society

� Room for Improvement

� Saskatchewan Eco Network

� Saskatchewan Intercultural As-

sociation

� Saskatoon Peace Coalition

� Sierra Youth Coalition SK

� Street Culture Project

� Students Uniting Nations

� Southern Sudan Humanitarian

Action Development Agency

(SSHADA)

� SIAST International

� Training for Health Renewal

Project (THRP)

� True Travellers Society

� United Nations Association in

Canada (UNAC) Saskatoon

Branch

� U of R International

� U of S College of Medicine’s

Internationalization Advisory

Committee

� U of S Office of Global

Relations

� We Are Many

� YUBU Development Agency

Associate Members

President: Kerrie Strathy

Vice President: Nial Kuyek

Secretary: André Magnan

Treasurer: Lee Reaney

Members: Chris Gallaway, Anita

Gooding, Jo Ann Jaffe, Hamid Javed,

Brittany Matthews, Loanne Myrah,

Aziz Rehman, Yordanos Tesfamariam,

Hélène Tremblay-Boyko

Board of Directors

Executive Director: Lori Latta

Overseas Program Officer:

Denise MacDonald

Finance Officer: Arlene Janzen

Education Officer: Tracey Mitchell

Communications Officer: Ogho Ikhalo

WorldBeat Program Officer:

Mike Nassachuk

Administrative Assistant: Joan Walker

Youth Program Assistants:

Heather Hale/Vicki Nelson

Temporary Staff: Gabrielle Bouchard,

Chelsea Bartlett, Donovan Johnson,

Gabriella Fuentealba

Youth Event Facilitators and

Counsellors: Allan Dotson, Brita Lind

Staff

Work Together – Change the World by Kerrie Strathy

When we look back over the 35 years since SCIC was established, we see that much has changed, yet we continue to work to-gether to change the world. Despite the current difficult economic climate, Sas-katchewan people remain engaged with SCIC’s member agencies as they support the development work of their partners overseas through the Matching Grants in Aid Program. Both the Government of Sas-katchewan and the Canadian International Development Agency remain committed to funding this very successful and effective Matching Grants program.

In 1974 SCIC’s founding members worked together to convince Members of the Legislative Assembly to pass a unanimous resolu-tion to establish the Matching Grants in Aid Program. Through this fund the people of Saskatchewan have been able to provide valu-able assistance to a wide range of projects designed to address pri-mary health care, basic education, community development, envi-ronmental protection and other needs in developing countries around the world. Saskatchewan people and politicians continue to recognize the responsibility that Saskatchewan has to reach out beyond our borders to work with those who are in need.

Member Agencies and Saskatchewan residents remain committed to the recognition of the dignity of all people, to the protection of the world's fragile environment, and to the promotion of global understanding, cooperation, peace and justice. This is clearly evi-denced by their willingness to reach out to our global neighbours and their increasing participation in public engagement activities. Many of the public engagement activities that SCIC collaborated on this year were carried out thanks to the generous support provided by CIDA through our first three-year institutional strengthening grant.

This annual report provides highlights of activities undertaken in the last year, an overview of the overseas projects that received Matching Grants in Aid Program funds, and the emergency projects funded by the Government of Saskatchewan’s Emergency Assis-tance Program that responded to natural and humanitarian disas-ters. It also reports on the support that SCIC provided to the very important projects undertaken by Member Agencies and Associate Members to engage Saskatchewan residents in activities designed to increase their understanding of how we can work together to change the world!

None of this would have been possible without the valuable partici-pation of SCIC’s Member Agencies and Associate Members, volun-teer contributions of Board and Committee members, our dedi-cated staff and student placements, and the support provided by the Government of Saskatchewan, the Canadian International De-velopment Agency as well as our many individual donors. Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support and assistance.

PrePrePrePresident’s Message

President’s Message 1

Highlights 2

Youth Program 4

WorldBeat Program 5

Financial Information 6

Overseas Program 9

Public Engagement 12

Committee Reports 13

Thank you 15

Contents

SCIC Annual Report 2008-09

Year’s Highlights We Are Many: A Festival SCIC partnered with the We Are

Many Festival (WAM) to educate the

public about the importance of

environmental sustainability in

achieving the Millennium

Development Goals. The SCIC

sponsored Global Justice and

Environment Tent featured an

interactive art installation

including “The World is a Stage”

theatre performance, based on the

Millennium Development Goals.

The performance was created by a

talented group of Saskatchewan

people who came together in their

search for global justice and desire

to make a difference. Edmonton

based artist Petro Rodriquez and

Diana Coumantarakis of the

Alberta Council for Global

Cooperation presented a public art

workshop using visual art and

murals for social change. They

guided participants to create a

mural based on the Millennium

Development Goals which served

as the backdrop for the theatre

performances and workshops.

Zack Gross from the Manitoba

Council for International

Cooperation provided workshops

on “Running a Fair Trade

Campaign” and an “Introduction to

Fair Trade.” The We Are Many

Festival reached over 10,000

people and featured a showcase of

eco-minded organizations and

businesses, eco-activists and

experts on a variety of topics, a

Peace Tent, and the We Are Many

pact which asked people to sign on

to make some changes to their

behaviour to promote

environmental sustainability and

justice.

