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 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...
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 U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $104,138 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano (ICDA), a private non-profit educational institution in the Dominican Republic. The grant funding supports a project to empower youth, teachers, and exchange alumni in the Dominican Republic, fostering engagement with U.S. State Department programs and utilizing American Spaces. The project aims to...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $108,663.59 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Fundacion Amador to connect Panamanians with the military and civilian heritage of Forts Amador and Grant and the intertwined histories of Panama and the U.S. through a permanent outdoor exhibit in the Amador Causeway. The exhibit will be developed and installed between November 2021 and January 2023 to advance national interests and enhance the relationship...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. (PADF) on June 11, 2024. The award is funded under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705), which aims to minimize the impact of transnational crime and criminal networks on the U.S. and its allies. The Cooperative Agreement will support PADF's efforts to improve the recruitment, retention, and...
The Fundacion Patria Unida Fundacion Para La Conciencia Ciudadana will provide logistics support to the police in El Salvador to implement the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. This $799,855 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support GREAT programming for at-risk youth in elementary and middle schools through February 2025. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational...
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 "Revolutionary Women." 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...
The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded $183,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to Dona Un Libro Cambia UNA Mente to expand the Leer Es Aprender project in Honduras. Leer Es Aprender uses children's books to teach Honduran public school teachers about immigration, with the goal of advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives and strengthening relationships between Honduran and American people. The June 2021 award provides funding...
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...