Project Grant 72052624FA00001

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 US Agency for International Development Paraguay awarded a $499,879 cooperative agreement to Habitat Para La Humanidad - Paraguay to strengthen community resilience in Asuncion's neighborhoods in the face of COVID-19. The funding supports the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), which works to promote long-term economic growth and advance US foreign policy objectives through support for economic development, agriculture/trade, global health, and...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $950,000 in funding to strengthen the capacity of the Comptroller General's Office in Paraguay to enforce conflict of interest regulations and combat corruption. The project will be carried out by the non-profit organization Centro De Estudios Ambientales Y Sociales (CEAMSO-Paraguay) over a 3-year period from May...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The EMPOWER Activity safeguards and advances protections for marginalized communities across Latin America and the Caribbean, ensuring the full enjoyment of human rights and development opportunities. The project will be performed in Colombia from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The prime awardee is Proyecto...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to Asociacion De LOS Mercados Comunitarios Campesinos De Valledupar (APROMECCV), a non-profit organization in Colombia. The grant supports APROMECCV in enhancing its administrative capacity to manage its farmers' market, upgrading and expanding its collection center and market stalls, and reaching more clients to sell more local, fresh foods to consumers. This enables...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $400,000 project grant under the Foreign Assistance Program (CFDA 98.001) to Reaccion Paraguay, a non-profit organization in Paraguay. The purpose of this 2-year grant, awarded on August 2, 2024, is to strengthen the capacity of educational communities in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, including students, parents, teachers, school directors, and education supervisors, to collectively and responsibly demand accountability and improve the...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3 million Project Grant to Heartland Alliance International, LLC to provide health, protection, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and food assistance services for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. This award was made under USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), which works to support long-term and equitable economic growth and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $215,000 two-year Project Grant to Organizacion Semillas Para La Democracia to support entrepreneurship training and microenterprise development for Venezuelan migrants in Paraguay. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), the grantee will provide business incubation services and seed capital in Asunción, Ciudad del Este, and Encarnación to help migrant women start or grow microenterprises. The goal is to improve economic...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Corporacion Buen Ambiente (Corambiente) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750). This regional project in Colombia aims to give farmers a voice in policy discussions and support them in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data to improve the sustainability of their agricultural operations. Corambiente is working with over 70 organizations in the departments of Santander and Valle del Cauca to...