International

Development Week The theme for International

Development Week was “For a

Better World.” The Global Citizens

Awards for 2009 were presented

to The Prairie Messenger, a weekly

newspaper published by the

Benedictine Monks of St. Peter’s

Abbey in Muenster, SK. The

Prairie Messenger was honoured

for being an excellent source of

news and analysis on global

justice and international

development issues. Social

justice champions Dale Dewar

and Bill Curry were recognized for

the support they give to many

vital causes both locally and

globally. SCIC also hosted

renowned music producer Sol Guy

in Saskatoon and Regina, whose

television show 4Real takes

celebrity guests on adventures

around the world to connect with

young leaders who, under

extreme circumstances, are

affecting real change. Guy

SCIC sponsored, co-sponsored,

and organized 55 events in

collaboration with 20 SCIC

Members and Associate Members

as well as 18 community groups.

We showcased many diverse

topics which engaged new and

different sectors of society,

increased knowledge about global

issues, and expanded our reach.

In addition, we garnered over 20

stories in the media.

Make Poverty History On October 17, the International

Day for the Eradication of Poverty,

SCIC joined 116 million people

around the world to show

support for the fight against

poverty and the achievement of

the Millennium Development

Goals (MDGs). SCIC co-sponsors

events annually to raise

awareness about Global Poverty.

In Saskatoon SCIC co-sponsored a

“Hands Across the Bridge”

campaign where hundreds of

people stretched across the

Broadway Bridge to stand up for

poverty. In Regina the Make

Poverty History Coalition

sponsored a Stand Up Forum, to

draw awareness to violence and

child soldiers. This year Regina

followed the footsteps of

Saskatoon the previous year, and

declared October 12-19 the

International Week for the

Eradication of Poverty!

Earth Charter SCIC established an Earth Charter

Working Group which

disseminated information about

this wonderful initiative, and

continues to encourage our

members to endorse the Earth

Charter.

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Prairie Messenger editor Abbot Peter Novecosky with Michael Murphy of Development and

Peace Saskatchewan

SCIC Annua l Report 2008-09

brought a message of global

interdependence, using speech,

video and music as his unique

vehicles for change. SCIC

continued with the Global Issues

Trivia Challenge, this year on the

theme of food. Six grade 7/8

classrooms throughout the

province hosted the trivia

challenge for students, staff and

community members.

International Women’s

Day Conference Women’s Rights as Human Rights

was the theme of the 2009

International Women’s Day Forum

that was attended by over 100

people. This conference featured

a screening of the documentary

“The Greatest Silence: Rape in the

Congo,” a panel discussion

focusing on Women in Conflict

Zones, and a keynote address by

Heather Monus from the

Saskatchewan Human Rights

Commission on “Women’s Rights

as Human Rights in

Saskatchewan.” Participants

learned about the Amnesty

International Report “Stolen

Sisters,” Connecting Domestic

Violence to missing, taken and

murdered women; as well as

Missing Women in a Global

Context and Indigenous Women

and Human Rights. This event

was co-sponsored by

Saskatchewan Labour Status of

Women office, U of R Women’s

Studies Department, SCIC,

Daughters of Africa International

Inc., Amnesty International, the

Saskatchewan Federation of

Labour, MATCH International, and

the Prairie Lily Feminist Society.

SCIC Calendar SCIC’s 2009 Calendar “Food For

Thought” featured beautiful

photos, recipes, action items and

information about SCIC

supported member projects that

attack the causes of hunger and

the food crisis—from gender

inequality to environmental

degradation to unfair trade.

Development Issues

Luncheons Canadian Cooperative

Association

Tom Tibamwenda of the Uganda

Cooperative Alliance spoke about

the unimaginable brutality and

cruelty suffered under two

decades of armed conflict in

Uganda and the continuing

struggle to fight rural poverty

through the development of

sustainable livelihoods.

Canadian Crossroads

International

Gustava Diez De Medina, the

Executive Director of PEAP/

FONCRESOL, a Bolivian Micro-

Credit Organization and CCI

intern and videographer Caitlin

Brown discussed the impact of

microcredit on community

economic development in Bolivia,

and showcased the training video

that they produced.

Project Hope

Zatoun: A Taste of Peace

Robert Massoud of Zatoun spoke

about the challenges faced by

Palestinian farmers living under

occupation, the struggle to

develop cooperative structures

and civil society in Palestine, and

Zatoun’s work to bring “the taste

of peace” to Canada through fair

trade olive oil and soap.

Kaleidoscope Video

Challenge Of the almost 100 short videos on

global issues submitted to the

Kaleidoscope Real World Video

Challenge across Canada, Love to

Love You Landfills by Joel

Entwistle and Maxim Gertler-Jaffe

came in second on the national

stage! Their innovative musical

rap illuminates the problem of

over-consumption, ever growing

landfills, and challenges us to

consider the impacts of the goods

and resources we use. SCIC would

also like to thank all of the other

students who made films.

SCIC in the Community Cuba Caravan

SCIC and the Regina Peace

Council hosted a potluck supper

to support the 19th Cuba Caravan

on their journey to Cuba with

much needed medical, school and

other supplies that are

unavailable due to the US

blockade.

Forum on Nuclear Energy Issues

SCIC, the Unitarian Church Social

Justice Committee and the

Canadian Nuclear Society co-

hosted a Forum on Nuclear Energy

Issues, in the interest of

abolishing nuclear weapons and

working for peace. This event

featured a moderated discussion

between two of Canada’s

foremost experts on nuclear

energy.

