Active Grants Results Report

Fiscal Year 2001

The Inter-American Foundation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................Page 5 

INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................Page 7

IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES (Tangible indicators)..............................Page 8

Education 

Health 

Housing 

Employment 

Knowledge and New Skills Acquired 

Knowledge and Skills Applied 

IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES (Tangible indicators) ............................Page 16

Communication 

Solving Problems 

Self-esteem 

Cultural Identity 

Innovation/Adaptability 

Quality of Life 

IMPACT ON GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS.........................................................Page 20

Resources Mobilized 

Resources Brokered 

Reaching the Poor by Cooperating with Others 

Partnering to Help the Poor 

Lending to the Poor 

New Approaches 

Stakeholders’ Access to Information 

Participation in Decision Making 

IMPACT ON SOCIETY......................................................................................Page 26

Legal Measures Enacted 

Application of Legal Measures 

Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor 

Disseminating Practices and Techniques 

Wider Application of Methods and Techniques 

Increased Public Concern for the Disadvantaged 

Increased Community Interaction with the Poor 

Increased Official Outreach to the Poor 

CONCLUSION.................................................................................................Page 31 
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List of Charts

Chart 1: Quality of beneficiary living conditions due to grant activities 

Chart 2: Beneficiaries by type of knowledge/skills acquired 

Chart 3: Resources mobilized 

Chart 4: Resources brokered 

Chart 5: Loans by sector 

Chart 6: Willingness of grantees to share information 

Chart 7: Number of local legal measures enacted 

List of Tables

Table 1: Number of beneficiaries according to health-linked activities 

Table 2: Number of permanent and seasonal full- and part-time positions created 

Table 3: Number of beneficiaries reporting new knowledge and skills 

Table 4: Number of beneficiaries reporting application of new knowledge and skills 

Table 5: Improvement in living conditions since grant inception 

Table 6: Resources mobilized in cash and in kind by source 

Table 7: Resources brokered in cash and in kind by source 

Table 8: Dissemination activities by type 

Table 9: Projects replicated in Fiscal Year 2001 by other organizations 
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List of Annexes

Table A-1: Beneficiaries reporting changed living conditions due to grants 

Table A-2: Number of beneficiaries trained in basic reading and writing skills 

Table A-3: Number of individuals benefiting from health activities 

Table A-4: Number of individuals benefiting from housing improvements 

Table A-5: Number of housing units (built or improved) by country 

Table A-6: Number of full- and part-time jobs created, preserved or improved 

Table A-7: Number of beneficiaries reporting new agricultural skills by sex and country 

Table A-8: Number of beneficiaries reporting new manufacturing skills by sex and country 

Table A-9: Number of beneficiaries reporting new construction skills by sex and country 

Table A-10: Number of beneficiaries reporting new environmental skills by sex and country 

Table A-11: Number of beneficiaries reporting new administrative skills by sex and country 

Table A-12: Number of beneficiaries reporting new marketing skills by sex and country 

Table A-13: Number of beneficiaries reporting new leadership skills by sex and country 

Table A-14: Number of beneficiaries reporting new civic participation skills by sex and country 

Table A-15: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved knowledge of the legal system 

Table A-16: Number of beneficiaries reporting new finance skills by sex and country 

Table A-17: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved knowledge of the political system by sex and country 

Table A-18: Number of beneficiaries reporting new health-related skills by sex and country 

Table A-19: Number of beneficiaries trained in preventing domestic violence, sexual abuse and drug use 

Table A-20: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved communication skills 

Table A-21: Number of beneficiaries reporting better problem-solving skills 

Table A-22: Number of beneficiaries reporting increased self-esteem 

Table A-23: Number of beneficiaries reporting increased knowledge of their cultural identity 

Table A-24: Number of beneficiaries reporting better ability to innovate/adapt 

Table A-25: Number of cooperating organizations by type and country 

Table A-26: Number of partnerships by type and country 

Table A-27: Number and type of loans by country 
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In Fiscal Year 2001, funding from the InterAmerican Foundation (IAF) made an impact on 

the lives of approximately 680,000 individuals. 

Among other activities, grantee organizations 

assisted poor people in acquiring new skills; 

created or helped preserve jobs; and lobbied for 

the enactment and implementation of legal 

measures affecting the environment, protecting 

victims’ rights and encouraging greater political 

participation by the heretofore disenfranchised. 

Grantee organizations also mobilized resources, 

which helped them expand IAF-supported 

services to include a greater number of 

beneficiaries. Partnering with public and private 

entities was instrumental in these efforts and 

cooperation maximized the impact of scarce 

resources on grassroots development projects. 

Noteworthy accomplishments in Fiscal Year 

2001 follow: 

More than 10,500 individuals learned basic 

reading and writing skills. 

