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We have a winner! International Development Week Trivia Challenge 2010!!! Lisa Ryder of Pennant Sask!
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Sask ESD Network Launches the Action Framework |
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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Amnesty International is urging all UN member states to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’. Read more. |
Make every day a fair trade day by switching to fair trade products at home, at work, at church, and when you purchase gifts for friends and family. It is easy to take action for global justice
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Plea for Funds: Sending Seeds to Zimbabwe
An amazing opportunity has come to cooperatives in Zimbabwe. Many Saskatchewan people will remember the visit of Albert Vingwe (chair of OCCZIM coop) to our province last fall.
Currently, several people and organizations are coordinating to send 1,350,000 packages of high quality seed to cooperatives in Zimbabwe. The value of this seed is well over $1 million, but it has been given for free.
Now it is up to Saskatchewan to raise the $25,000 it will cost to ship it. Please consider donating to this concrete initiative to fight hunger and improve livelihoods. Cheques can be made out to SCIC, and will receive and charitable tax receipt.
Call (306)757-4669 for more information. Donate online through Canada Helps. One the top right side of this page there is a link to go directly there. Designate Zimbabwe to receive the funds.
Shutting off the Tap:
A Water Conservation Challenge
In a country like Canada, where we each use an average of 329 litres of water per day in our homes, is it possible to stay healthy and hygienic using only 25 litres per day for all basic water needs?
I plan to find out during a very dry month of March. Myself, along with more than a dozen other participants across Canada, will be meeting all our water needs, including drinking, cooking, cleaning, laundry, bathing and toilet flushing, using no more than a total of 25 litres per day of precious blue gold.
Learn more about Alina Siegfried's experiment HERE
SCIC Report:
Under One Sky-Voices of Youth video to be shown on SCN.
10 young, diverse voices speak volumes about the level of engagement of Saskatchewan people in International Development. A video produced for IDW 2010 tells the stories and experiences of a few amazing young people. It is called Under One Sky-Voices of Youth, and in the coming months it will be broadcast on SCN.
SCIC with funding from CIDA, put together a 22 minute video that gives these amazing young people the opportunity to share their stories and inspire other youth to become global citizens.
Contact the SCIC office in Regina to get a DVD copy of this video. Or watch it on Youtube WATCH IT HERE
We will be sending out broadcasting information as to when it will be shown on SCN. Make sure you are on our e-zine list to get all the latest information. Email scic@earthbeat.sk.ca to get on that list.
SCIC is pleased to introduce our two new staff members, Vicki Nelson and Jeh Custer.
Vicki Nelson has been added to the SCIC team as the Communications and Outreach Officer (communications@earthbeat.sk.ca).
Jeh, our new Community Outreach Officer will be staffing the Saskatoon office (scicyouth@earthbeat.sk.ca)
Member Profile: World Releif Canada
World Relief Canada is an international relief and development (R&D) organization, which partners with Christian networks around the world. With these partners, WRCanada works to build communities in post disaster situations and meet the needs of people caught in the hopeless cycle of poverty.
Our microfinance programs provide entrepreneurs with access to credit and savings services along with related technical training. Loans are provided to individuals or to solidarity groups that co-guarantee each other’s loan. With increased access to capital, small business people can increase their inventories or purchase productive assets. The resulting increase in income enables beneficiary families to meet their basic needs. The original loan capital, once repaid, becomes available for the next group of recipients. This sustainable approach to development ensures that credit and savings services remain available in the communities we serve for years to come.
SCIC Youth:
Changing Behaviour: Water and Sanitation in Malawi
"The Malawi WASH Movement Initiative (MWMI), like CLTS, comes from the idea that for sanitation programs (or development projects in general) to be successful, the community must feel ownership over it and thoroughly understand the benefits thus wanting to change their behavior. The MWMI works with children in communities and attempts to--with more of an external push than with CLTS--get them excited about sanitation: adopting the use of latrines and practicing hand washing with soap at home."
Read Colleen's entire article HERE