Environmental Film Festival

SCIC and the Royal Saskatchewan

Museum celebrated Earth Day

with the film The Day the Earth

Stood Still and clips from the

Saskatchewan environmental

documentary series Green Life:

Learning to Live with the World.

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Youth Program Highlights

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The SCIC Youth Program has had a very busy and ful-

filling year with events being held throughout the

province for youth. The youth program and its staff

strive to provide young people in Saskatchewan with

a platform to discover and strengthen their voices

and skills to build a just and peaceful world.

This year we continued to work on two more comics

based on the Millennium Development Goals that fol-

low the lives of characters throughout the world.

These include topics based on MDG #5 “Improving

Maternal Health,” a story of a family in India and

MDG #6 “Combat HIV

/AIDS, Malaria and other

diseases,” which tells the

story about growing up in

a residential school in Sas-

katchewan and the effects

of tuberculosis. All of

the comics were both

written and illustrated by

young Saskatchewan au-

thors and artists. Sam-

ples of all the comics can

be found on SCIC's web-

site, and the final comics

in the series will be com-

pleted in the upcoming

year.

In July 2008, the second annual Youth-for-

International-Development Do-It-Yourself (YID-DIY)

Media Training Camp was held for 35 youth. Partici-

pants left the camp with increased skills in:

� Comic creation, including the fundamentals of

comic design, life drawing and skills to stage mes-

sages and ideas;

� Zines and blogs were explored to enable youth to

use their individual voices to engage in the dia-

logue on global issues and create works of art;

� Graphic Design basics to explore and improve vis-

ual presentation skills.

The camp brought together a very dynamic and en-

thusiastic group of young participants and facilita-

tors who learned valuable media skills and became

more knowledgeable about contemporary global is-

sues.

July was also very busy with planning for Saska-

toon's first We Are Many (WAM) Environmental Festi-

val. SCIC partnered with WAM by sponsoring a

Global Justice Tent to increase public perception

about the ways our everyday actions impact those

living all around the world. The youth program re-

cruited 14 incredibly tal-

ented actors to perform

"The World is a Stage" thea-

tre production. SCIC also

booked Boots Riley as one

of the WAM headliners. Our

colleagues from the Mani-

toba Council for Interna-

tional Cooperation and the

Atlantic Council for Global

Cooperation joined us to

put on workshops for WAM

participants.

Two editions of our youth

publication, the Model Citi-

zen were produced this

year, one right in time for the WAM fes-

tival based on Ethical Consumption, and a winter edi-

tion based on the Globalization of Food. Each of

these zines included submissions from youth pro-

gram participants.

In January SCIC organized workshops on youth en-

gagement featuring Kevin Millsip, the Executive Di-

rector of the Vancouver-based organization Check

Your Head. The purpose of the workshops was to

give member agencies and members of the commu-

nity tools on how to choose issues and plan events

that will attract and engage young people. All four

workshops were well attended and received media

coverage.

The "World is a Stage" Cast


WorldBeat would like to thank all of the teachers who

allowed us into their classrooms this year, the people

who stopped by our teacher convention displays, and

everyone who visited our web site (www.worldbeat.ca)

for their interest in Global Education.

It was another busy year for SCIC’s WorldBeat

Global Education Project. Funded in part by

CIDA’s Global Classrooms Initiative, WorldBeat’s

mandate is to provide teachers with on-line

global education lesson plans that meet Sas-

katchewan curriculum objectives. WorldBeat

also conducts student workshops on the Millen-

nium Development Goals, attends teacher con-

ventions and conferences to display print re-

sources from our member agencies, and con-

ducts teacher information sessions.

Our on-line topics this year included lesson

plans on Integrating Global Education in Social

Studies Classes, Service Learning, Integrating

Global Education in Arts Education Classes, and

Integrating Global Education in English Lan-

guage Arts Classes. Before lesson plans are

posted on the site, they are reviewed by practis-

ing teachers to ensure they meet the Ministry of

Education’s curriculum objectives. Thank you

to the members of our review committee Donna

DesRoches (North Battleford) Marea Olafston

(Eston), Delise Fathers (Regina), Brett Kirk

(Saskatoon), Ray Robertson (Regina), and Brent

Toles, Ministry of Education (Regina).

Traffic on our website is on par with past years

with nearly 2000 people visiting the site.

WorldBeat delivered a total of

37 student workshops and two

teacher information sessions.

We also participated in eight

teacher conventions and/or

conferences this year.

In October, we entered into a

partnership with the Sas-

katchewan Elocution and De-

bate Society to jointly sponsor

a Model United Nations ses-

sion for high school students

in Regina. Unfortunately, be-

cause of a busy workshop

schedule, we were not able to

act on this initiative this year.

Another attempt to facilitate

this session be made next

year.