Grantees helped build nearly 670 new houses 

and repair or expand 650 existing homes, 

benefiting more than 7,000 low-income 

individuals. 

Approximately 34,000 individuals received 

medical attention and nearly 18,000 others 

were vaccinated. 

Close to 5,500 permanent and 4,000 seasonal 

jobs were created. 

Through workshops and/or on-the-job 

training, approximately 170,000 individuals 

acquired knowledge and skills in areas 

ranging from agriculture to marketing to the 

prevention of domestic violence, drug use 

and sexual abuse. 

More than 2,400 organizations, mainly 

government agencies at the national and local 

level, cooperated with IAF grantees. 

More than 1,100 organizations, public and 

private, foreign and domestic, partnered with 

IAF grantees. 

Grantees mobilized nearly $5.9 million, 

including $4.4 million in cash and $1.5 

million in kind. From international sources, 

grantees leveraged $2.5 million or 42 percent 

of all resources mobilized. 

Grantees were also instrumental in brokering 

$7.5 million donated mostly from local 

sources and channeled directly to 

beneficiaries. 

Low-income individuals received 19,430 

loans for agricultural production, 

construction, manufacturing, business 

expansion, education and other purposes. 

Grantees worked toward enactment of 71 

legal measures at the national, regional and 

local level and toward the application of 57 

laws and other measures already on the 

books.

The Inter-American Foundation Fiscal Year

2001 Grant Results Report 
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INTRODUCTION

This is the third report in response to the 

Government Performance Results Act of 1993, 

requiring all federal agencies to document and 

report results of strategic plans and performance 

goals for the Fiscal Year. It summarizes the 

results from active grants in Fiscal Year 2001. 

The IAF provided nearly $13.9 million in 

funding spread over 15 countries in Latin 

America and the Caribbean, supporting 43 new 

grants and 27 grant supplements. Each new grant 

includes a partnership of community-based 

groups, nongovernmental organizations, and/or 

the public and private sector. 

Fiscal Year 2001 was characterized by a marked 

increase in data available, with 210 grantees 

reporting, or 80 percent of organizations with 

active grants, as opposed to 144 grantees in the 

previous year. The results in this report follow 

the conceptual framework of the Grassroots 

Development Framework (GDF) which 

measures grant results at the levels of the 

individual and family, the organization and the 

society at large (see GDF below). 

What is grassroots development? 

The Inter-American Foundation uses the term “grassroots development” to describe the process by 

which disadvantaged people organize themselves to improve social, cultural and economic conditions. 

The concept assumes that key to sustainable democracies, equitable societies and prosperous 

economies is a people-oriented strategy stressing participation, organizational development and 

networking to build the social capital needed to complement human and physical assets. 
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What is the Grassroots Development Framework?

The Inter-American Foundation created the Grassroots Development Framework (GDF) to measure 

the results and impact of projects the Foundation supports. Results are of critical importance. They can 

inform decisions, signal challenges, confirm achievements and indicate topics for further research. The 

GDF was created by applying what had been learned from more than 4,000 projects financed by the 

Foundation. 

The GDF is useful to both the grantee and the donor. It provides the means to establish project 

objectives and report achievements, strengths and deficiencies. The GDF is a tool to measure the 

impact and the results of a project. Since the pilot testing and application of the GDF in various 

countries in the region, several development assistance institutions have, in consultation with the InterAmerican Foundation, adapted the GDF to their own activities.

How does it work? 

The premise of the GDF is that grassroots development produces results at three levels, and important 

tangible and intangible results should be taken into account. In business, profits are the bottom line. In 

grassroots development, a project must generate material improvements in the quality of life of the 

poor. Because poverty entails not only lack of income but also lack of access to a range of basic 

services (including education, healthcare, shelter and others), as well as insufficient opportunity for 

active civic participation, the GDF draws these indicators into a single tool. 

A development project is a special kind of investment that should produce tangible and intangible 

benefits, and the GDF seeks to measure and document both. The Foundation's experience has 

demonstrated that each project can plant a seed for change and that grassroots development produces 

results not only for individuals but also for organizations and society. Therefore, the cone shape of the 

GDF portrays the potential dimensions of the impact of grassroots development, progressing from 

individuals and families, to organizations, to the community or society at large - the three levels of the 

GDF. 

Replica antique street lamp created by student 

electrician from Fundación Angostura 

Photo: Courtesy of Fundación Angostura 
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IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS and 

FAMILIES (Tangible indicators)

In Fiscal Year 2001, IAF helped improve the 

standard of living of low-income project 

beneficiaries in Latin American and the 

Caribbean with respect to education, health and 

housing. In addition, when beneficiaries were 

asked if their quality of life had improved, stayed 

the same or worsened as a result of grant 

activities, 74 percent reported that they were 

better off than before (see Chart 1). 

