Project Grant SCS80021GR3048

<p>Through a $163,970 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs), Brenau University, Inc. will work with up to 75 women in Limon, Costa Rica. The focus of the project is the design and implementation of a business fundamentals curriculum, delivering workshops that lead to the creation of a business plan. The project will be carried out from August 11, 2023 to August 15, 2024.</p>

The Universidad Tecnologica De Honduras received a $159,820 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022). The grant funds the 2021 AWE Program, which will use the DreamBuilder foundational curriculum to deliver facilitator-led sessions to aspiring women entrepreneurs in Honduras from March 11, 2021 through June 30, 2022. As part of its mandate to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $154,493 project grant to Universidad Tecnologica De Honduras to support the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs program in Honduras. The grant period runs from June 3, 2022 to June 30, 2023 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. Funds will support the delivery of entrepreneurship training and resources to women entrepreneurs in Honduras, advancing the...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide $100,000 through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to Fundacion Crisalida Internacional (doing business as Glasswing International) to deliver a Democracy Strengthening Program in El Salvador. This project will provide over 500 youth with knowledge about democracy and citizenship, and opportunities to become local change makers through promoting volunteer actions from November 2022 to June 2024. The...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $110,000 Cooperative Agreement to Universidad Rafael Landivar in Guatemala to support the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program. The program aims to improve management skills for women entrepreneurs across 7 departments in Guatemala, leading to increased sales, hiring, and facilitating women's participation in the economy. The project will run from November 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Universidad Rafael...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $114,430 Project Grant to Emprender Futuro to execute the Mujeres 360 Forum, the 360 Effect Women &amp; Tech program, and the Mujeres 360 Bootcamp in La Paz Department, Bolivia from April 5, 2022 through January 31, 2023. This funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under CFDA 19.750 to Fundacion Accion Joven, a non-profit foundation in Costa Rica. The grant aims to strengthen multilevel governance of local employment in the Limon province through collaboration with local governments, high schools, and the business sector. The project period runs from Sep 30, 2023 to Mar 31, 2025. Fundacion Accion Joven has received multiple federal grants from WHA...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $379,602 to Fundacion Nacional Para El Desarrollo (Funde) through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The one-year project grant aims to counteract gang recruitment, gender-based violence, and irregular migration among at-risk youth in El Salvador through development and distribution of a comic book saga. Funde will leverage its expertise in media and youth outreach to deliver this programming...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $117,070 Project Grant to the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to engage young audiences in Costa Rica through the coproduction of an original musical theatre play titled &quot;Revolutionary Women.&quot; The play will tell the story of extraordinary U.S. and Costa Rican women from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The Public Diplomacy Programs...

This $194,869 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs will provide a 2.5-year English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth. The program, administered by the Ecuadorian non-profit organization Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo Partners Of The Americas (Fudela), aims to help the participants continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of positive change in their...