WorldBeat Global Education Project

Photos: (Above) Student expressing social justice ideas through visual art at a

WorldBeat Student Conference

(Below) Students work together to assemble puzzle pieces at a WorldBeat

Student Conference


Financial Information

Assets 2009 2008

Cash 20,813 600

Accounts Receivable 15,292 36,586

Investments 288,432 380,973

Prepaid Expenses 432 0

Subtotal 324,968 418,159

Capital Assets 4,084 4,961

Total Assets 329,052 423,120

Current Liabilities

Bank overdraft 0 81,499

Accounts payable 55,250 23,215

Deferred Revenue 86,257 109,068

Commitments 35,206 67,386

176,714 281,168

Severance Reserve Fund 20,000 52,005

Contingency Reserve Fund 132,338 89,947

Total Net Assets 152,338 141,952

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 329,052 423,120

Statement of Financial Position

Photo Credit: Canadian Lutheran World Relief

Canadian International Development Agency

SCIC Program Grant

$196,044

Other Income

$22,002

Member Agencies

$41,121

CIDA International Development Week

$14,000

Employment Grants

$15,789 Government of Saskatchewan

$66,388

General Operating Revenue

This chart does not include

$117,705 in project funding

(including the WorldBeat Project,

CIDA Capacity Building for the

Voluntary Sector, Kaleidoscope

Video Challenge, We Are Many

Festival, Regina Public Interest Re-

search Group), or $75,663 in re-

stricted donations. “Other In-

come” includes donations, inter-

est, and earned income from pub-

lications, events & programs.


Statement of Operations and Net Assets March 31, 2009 (unaudited)

2009 2008

Projects Revenue Expenditure Surplus Revenue Expenditure Surplus

Province of Saskatchewan 310,888 310,888 0 310,888 310,888 0

Saskatchewan Emergency Assistance 23,100 23,100 0 34,100 34,100 0

Development Education 23,985 8,614 15,371 21,671 9,500 12,171

General Operations 548,710 538,324 10,386 585,593 532,860 52,733

906,683 880,926 25,757 952,252 887,348 64,904

Change in Commitments (15,371) (52,171)

Surplus 10,386 12,733

Contingency Reserve Fund, beginning of year 89,947 99,501

Allocation to Contingency Reserve Fund 10,386 12,733

Allocation from (to) Severance Reserve Fund 32,005 (22,287)

Contingency Reserve Fund, end of year 132,338 89,947

Severance Fund, beginning of year 52,005 29,718

Allocation to (from) Severance to Contingency (32,005) 22,287

Severance Fund, end of year 20,000 52,005

Combined funds=Net Assets 152,338 141,952


Photo Credit: Faris Ahmed, USC Canada

Revenue 2009 2008

Membership 41,121 43,471

Government of Saskatchewan 66,388 66,388

Donations 3,813 3,548

Restricted Donations 11,786 23,260

Newsletter 0 55

10,897 16,984

International Development Week Activities 1,999 1,838

Government of Saskatchewan-Student Employment Grant 4,945 5,180

Government of Canada-Summer Career placement 3,612 6,090

Government of Saskatchewan- Community Initiatives 7,231 5,988

Annual General Meeting Registrations 650 525

CIDA Institutional Strengthening 196,044 216,300

CIDA-International Development Week 14,000 16,650

CIDA Worldbeat Phase V 0 29,505

CIDA Worldbeat Phase VI 21,222 37,936

CIDA Worldbeat Phase VII 11,706 0

CIDA-Capacity Building-Voluntary Sector Fund 18,919 18,751

Education for Sustainable Development Working Group 0 65,713

Public Engagement Commitment 0 7,944

Education for Sustainable Development Project Administration 0 6,500

Reel World Video Project (Kaleidoscope) 7,087 9,028

NGO Day 575 425

Development Issues Luncheons 210 240

Make Poverty History Campaign 0 756

Regina Public Interest Research Group 2,091 0

We Are Many Festival Fundraising 63,877 2,086

CIDA Contract-We Are Many Festival 56,680 0

Calendars, fundraising & other 3,858 434

Total General Revenue 548,710 585,594

General Expenditures 538,324 532,860

Excess of revenue over expenditures 10,386 52,734

Expenditure commitment-Community Links Small Project Fund 0 (25,000)

Surplus 10,386 27,734

Interest

Schedule of General Operations March 31, 2009 (unaudited)

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Overseas Program

Saskatchewan Emergency Assistance Program Projects Funded 2008-2009

Burma Global Neighbors Cyclone Nargis Relief Project 10,000

Burma Hope International Cyclone Nargis Relief and Rehabilitation 13,100

23,100

Matching Grants in Aid Program Projects Funded 2008-2009

Bangladesh WRC Rajshahi Microfinance 17,697

China UNICEF Earthquake Response 21,575

Columbia SCC Providing Education and Protection to Children Affected by Urban Violence 13,200

El Salvador PWSD Advancing Gender Equality for Dignity and Social Justice 4,897

India PWSD Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Human Development 10,125

Iraq CFSC Care to Care Medical Education 3,325

Jamaica MATCH St. Thomas Women’s Agricultural Initiative 4,915

Kenya CWY Volunteer Cooperation Program 10,097

Lebanon MCC Peace Building Activities 8,791

Mali CODE Support of a Literate Environment 7,597

Mali USC Cultivating Food Sovereignty Seeds of Survival 5,575

Nicaragua CC Rights Protection & Leadership for Children and Youth through Cultural Programming 5,867

