Project Grant AIDOFDAG1600006

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Centro De Estudios Y Prevencion De Desastres (Predes), a non-profit organization in Peru, to develop urban resilience to disasters in the hillside areas of the Cusco and Santiago Districts. This 2.5-year grant, which runs from May 2024 to November 2026, will support activities aimed at strengthening disaster risk management,...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1.5M Cooperative Agreement to Care Peru under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. The funding supports the "The Guardians of Change" project, which aims to reduce the vulnerability of girls, adolescents, and women to natural hazards exacerbated by climate change in Peru. As a foreign-owned, non-profit organization, Care Peru will implement a range of activities to...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $119,900 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Asociacion Civil Para La Gestion Del Agua En Cuencas Agua C (AGUA-C) in Peru. The grant supports AGUA-C's efforts to improve livelihoods by managing natural resources and strengthening a women-led enterprise. Specifically, the funding is used to establish water reservoirs based on ancestral practices, restore landscapes, and produce agave and other native...

This National Science Foundation Geosciences program Project Grant award to Purdue University, totaling $138,645, supports the collection and analysis of rainwater samples from the western slopes of the Peruvian Andes. The goal is to measure the isotopic composition of the water to determine the source regions and travel pathways of moisture that feeds the South American summer monsoon, particularly during the strong 2023-2024 El Niño event. This research is expected to improve understanding...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to Childrens Hunger Fund under the Food for Peace Emergency Program (EP) to deliver international food relief services in Peru from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant aims to improve access to food for food insecure populations abroad per the Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA #98.008), which prioritizes preventing hunger and malnutrition in at-risk areas or countries. Specifically, the...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) awarded a $1.75 million cooperative agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. to support specialized protection, education, and livelihoods programming for vulnerable migrants in Peru under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (CFDA 19.518). The one-year award running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022 will strengthen support for Venezuelan women, adolescents, and children...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 Project Grant under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to Derecho, Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales (DAR) located in Peru. This Project Grant will fund efforts by DAR from September 2022 through March 2024 to strengthen structures that increase safety for environmental defenders in Peru, hold perpetrators of violence accountable, and...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to Childrens Hunger Fund under the Food for Peace Emergency Program (EP) to transport, deliver and distribute specialized food commodities in Peru from September 30, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The Food for Peace Emergency Program (CFDA #98.008) aims to improve access, availability and utilization of food in food insecure environments abroad with a priority of preventing hunger and malnutrition. Under this...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports research to explore the dynamics and predictability of coastal El Niño events and their relationship to the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The $644,460 award, which commenced on June 1, 2024, will be led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The research investigates the underlying mechanisms driving coastal El Niño events, which can cause heavy...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,500 project grant to the Asociacion De Productores Agropecuarios Conservacionistas De Huamanpata (APACHU) to support fish farming and processing in Peru under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. APACHU will expand its fish hatchery and manufacturing of fish feed from locally-sourced fruits and vegetables while adding value through processing fish into frozen fillets. This community-led effort aims to...