Project Grants - Who We Are - Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada

Generous donations made through the World Day of Prayer have enabled WICC, the Canadian coordinator, to fund a variety of programs and initiatives in Canada and around the world which speak to the Council’s four areas of focus and priority: justice, women’s issues, ecumenism and the growth of women’s spirituality.

In fact, we are pleased to report that well over half a million dollars has been granted by WICC to 160 organizations for projects that benefit women and children around the world and here in Canada from WDP offerings over the past 6 years. To learn more about our WDP 2009 grant recipients click here.

Grant applications are to be received in our office no later than March 1st of each year.

From the least coins collected around the world, more than $1 million has been granted by the International Committee of the Fellowship of the Least Coin (ICFLC) to projects that benefit women and children around the world. Close to $200,000 in FLC offerings in Canada over the past 7 years has been contributed to the global FLC fund by WICC. Grants are issued to a number of project areas: literacy, health, social justice, education, leadership development and disaster relief. Click here to learn more about the 2008 FLC grant recipients.

As WICC is the coordinator of the Fellowship of the Least Coin program in Canada, requests for FLC grants are made thorough our office. For additional information, contact our office directly.

Gifts in Action – WICC Project Highlight

A New Start

Volunteers for Development Association in Uganda (VODA Uganda)

Empowering Orphans and their communities

In 2003 a group of dedicated Ugandan volunteers founded Volunteers for Development in Unganda (VODA Uganda). Their purpose was simple: to empower the poor and marginalized among them namely the orphans and other vulnerable children, their families and communities with the skills they need to identify, explore and utilize their full potential. With this training, they will later be able to address the challenges affecting them in a sustainable manner; socially,economically and spiritually.

This project will empower women by making the voices of women and girls heard. Train voluneers will reach out to listen and discuss issues affecting women. As these volunteers meet the opinion leaders, religious leaders, guardians, they will advocate for the rights of these vulnerable groups. Economic justice will be extended to the women. This will be done by giving an opportunity for the women to access business support services like training, marketing skills, record keeping, start up capital, business counseling among others.

Women will come to know more about God and the truth of God. They will access timely and ready spiritual counseling and guidance from the religious leaders who are active participants in our work.

Through our outreach we identify issues that need attention the community. We hold community based meetings to collect views form the local leaders, the children; those in and out of school, the women, the elderly and other technocrats like the health personnel, school teachers among others. We then identify priority areas to address.

The organization profiled above has received project funding from WICC grants funded by money donated to the World Day of Prayer. For more information on these projects, click here.