Niger SIM Galmi HIV/ AIDS Project 20,497

Nigeria LMC Sokoto State Leprosy Control 20,097

Palestine MCC Peace Building Activities 15,606

Peru WUSC Water and Sanitation Project 10,972

Peru CCA/CDF Sustainable Canola Production 21,397

Philippines HOPE Water Supply for Integrated Community Development 9,647

Philippines UCC Community Capacity Building 8,500

Rwanda BUWC Community Development 15,297

South Africa UCC Research, Information and Advocacy 10,225

Sudan CHF Sustaining Peace and Livelihoods 10,847

Tanzania, Malawi & Kenya SA HIV/AIDS Prevention and Livelihood Development Program 9,775

Zambia CLWR Rural Community Development and Empowerment Project 19,975

Zimbabwe PLAN Rehabilitation of Potable Water Sources 24,397

310,888

Community Links Fund Projects Funded 2008-2009

Mexico Cuernavaca Project Bonding Together for a Brighter Future: Encounters and Dialogues

with Cuernavaca, Mexico 5,000

Mexico Cuernavaca Project Community Project for the Production of Organic Fertilizers for the

Local Production and Sustainability of Healthy Foods 4,581

Peru Jubilation Residential Centres Housing Assistance to Single Moms in Peru 5,000

Sudan SSHADA Lire Comprehensive College 5,000

Uganda Daughters of Africa International Inc. Rights Based Economic and Governance Development Project 5,000

Uganda Friends of VAKU Inc. Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Kidera, Uganda 5,000

29,581


Descriptions of Selected Projects Matching Grants in Aid 2008-09 Change for Children

Rights Protection and Leadership for Children and

Youth through Cultural Programming in Nicaragua

This project uses cultural programming to promote human rights and capacities of at-risk children and youth in families and communities, to raise awareness about violence and HIV and AIDS through workshops on human rights education and to develop creative and critical thinking in children and youth. Activities include: art and leadership workshops in dance, music, circus and murals; arts festivals including public exhibitions of project artwork to raise awareness and capacity in families and communities; production of magazines featuring youth perspectives and education on HIV and AIDS and violence prevention, and public engagement activities on children’s rights and protection. HOPE International

Water Supply for Integrated Community

Development in the Philippines

This project develops water infrastructure and

improves access to a sustainable and potable water

supply through the development of water system

technologies including containment structures, intake

boxes, water reservoirs, and distribution pipes that

are appropriate, environmentally-friendly and

culturally sensitive. A capacity building component

includes the provision of technical assistance and

training for community members in order to

strengthen the organizational and self managing

capacities through the provision of water system

materials, repair tools, training and maintenance

skills.

Presbyterian World Service and Development

Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Human

Development in India

Working in conjunction with the Institute for

Development Education, PWSD’s project works with

women’s sangams (associations) to improve the lives

of the poor and marginalized sections of society.

Activities include: organizing self-help groups for

community led development; vocational training for

livelihoods and income generation; education with a

focus on literacy, life education and night classes for

school going children; human rights education; care

for the victims of child labour; rejuvenating Dalit and

Tribal cultures through theatre, drumming,

ceremonies and festivals; and environmental

protection through waste management, composting

and recycling as well as the prevention of water and

air pollution.

UNICEF

Earthquake Response in China

This project supports the “Building Back Better”

campaign which includes the recovery, restoration

and reconstruction of earthquake affected areas in

China. This project works in various areas includ-

ing: promoting education through the establishment

of temporary schools, provision of teaching and

learning materials, the development of libraries, and

mobile educational resource centres; psychosocial

support and child protection including prevention

of trafficking of vulnerable women and children;

recruiting and training teachers, psychologists and

social workers; improving water and sanitation

through the reconstruction of community water sys-

tems and solid waste disposal systems; improving

health and nutrition through the delivery and distri-

bution of essential health services and supplies, re-

storing and improving access to maternal and child

health care; working with people living with HIV and

AIDS (PLWHA) including testing and counselling ser-

vices, strengthening education programs and provi-

sion of medicine.

United Church of Canada

Research, Information, Advocacy in South Africa

The United Church and their partner the Surplus

People Project supports marginalized communities

in their struggle for the transfer of power, land and

natural resources by improving land tenure for the

poor, developing community identity and power

among the poor, and promoting the emancipation

of women. The achievement of these goals is

through: organizing, publicizing and facilitating

workshops and public seminars on alternative land,

water and agricultural policies; raising awareness

about issues such as access to water, agricultural

markets, livelihood strategies and land reform; fa-

cilitating good governance and participation by civil

society through meetings with the provincial and

national Parliaments; and the Departments of Land

Affairs, Water Affairs and Agriculture.

Matching Grants Projects by Sector

Educ a t ion

C ommuni t y

De v e lopme nt

Food

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Descriptions of Selected Projects Community Links Fund 2008-09

Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Kidera, Uganda Friends of VAKU This project im-proves livelihoods and opportunities for widows, moth-ers, grandmothers and their families who are affected and/or infected by HIV and AIDS. Ac-tivities included ena-bling children to attend school by paying for school fees and supplies, and improving liveli-hoods through the purchase of goats, tools, seeds and tree seedlings, and the planting of individ-ual and community gardens. Towards Agriculture that Produces Life and Healthy Foods Cuernavaca Project The environmental, economic and global food crises and the pursuit of food sov-ereignty and healthy communities were the incentives behind this project, achieved through the development of new, sustainable, organic food econo-mies. Activities included training in or-ganic agricultural methods such as or-ganic fertilizers, the use of beneficial micro-organisms and compost, technol-ogy and skills transfer, and the creation of demonstration plots to ensure the continuation of this project into the fu-ture.

