The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $185,685.80 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to Fundacion De Las Americas Para El Desarrollo for a project grant beginning September 1, 2021 through July 1, 2022. The project grant funding will support opportunities for teenagers of African descent and/or Indigenous populations from underprivileged backgrounds in Ecuador to expand their horizons. Specifically, the funding will enable...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $196,671.20 two-and-a-half-year Project Grant to provide an English and leadership program for indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian youth in Ecuador. The grant falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program and will help Ecuadorian youth continue their education, gain more professional opportunities, and become agents of change in their communities. The grant was awarded on December 8, 2022 to...
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...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano to develop an English language program for teachers-in-training and early career teachers in the Dominican Republic. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between citizens...
This $137,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will provide teenagers of African descent and/or indigenous populations from underprivileged backgrounds in Ecuador the opportunity to expand their horizons. The funding will support a program that enables these teenagers to learn English, develop leadership skills, and share their experiences with diversity. The grantee, the Pontificia...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $680,640 project grant to Corporacion Participacion Ciudadana Ecuador under the Economic Statecraft federal grant program (CFDA 19.322) to extend efforts to improve transparency and accountability in the administration of the Amazon Regional Funds and promote sustainability and local/indigenous support of extractive industries in Ecuador from September 2022 through September 2024. Specifically, the grant will support...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $109,650 Project Grant to support public diplomacy programs in Honduras from August 18, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). This program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security goals by informing and building relationships with foreign audiences. The funding will support efforts to expand and strengthen connections...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, under the CFDA program titled "Public Diplomacy Programs" (19.040), is intended to facilitate exchanges of English Language Teachers (ELT) and students between Mexico and the United States. The $100,000 award to Family Health International (FHI 360), a nonprofit organization, aims to improve the overall quality of ELT in institutions focusing on workforce readiness. The period...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $470,000 project grant to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Colombia, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). The grant aims to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional development opportunities, with the goal of cultivating "agents of change" in a potential post-conflict scenario in Colombia. Key...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $124,588 project grant to Range Of Motion Project NFP through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to build, maintain, and constantly update an online platform that will enable thousands of amputees in Ecuador and other Spanish speaking countries to acquire life tools and bring them closer to improved prosthetic care and rights. The platform will be operational from September 2021 through December 2022 to provide...