Project Grant AID514G1200002

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1,283,590 to Friends of FAFG Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to strengthen investigation protocols, forensic capacity, interinstitutional collaboration, and civil society engagement with truth and justice mechanisms in Colombia addressing crimes of enforced disappearance from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding will...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded American University a $1,017,704 cooperative agreement to enhance the impact of Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace through a holistic transitional justice approach. The two-year award, made under the International Justice and Accountability Programming federal grant program (CFDA 19.990), will support increased justice and accountability worldwide through delivering services to strengthen Colombia's transitional justice...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,007,407 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen regional capacities for coordinated interventions to respond, protect, and prevent human rights violations of environmental defenders in Colombia. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted...

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...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs awarded a $357,035 Project Grant to the Panamanian non-profit organization Fundacion Jesus LUZ De Oportunidades under the Criminal Justice Systems (CFDA 19.703) program. This grant, awarded on March 18, 2024, supports the implementation of a comprehensive psychological care project in Panama's penitentiary centers with the goal of reducing criminal recidivism. The project utilizes a Psychology Laboratory...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,060,000 cooperative agreement to The Carter Center, Inc. under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703) to improve security sector accountability mechanisms in Liberia. Specifically, the award will support improving complaints and commendations systems and processes for the Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency, and Liberia Immigration Service in order to increase...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (CFDA 19.518) to improve access to integrated emergency assistance, government services, and development programs in Colombia from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. Through sub-awards, the agreement will support five organizations to provide case management and safe...

This $125,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) on August 23, 2024. The grant supports the Sistema de Iniciativas de Paz (SIP), a network of current and former IAF grantees promoting peace in Colombia. The SIP is consolidating and strengthening its institutional framework to better serve its organizational members and influence national and local peacebuilding efforts in Colombia, which is facing complex...

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 Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $839,506 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to the American Center For International Labor Solidarity (doing business as Solidarity Center) for a project grant completing on September 30, 2023. The grant funding will support the Solidarity Center's work to increase workers' ability to pursue evidence-based strategic advocacy for internationally...