Attachment A - HO Active Grants.doc

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IAF Grants in Honduras October 1, 2010

TOTAL ACTIVE PORTFOLIO

Active Grants: 13 Total: $3,331,375 Organismo Cristiano de Desarrollo Integral de Honduras (OCDIH), $295,600, over three years will help 750 farmers of indigenous Lenca descent in the department of Lempira move into sustainable agriculture, increase food security and develop their marketing skills. Another 4,500 Hondurans will benefit indirectly from the project. (HO-254) Asociación Hondureña de Juntas Administradoras de Sistemas de Agua (AHJASA), $300,175 over two years will collaborate with 30 communities in the development of systems supplying water that is safe for human consumption, thereby improving the health and living conditions of 24,500 Hondurans in the department of Olancho. (HO-253) Consejo de Desarrollo del Sector Social de la Economía Regional de Intibucá (CODESSE-Intibucá), $229,100 over two years will develop up to 25 worker-owned enterprises selected from among its member-businesses, improving the income of 290 Hondurans of Lenca descent. Another 830 Hondurans will benefit indirectly. (HO-252) Centro Internacional de Información Sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO), $319,500, over three years CIDICCO will support the expansion of an alternative secondary education system called Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial (SAT) in Intibucá, strengthen rural agricultural production through training and technical assistance, and expand a network of rural savings and loan associations. The program will directly improve the quality of life of 800 rural students and their parents, and will benefit another 1,000 people indirectly. (HO-251) Fundación Hondureña de Ambiente y Desarrollo VIDA (FV), $261,600, over two years will work with grassroots groups, nongovernmental organizations, municipal governments and a binational coordinating entity to improve income, enhance natural resource management, strengthen local organizations and promote the use of environmentally responsible farming methods along the Río Goascorán watershed straddling Honduras and El Salvador. Its project will benefit 1,000 Hondurans and Salvadorans directly and 1,500 indirectly. (HO-250) Asociación de Productores de Hortalizas y Frutales de Intibucá (APRHOFI), $200,500, over three years will work with 120 farmers to increase fruit and vegetable production by introducing modern production techniques. It will also improve its storage and processing center and will expand its marketing program. (HO-249) Agua Para el Pueblo (APP), $289,286, over two years will work with 12 indigenous communities to build an infrastructure for water and sanitation, develop family and community gardens, produce and market oil from the Batana palm, improve transportation infrastructure, preserve culture and natural patrimony, and provide training for government officials and representatives of other organizations. These activities will benefit 3,600 Hondurans direct and 6,000 indirectly. (HO-248) Organización de Jóvenes Hondureños por el Desarrollo Educativo (GUARUMA), $100,600, over two years will offer 250 young Hondurans, between the ages of 10 and 18, training and economic opportunities oriented toward the environment and ecotourism. Students will become computer literate, develop photography skills and master basic English. Older students will launch micro-enterprises supported by a fund providing investment capital. (HO-247-A1) Instituto Hondureño de Desarrollo Alternativo y Sostenible (IHDEAS), US$216,447, over two years and six months, will assist microbusinesses launched by at-risk youths from poor communities of metropolitan Tegucigalpa and develop the program of technical assistance, training and mentoring it offers in connection with enterprise creation. Its project will improve the living standard and economic opportunities of 60 young Hondurans. (HO-246-A1) Fundación Adelante (ADELANTE), US$295,667, over three years, will improve economic opportunities and the quality of life for about 2,400 women, primarily indigenous, in Intibucá by completing the expansion of its program offering access to credit and education. (HO-245-A1)

Centro de Educación Vocacional Grupo Juvenil Dion (GJD), US$234,541, over three years and six months, will improve training and employment opportunities for 400 at-risk youths from Tegucigalpa and also improve the standard of living of their parents as it works toward becoming a premier training, employment and enterprise development center. (HO-244-A3) Comisión Acción Social Menonita (CASM), US$348,359, over three years, will work with 24 communities of the department of Lempira to advance the sustainable management of the forested areas around the Campara watershed and develop natural resources to improve the living conditions and well-being of about 4,800 individuals. Another 12,000 Hondurans will indirectly benefit from the project. (HO-242-A2) Fundación para la Protección de Lancetilla, Punta Sal y Texiguat (PROLANSATE), US$240,000, over three years and six months, will improve the living standard and work opportunities for about 600 residents of Garifuna communities around the Bay of Tela by providing training and technical assistance related to the skills required to work in businesses related to ecotourism and by strengthening grassroots organizations.

(HO-241)

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