LUGADA Rights-Based Economic and Governance Develop-ment Project Daughters of Africa International Inc. (DOA) Daughters of Africa is a Regina based organization that works in partnership with LUGADA (Lucy Gonzaga Action on HIV/AIDS and Development), an NGO based in the Masaka region of Uganda. The goal of this project is to increase economic empow-erment initiatives, livelihoods and income generating projects to improve the lives of women affected and/or infected by HIV and AIDS. Activities included improving the revolving microcredit loan fund and capacity building for LUGADA cooperative groups in the areas of project development and writing funding propos-als. The foundation of this project is a sustainable, rights-based model designed to increase LUGADA’s ability to meet the broader social cultural and economic development needs of the community in the future.

Housing Assistance to Single Moms in Peru Jubilation Residential Centres The main goal of this project is achieving people’s human rights through the provision of adequate housing to sin-gle moms and young fami-lies in Peru, including train-ing on maintenance of the units. This was accom-plished using local labour and materials including lo-cally manufactured pre-fabricated houses. Results included improved health and safety, as well as en-hanced self-esteem and well-being among beneficiaries. Lire Comprehensive College Southern Sudan Humanitar-ian Action Development Agency This project is helping to rebuild war-torn communi-ties in Southern Sudan through the provision of education services, enhanc-ing basic healthcare services, water and sanitation as well as capacity building and pro-grams for poverty reduction and economic development.

“The Ladies who signed for Goats”

Friends of Vaku

Before and After photos of Jubilation Residential Centre's

Housing Assistance for Single Moms in Peru


Photo Credit: Friends of VAKU

Public Engagement Small Projects

Youth Action Gathering Sierra Youth Coalition Youth ages 14-18 were invited to at-tend this day camp which featured four days of workshops, speakers, and activities to inform and educate youth on environmental sustainabil-ity, international development, and social justice issues, while giving them tools to create positive, proac-tive change in their communities. Naomi Klein Lecture Briarpatch Magazine Inc. This sold-out lecture was a huge suc-cess in disseminating Naomi’s Klein’s ideas to the local community. It in-troduced over 800 participants to her historical analysis of "the shock doc-trine" -- the use of political, eco-nomic, environmental and/or mili-tary shocks to push through radical neoliberal reforms such as trade lib-eralization, privatization of public sector services, deregulation and the reduction of labour and environ-mental standards. Klein's talk in-cluded a valuable discussion of the present global economic crisis for those groups and individuals work-ing against economic injustice, envi-ronmental degradation, and corpo-rate expansion around the world. The Taste of Peace: From Palestine to Canada Project Hope/Zatoun “The olive tree is a symbol of Pales-tine that characterizes and epito-mizes their land, their economy and their culture, and carries the hope for peace” said Robert Massoud, whose non-profit organization Zatoun sells fair trade olive oil and soap from Palestine. The Taste of Peace Tour included twelve speaking engagements in Saskatchewan which were well received by hundreds of people that ranged from youth to adult, faith-based to secular. Mas-soud drew attention to the difficul-ties farmers face from the uprooting of generations-old olive trees, the expropriation of land, lack of water, and the enduring military conflict.

Selected Public Engagement Projects Funded 2008-09

Public Engagement Revenue and Expenses Schedule

2009 2008

Revenue

Members 14,360 12,046

Government of Saskatchewan 9,625 9,625

23,985 21,671

Expenditures

Sierra Youth Coalition-Youth Action Gathering 1,000 0

Project Hope-A Taste of Peace 1,342 0

Briarpatch Magazine-Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine Tour 1,800 0

Oxfam Canada 0 2,000

Yubu Development Agency 0 1,000

Saskatchewan Environmental Network Film Festival 1,000 1,000

Quint Development Corporation 0 2,000

North Saskatchewan Fair Trade Network 0 2,000

Baptist Union-Missions Encounter 2009 1,472 1,500

Chakam School of the Bible-International Development Mall Display 2,000 0

8,614 9,500

Excess (Deficit) of revenue over expenditures 15,371 12,171

Expenditure Commitment-Public Engagement Projects (15,371) (12,171)

Surplus 0 0

Public Engagement Small Projects Fund Projects Review Committee Report This year SCIC members and the Government of Saskatchewan con-

tributed $23,985 for public engagement. SCIC members organized

six Public Engagement Projects that were funded in the amount of

$8,614. A surplus of $15,371 has been designated for future SCIC

contributions to public engagement initiatives.

Arnold Epp, Chris Gallaway, Luka Francis, Brit Matthews and Ryan

Wright (Committee Members), Tracey Mitchell and Denise MacDonald

(Staff).

“See the Change, Be the Change"

4th Annual Environmental Film Festival

Saskatchewan EcoNetwork

The film festival featured many films made by local film makers, as

well as international films and shorts that were very popular. Festi-

val favourites included "Blue Gold –World Water Wars", "The Power

of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” and the animated

short "Continent of the Whale." Rather than focusing on environ-

mental problems, the festival showcased films that focused on solu-

tions. It also celebrated people who are “being the change” by award-

ing Environmental Activist Awards to five individuals and two

groups, and featured a film makers panel and discussion.


