Project Grant SPE50023GR0015

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...

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...

This $382,800 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) aims to strengthen indigenous conservation capacity in the Yura, Inuya, and Sepahua watersheds of Peru. The key objectives and activities include: (1) enhancing community vigilance and monitoring through equipment, training, and technology; (2) improving management of the Yura communal conservation concession; (3) implementing new...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $142,880 project grant to Jovenes Articulando Territorios AC under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. The grant funds a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program in Chiapas, Mexico from August 2022 to August 2025. The program aims to encourage indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people to stay in school, start businesses based on local resources and culture, and build local leadership skills. It promotes...

The Universidad Del Pacifico in Peru received a $130,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to design and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs. Through this award made under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, the university will deliver soft skills training, mentoring sessions, and host a nation-wide congress for graduates of the entrepreneurship academy. The...

This $4,800,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on December 29, 2023 by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to improve governance, management practices, and alternative livelihoods for indigenous communities in the central and southern Amazon region of Ecuador. Specifically, the 5-year project implemented by the non-profit organization Fundacion Pachamama will promote the conservation and sustainable...

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 Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 project grant under its Assistance for Overseas Programs to Asociacion Proceso - Servicios Educativos. The grant will support Proceso in providing Indigenous Guarani youth in eastern Bolivia technical skills and capacity building to develop and present an agenda to the Guarani Nation's governing body on topics related to engaging youth and indigenous communities. It will also connect Guarani youth to other indigenous youth networks 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...

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...