> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # African Communities of Manitoba Inc. - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/african-communities-of-manitoba-inc/ - Published: 1999-01-02T09:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-31T18:06:14.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **African Communities of Manitoba Inc. (ACOMI)** is a Canadian nonprofit organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ## COVID-19 ACOMI received significant funding to promote [COVID-19 vaccines](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine) during the declared COVID-19 pandemic. It received a $50,000 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [Government of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Canada) for a project titled “ACOMI WE BELONG COMMUNITY VACCINE ADVOCATES PROJECT.”[\[1\]](#fn1) It was awarded through a grant program called “Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada” jointly administered by the [Canadian Institutes of Health Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institutes-of-Health-Research) (CIHR), [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Natural-Sciences-and-Engineering-Research-Council-of-Canada) (NSERC) and the [Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Social-Sciences-and-Humanities-Research-Council-of-Canada) (SSHRC).[\[2\]](#fn2) ACOMI also received a $10,000 grant from the [Public Health Agency of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Agency-of-Canada) (PHAC) through its [Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Vaccine-Community-Innovation-Challenge) for a project titled “40 Community Champions,” and a second $10,000 grant for a project titled “We Belong - Vaccine Booster Advocate Project.”[\[3\]](#fn3) ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=african%5Fcommunities%5Fof%5Fmanitoba%5Finc) - [Website](https://acomimanitoba.ca/) --- 1. *Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.* (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.* (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. Public Health Agency of Canada. (2023, June 8). *Vaccine Community Innovation Challenge: Overview and funding recipients.* Government of Canada. [↩︎](#fnref3)