Learning Tours

Food Security Learning Tour: Zimbabwe & Mozambique March 14–30, 2025

The learning tour will take approximately 12–14 days within the window of the dates above. The learning tour includes travel to and from Zimbabwe with a potential visit to Mozambique as well. Participants will meet with partners leading projects in Zimbabwe and Mozambique during this trip. Exact dates will be finalized when flights are booked.

Apply Today   Deadline: September 30, 2024!

When you join a Canadian Foodgrains Bank international learning tour, you’ll visit communities that are participating in our food security projects. You’ll discover the reasons why communities live with the reality of hunger while learning about responses to food insecurity. Many past participants talk about this life-changing experience as one that helped them come home ready to take meaningful action in their own communities on ending global hunger.

If you are passionate to learn more about global food security and want to be equipped with knowledge and skills to share with others and inspire them to take action, apply above.

Upon receipt of completed application forms, only selected applicants will receive a phone interview.

The purpose of learning tours

• To facilitate learning about global hunger and food security, and equip participants to share that learning with other Canadians;
• To promote solidarity by providing opportunities for meaningful connection of tour participants, Canadian Foodgrains Bank members and their partners, and those affected by hunger;
• To encourage learning tour participants to get involved in Canadian Foodgrains Bank public engagement and advocacy initiatives to end global hunger.

Who can participate?

• Any citizen or permanent resident of Canada 20 years of age and older.
• Participation is limited to between 8-10 participants.

What is expected from participants

Prior to Departure

• Spending up to ten hours attending pre-departure orientation and learning sessions that build capacity for engaging other Canadians upon returning home.
• Reviewing different media and reading materials provided by Foodgrains Bank to learn more about the region/countries they will be visiting and about the root causes of hunger and poverty.

During the tour

• Learning tours are not holidays or mission trips. Participants must be comfortable with basic accommodations.
• Participants will visit projects being implemented in-country by Canadian Foodgrains Bank through its members and their partners.
• The tour may include several nights with a local host family to gain a deeper understanding of their experience.

Upon returning to Canada

Learning tour participants are asked to be ambassadors for at least 12 months, engaging Canadians in advocacy initiatives and community awareness-raising activities.

• Participants are expected to find speaking opportunities in their local churches and community groups to share about their experiences and insights, including what they have learned about the root causes of hunger and poverty, complexities of building resilient food systems, and the realities of food production around the world.
• Participants are expected to reach out to their networks and beyond. This may include, sharing on social media, contacting local news media, writing and/or speaking publicly, taking advocacy action and encouraging others to join.

How much does it cost?

While Canadian Foodgrains Bank learning tours are subsidized, participants are asked to contribute $4,500 towards the cost of the tour.

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