In the past program year the Gov-

ernment Relations Committee

(GRC) has continued to communi-

cate with all levels of government

about the importance of the work

being done by the Council and its

members.

In May 2008 SCIC hosted a very

successful International Develop-

ment NGO

day at the

Legislature

with participa-

tion of 30

SCIC members

and special

guests includ-

ing credit un-

ion leaders

from Uganda

and Malawi.

These guests

enjoyed the

additional op-

portunity of

an impromptu courtesy call with

Premier Wall during the event. In

January 2009 all Members of the

Legislative Assembly also received

an SCIC calendar as well as a letter

outlining the Council’s main ac-

complishments over the past year.

A significant reorganization within

the provincial government was un-

derway in early 2009. This had im-

plications for SCIC and its member

agencies. Intergovernmental Af-

fairs, which has been responsible

for SCIC and the Matching Grants

in Aid Program since 1991, was

moved in May 2009 into Executive

Council. Premier

Brad Wall is now

directly responsi-

ble for the Match-

ing Grants in Aid

Program, the pro-

vincial govern-

ment’s only for-

mal international

development as-

sistance program.

During the past

year the provin-

cial government

has significantly

expanded its focus

on international

relations and SCIC looks forward

to discussing the governments

plans for humanitarian assistance

and contributing to global poverty

reduction and security.

It has been the practice for many

years for the GRC to organize at

least one meeting per year with the

Minister in charge of SCIC. The

main agenda for the GRC relates to

maintaining and enhancing fund-

ing to the Saskatchewan Matching

Grants in Aid and Saskatchewan

Emergency Assistance Programs.

The Committee will work in the

coming months on a priority basis

to engage the Premier or his desig-

nate for an early briefing on the

innovative international develop-

ment work of SCIC and its 75 mem-

ber agencies.

Government Relations Committee

member Hamid Javed continued to

sit on the Board of Directors of the

Canadian Council for International

Cooperation in 2008-09 and in this

capacity he participated

in CCIC’s policy discus-

sions on an updated

Code of Ethics and the

need for a board diver-

sity policy, (persons of

colour and the physi-

cally challenged) to be

represented on council

boards.

Hamid Javed, JoAnn Jaffe,

Nial Kuyek (Committee

Members), Lori Latta (Staff)

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Government Relations Committee Report

Leaders in the credit union movement from Malawi and Uganda at SCIC’s NGO Day

The Honourable Don Toth, Speaker of the Legislative

Assembly with Bryn Angus and Brooklynn Johnson

from Massey School

The Honourable Rob Norris, Minister of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour with Daughters of Africa International members Yordanos Tesfamariam, Justine Sela, Christine Lwanga and Yinka Jarikre


SCIC’s Member Services Committee

continues to meet the needs of our

members as identified through our

ongoing member consultations,

including capacity-building, net-

working opportunities, and effec-

tive public engagement.

SCIC’s capacity building for this

year included CIDA training ses-

sions on Results Based Manage-

ment and Advancing Equality Be-

tween Women and Men, as well as

skills-building workshops on

Evaluation and Youth Engagement.

SCIC strives to increase our mem-

ber’s capacity to carry out effective

Public Engagement in order to in-

crease knowledge of global issues

among the general public, to in-

crease members reach and re-

source base, to facilitate fundrais-

ing efforts, and to strengthen

member skills and organizational

capacity through event organizing,

planning and collaboration. Con-

tinued public engagement endeav-

ours were facilitated through

SCIC’s Community Links Fund and

the Public Engagement Small Pro-

jects Fund.

SCIC’s “Big Ideas” meetings contin-

ued to be very well received by our

members both as opportunities for

networking and to increase skills

and knowledge. The meetings in-

cluded a keynote address on For-

eign Aid by Gerry Barr, the CEO of

the Canadian Council for Interna-

tional Cooperation, and an excel-

lent presentation by Rod Sidloski

of HELP International speaking

about his agroforestry and environ-

mental protection projects in

Kenya.

SCIC continues to raise the profile

of our members by featuring arti-

cles in the Earthbeat newsletter

about the great work they are do-

ing to achieve social, ecological and

economic justice for our Southern

partners.

This year the Member Services

Committee focused on making sure

that SCICs Members are members-

in-good-standing by fulfilling their

obligations and adhering to SCICs

bylaws, and that they have de-

clared their compliance with the

Code of Ethics.

SCIC welcomed seven new Associ-

ate Members this year, bringing the

total number of Associate Members

to 41.

André Magnan, Hélène Tremblay-

Boyko, Yordanos Tesfamariam, Karen

Timoshuk (Committee Members); Lori

Latta, Denise MacDonald (Staff)

SCIC Annua l Report 2008-09 Page 14

Member Services Committee Report

Rod Sidloski of Help International at SCIC’s “Big Ideas” meeting

Thank You

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SCIC would like to thank

the staff and board for the

accomplishments of the

past year, as well as our

members, donors, support-

ers, students, volunteers,

and our community part-

ners.

SCIC bid farewell to two es-

teemed colleagues this year.

A special thanks goes to

SCIC’s former Executive Di-

rector Lori Latta, who saw

the Council through many

challenges and changes

over almost two decades.

Lori worked tirelessly

to promote SCIC’s

goals at a the local,

provincial, federal and

international level and

will be greatly missed

by the international

development commu-

nity.

