Cooperative Agreement AID514A1100004

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded $279,916 under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Fundacion Etnollano to implement a COVID-19 prevention and resilience strategy for indigenous communities in northern Vichada, Colombia. Working with seven communities from the Amor?a, Sikuani, and S?iva ethnic groups represented by the Organizaci? Regional de los Pueblos Ind?genas del Bajo Orinoco, Fundacion Etnollano will deliver a strategy based on local knowledge and customs...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program, awarded a $190,000 project grant to Fundacion Alpasamay in Colombia. The 2-year grant, awarded on September 3, 2024, supports a pilot project to strengthen the capacity of 12 indigenous grassroots organizations and 3 indigenous governing entities in the Sibundoy Valley region to manage their ancestral lands sustainably. Fundacion Alpasamay is working with the Inga and Kamëntsa...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program, has awarded $125,000 to the Asociacion De Lideres Y Lideresas Sociales De Cartagena (REDECOM-Cartagena), an Afro-Colombian non-profit organization, to advance the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of vital ecosystems in Cartagena, Colombia. The grant supports community-led approaches to managing natural resources and local development planning, focusing on the Juan...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $385,895 Project Grant to Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres De Guapi Rios Unidos under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. The grant will support the grantee's efforts to consolidate the production and marketing of local products while strengthening local agricultural and economic initiatives for Afro-Colombian women's associations in Colombia through January 2025. Specifically, Empresa Comunitaria De Mujeres...

Corporacion Colombia Joven (CCJ) received a $331,310 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to reduce violence and promote sustainable development among Afro-Colombian youth in Northern Cauca Province, Colombia. Funded under IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs, the grant will support CCJ's work with youth-led organizations from September 2023 to September 2025. Key activities include programs to decrease family and gender violence, increase food security, and...

This $310,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) supports Corporacion Taller Prodesal Promocion Popular Y De Alternativas Al Desarrollo in delivering entrepreneurship and skills training programs for at-risk youth in Colombia's Caribbean region. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), the grantee will work with young people to generate new economic and cultural ventures, provide business development and audio-visual production training, and offer $310K...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $615,700 Project Grant to Asociacion Para El Desarrollo Campesino (ADC) through the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support environmental conservation and diversified livelihoods initiatives in rural Colombia from April 2022 to April 2024. ADC will establish natural reserves and sustainable food production and local market systems to provide rural communities in Colombia's Narino Department with alternatives to deforestation...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), through its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) grant, has awarded $125,000 to Asociacion De LOS Mercados Comunitarios Campesinos De Valledupar (APROMECCV) to support community-led economic development initiatives in Colombia. The grant will enable APROMECCV to enhance its administrative capacity, upgrade and expand its farmers' market collection center and stalls, and reach more clients, allowing it to sell more local, fresh foods to consumers and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), will provide $150,000 to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Colombia. The funding will support a 2-year program to provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with intensive English language training, leadership development, cultural immersion, and community service...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $470,000 to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a minority-owned, Hispanic-serving educational institution in Medellin, Colombia. The award's primary goal is to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional development opportunities, positioning them as "agents of change" in a potential post-conflict scenario in...