Grow hope with us
By sponsoring an acre with Grow Hope, you are helping to provide food where it's needed most. Your gift makes it possible for families who have been displaced from their homes to receive a food basket, or to get the tools and seeds they need for their garden so they can send their children to school.
According to the United Nations, 343 million people are experiencing food insecurity today, driven by a wave of global crises including conflict, economic instability, and climate-related emergencies.
Change starts and continues with one small step forward at a time. And you may be wondering what someone like you can do to help in the face of a problem so big.
Manitoba Grow Hope farmers are once again ready - planning, planting, cultivating and harvesting crops to help feed hungry families across the world.
But we need your help to make that happen. If you sponsor an acre on a Grow Hope farm, farmers like Jerry, Robert and Ellen, Grant and others will plant the seeds, care for the field, harvest and sell the crops - then donate the proceeds to help provide food where it's most needed.
Join us in Grow Hope by sponsoring an acre of Manitoba farmland and your support will grow!
Questions? Contact our Grow Hope Coordinator at GrowHope@mccmb.ca or call 204-261-6381.
Support Grow Hope
When you give to Grow Hope,
you are supporting local growers
and having an impact globally.
$350 sponsors one acre.
Join our Grow Hope community today!
How Grow Hope works
You sponsor an acre for $350 – or part of an acre, or more than one! Your sponsorship covers the costs for planting and cultivating the crop, which will grow into stalks of wheat or blooming yellow canola.
MCC Grow Hope farmers – like Jerry Waldner at Crystal Spring Hutterite Colony, Robert and Ellen Stevenson in Kenton, and Grant Dyck in Niverville – will plant and tend to the crop all season. In fall, they’ll harvest and sell it for the best yield they can.
The crop proceeds are deposited into MCC’s account with Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). And then, through a special agreement between CFGB and the Government of Canada, those donations are eligible to be matched up to four times through additional funds!
The funds will be matched at least 1:1, or up to 4:1, by the Government of Canada – growing into as much as $2,500 to equip farmers to feed their families, and live-saving food for people in crisis. Talk about reaping a bountiful harvest!
Updates through the season
After you donate to Grow Hope, you’ll receive email updates throughout planting, cultivating and harvest-time, and you’ll learn about the impacts that you helped to make possible – stories from local farmers and global partners!
Invite MCC to share with you!
If you have supported Grow Hope with your family, small group, or community, we’d love to connect with you! Invite MCC to come share how your support is making a difference, and learn more about global hunger and MCC’s response. Email GrowHope@mccmb.ca to book a speaker or find out more.
How your support can Grow Hope
When you join our Grow Hope community, you’ll be helping to transform the lives of people like Vincent Hategekimana and his wife Verena Nyirantezimana in Rwanda. Through the gifts of Grow Hope supporters, Vincent learned new farming techniques that helped him improve his harvests and build resilience against climate challenges like drought and rain. Now, he's sharing what he's learned with other farmers in his community. Read his story to learn more, or watch the video at the top of the page to see for yourself!
“This year was catastrophic, because there was a lot of rain, and beans perished. These beans ... survived because we used conservation agriculture.”
Verena Nyirantezimana
Stories from Grow Hope
Read stories of people just like you who are becoming virtual farmers and creating real change. Meet the urban and rural communities working together to end hunger.
Threads – Faith and Farming Bring Communities Together to End Hunger
Learn more about Grow Hope
Threads - Apr 2023 - Growing Hope
- Food