The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Fundacion Para El Desarrollo Integral Comunitario Y Conservacion De LOS Ecosistemas En Panama (Fundiccep) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. Fundiccep will support disaster recovery and resilience efforts at the grassroots level in Panama through March 2025. Specifically, Fundiccep will work with local communities to promote wider participation in disaster readiness committees,...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $280,900 project grant to Fundacion Rapaces Y Bosques De Panama (FRBP) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean program (CFDA #85.750). The grant will support FRBP's efforts from August 2021 through August 2024 to strengthen the resilience of indigenous Embera and Wounaan communities in Panama through sustainable agriculture. Specifically, FRBP will help the communities adopt agricultural practices that...
The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $130,844 Project Grant to Fundacion De Organizaciones Campesinas E Indigenas De Veraguas under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support community-led solutions that expand economic opportunity in Panama. The grant will fund Asociacion Para El Desarrollo Integral Comunitario De Cerro Pelado's technical training programs and shared agricultural resources to strengthen smallholder coffee, banana, rice and vegetable production using...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $250,000 project grant to Asociacion De Asentamientos Unidos Del Area Ixil, Nebaj, Quiche under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support disaster recovery and resilience efforts among indigenous farming families impacted by recent hurricanes in Guatemala. The grantee will implement small economic initiatives like seedling nurseries, organic fertilizer production, and family gardens to strengthen community resilience. It...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $238,000 project grant to Programa De Promocion Y Desarrollo Social (PRODESO) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support income-generating opportunities for indigenous youth in Panama's Ngobe-Bugle Comarca. Through August 2024, PRODESO will work with a local network of youth artisans and agricultural producers to develop their skills in traditional production techniques. This will help the young people earn a living...
This $250,000 Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation will support disaster recovery and resilience efforts through Asociaciã“N De Organizaciones De LOS Cuchumatanes (Asocuch) in Guatemala. Funded through the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), the grant aims to strengthen economic resilience among indigenous farming families through agroforestry, access to credit, and crop diversification. It will also build capacity for disaster...
The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Asociacion De Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPEs) in Honduras under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA #85.750). Through this award, ADEPEs will train community and school-based emergency committees on disaster prevention, preparation, response and recovery. They will also contribute to the construction and functioning of an early warning system and flood mitigation...
The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $398,397 project grant to the Asociacion Regional Campesina Ch'orti under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. The grant will support the organization's efforts through February 2025 to strengthen the disaster preparedness, response and resilience of grassroots organizations in Guatemala impacted by 2020 Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Specifically, Asociacion Regional Campesina Ch'orti will provide small subgrants to...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $255,000 Project Grant to Acción Cultural Popular Hondureña (ACPH) in Honduras under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA #85.750). ACPH will work with local communities through February 2026 to design and implement community-based procedures for prevention, preparation, and response to natural disasters. This aims to reduce loss of life and livelihoods while strengthening local actors' ability to work...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $277,000 Project Grant under its IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Consejo De Cuenca RIO Goascoran in Honduras. The grant supports community-led efforts to expand economic opportunity and strengthen community organizations in the rural area of Concepcion de Maria, which faces frequent drought and food insecurity. The grantee, the Asociacion de Comites Ecologicos del Sur de Honduras (ACESH), will work to strengthen the...