Thanks also to Tracey

Mitchell, our Education

Officer, who repre-

sented SCIC in Saska-

toon and northern re-

gions. Tracey’s creativ-

ity, innovation, and

courage invigorated

SCIC’s Youth Program and

gave voice to youth working

for global justice.

We would like to thank our

colleague Zack Gross from

MCIC who presented work-

shops on Fair Trade, and

Edmonton-based artists

Pedro Rodriguez and Diana

Coumantarakis of Alberta

Council for Global Coopera-

tion for presenting a Public

Art Workshop on using vis-

ual art, especially murals, for

social change at the We Are

Many Festival in August. We

would especially like to thank

“World is a Stage" cast who

worked tirelessly to create an

awesome theatre performance.

The cast included Cathy

Bendle, Marina Bendle, Amber

Christensen, Joel Entwistle,

Megan Entwistle, Jardena Gert-

ler-Jaffe, Maxim Gertler-Jaffe,

Angela Goldsmith, Azur Gold-

smith, JoAnn Jaffe, Donavon

Johnson, Liz Quinlan, Marilyn

Totten, and Agnese Vilde.

Also many thanks must be

given to Ellen Quigley, Jon

Henderson, Heather Lake,

Brian Coyne, Alix Stoicheff,

Vinay Mysore, Jennifer Wang,

and the rest of the We Are

Many team for all their hard

work to make the festival hap-

pen.

It was a privilege to work with

Allan Dotson and Rebecca

Langer who illustrated the latest

editions to our comic book se-

ries.

Special thanks must go out to

Michelle Nicholson of Whiz Bang

Boom, without whom our Inter-

national Development Week ac-

tivities would not have been as

successful.

Thanks again to the staff at

PCTC Calling Lakes Centre, who

ensured that our YID-DIY Media

Training Camp was a great suc-

cess for a second year in a

row. They provide a beauti-

ful, safe and welcoming envi-

ronment for all participants

to learn new skills. Thank

you to the 35 participants

who took part in the camp,

and a special thanks must go

to Brita Lind and Allan

Dotson who co-facilitated

this event with SCIC staff.

SCIC's Saskatoon office ap-

preciates the collaboration

and friendship that they

shared with their office

mates over the past year, the

Saskatchewan Cooperative

Association, Oxfam and Beyond

Factory Farming. We would also

like to thank everyone who as-

sisted in our moving process!

Thanks also to Lorne Lee, our

Human Justice Intern who spent

a semester with SCIC working on

public engagement activities for

International Development Week

as well as developing an Action

Plan for the Earth Charter.


SCIC’s former Executive Director Lori Latta

Eleanor McClinton, Donna DesRoches, Heather Kleiner, Nancy Allan, Denise

Hildebrand, Christine Zyla, Hamid Javed, Rick Closs, Cathy Bendle, Hélène

Tremblay-Boyko, Grace Jasper, Marilyn Totten, Anne Nisbet, Elsie V.

Livingston, Ruth Wilkins, Nelda MacKay, Doreen Evans, Allan Scholz, Elizabeth

Jmaeff, Lorna Gaudet, William & Mary Chapman, Thomas and Elaine Crush,

Christina Cuthand, George Manz, Margaret Robinson, Debbie Jensen, The

School Sisters of Notre Dame, Jane Huston, Donna Bruce, Valerie Pearson,

Joan Bunce, Nial Kuyek, Ray Funk, Shirley Falstead, Donald Hopkins, Lee Re-

aney, Larry Kowalchuk, Jacki Stanley, Deborah Hopkins, Tim Quigley, Corinne

Bokitch, Ken Miners, M. Tuchscherer, Donna Shire, Barry Barlow, Kerrie Stra-

thy, Jackie Marshall, Romila Chetty, Irene Adams, Grace Howse, Leo Kurten-

bach, Catherine Verrall, Dan Beveridge, Bonnie Lawrence, Jim Heck, George

Burton, Wilma and David Wessel, Alison Lohans, St. Thomas Wesley United

Church, Christine Clark, Arlene Janzen, Diane Berge, Yordanos Tesfamariam,

John and Hannelore Fryters, and Theresa Davies.


SCIC expresses gratitude to the organizations and individuals who

supported our work in 2008-09:

Front Cover Photo Credits:

Left column top to bottom - Canadian Hunger Foundation, Canadian Cooperative Foundation, MATCH Inter-

national. Middle column top to bottom - Friends of VAKU, Daughters of Africa International Inc., Hope Inter-

national. Right column top to bottom - CUSO, Daughters of Africa International Inc., Canadian Hunger Foun-

dation.

Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs

SCIC Mission Statement

The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation is a coalition

of organizations involved in international development and committed

to the recognition of the dignity of all people and their right to self-

determination, to the protection of the world's fragile environment, and

to the promotion of global understanding, cooperation, peace and jus-

tice. This is achieved through:

• Providing a structure within which members can share, learn and

grow by interacting with one another,

• Facilitating the provision of information and education about

global issues,

• Advocating on international issues, and administering grants for

international development assistance and education.

Published September 2009 by

Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation

2138 McIntyre Street

Regina, SK

S4P 2R7

Phone: 306-757-4669

Fax: 306-757-3226

Email: [email protected]

www.earthbeat.sk.ca

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