Education 

More than 10,500 

beneficiaries received 

training in basic 

reading and writing 

skills in Fiscal Year 

2001. Most of these 

individuals were from 

the Juan Minetti 

Foundation 

“Tendiendo Puentes” 

(AR-322) project in 

Argentina, Brazil’s 

Instituto Qualidade da 

Educação “Campinas 

pela Eudacação – 

Qualidade na Escola” 

(BR - 775) project, 

and El Salvador’s 

Fundación Campo “Corredores de Desarrollo” 

(ES-187) project. Program participants in 

Argentina ranged from young children to adults 

and the program itself focused on 

complementing the public educational system in 

the communities served. 

Health 

Health is an important factor in any gauge of the 

standard of living. The GDF measures 

improvements in diet, increased access to 

medical care, including to preventive medicine 

such as vaccinations, access to clean water, and 

hygienic disposal of human waste, through 

construction of latrines, lead to improved health. 

Table 1 shows 46,119 beneficiaries improved 

their diet, and hence their health, through grant 

activities. One project in Mexico, the Grupo 

Ecológico Sierra Gorda (ME-429), reported that 

1,268 women had improved their diet and that of 

their family members (approximately, 6.340 

persons) by attending courses on balanced 

nutrition; 67 families ate better as a result of 

growing a variety of fresh vegetables in their 

own vegetable gardens; and an additional 250 

families planted prickly pears, a good 

carbohydrate and fiber source. 

In Brazil, the 

Cooperativa de 

Comercialização de 

Productos Agroindustriais de Vila 

Valério (BR-770) 

through one of its 

organizations, 

ACESA, provided 

training in 

phytotherapy and 

other alternative 

health care 

techniques, which 

more than 14,000 

individuals applied 

toward improving 

their health. The Sociedad Ecológica del Cibao 

(DR-310) in the Dominican Republic reported 

15,000 children were inoculated against measles, 

poliomyelitis and diphtheria. 

 

Equally important to better health was the 

success of grantees in Mexico in bringing clean 

water to poor communities. The grantee 

Servicio, Desarrollo y Paz (ME-421) piped water 

to 13 communities in the municipality of 

Tanlajás, located 194 miles east of San Luis de 

Potosí, benefiting 8,416 residents. In Honduras, 

the Fundación BANHCAFE (HO-222), in 

Chart 1: Quality of beneficiary living conditions 

due to grant activities

Better

74%

Same

20%

Worse

6%
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partnership with local development coordinating 

committees, is improving the management of 11 

local watersheds, making safer water available in 

greater quantity to 3,300 persons. The grantee, 

Programas Comunitarios para El Salvador (ES184), coordinated municipal and community 

efforts to introduce potable water into the El 

Cedro and Veracruz communities. In the former, 

2,050 individuals benefited when 350 

households were connected to the water system, 

while in Veracruz, 398 households were hooked 

up, benefiting 1,782 persons. 

Installation of latrines also improved sanitary 

conditions, benefiting more than 4,000 

individuals. In El Salvador, five grantees 

conducted these activities. For example, the 

Asociación de Comunidades Campesinas Angel 

María (ES-194) installed 150 latrines in the 

municipality of Santa Isabel Ishuatan, benefiting 

1,125 individuals. Solid waste is collected from 

them twice weekly and processed into an organic 

fertilizer. The Consejo Interinstitucional para el 

Desarrollo de Constanza (DR-306) in the 

Dominican Republic built 233 latrines as part of 

its environmental sanitation activities. The 

installation of latrines along the Pantuflas River 

in the municipality of Constanza benefited 1,076 

low-income individuals by removing waste and 

helping to reverse environmental degradation. 

Health conditions were also improved through 

the disposal of trash. Table A-3 of the annex 

shows grantees of five countries reported trash 

removal activities. The Grupo Ecológico Sierra 

Gorda (ME-429) in Mexico organized trash 

removal in 120 communities. Overall, trash 

removal from 13,352 households benefited 

66,670 residents. 

Housing 

In Fiscal Year 2001, IAF grantees helped build 

672 new houses and repair or add living space to 

648 others, benefiting more than 7,000 lowincome individuals. Comunidades Unidas de 

Usulután (ES-182), a grantee in El Salvador, 

with additional resources mobilized from the 

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund and 

Oxfam International, built 547 new houses 

benefiting 3,282 individuals in the communities 

of San Francisco Javier, San Agustín, Ozatlán, 

and Jiquilisco. Additionally, IAF grantees built 

40 new units in Honduras; 33 in Mexico; 26 in 

Argentina; 18 in Nicaragua; six in the 

Dominican Republic, and two in Panama. 

In the case of Nicaragua, the units built replaced 

those destroyed by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. 

Also, IAF grantee Espino Blanco (NC-230), 

through a loan program, helped beneficiaries 

affected by Hurricane Mitch renovate their 

dwellings in the department of León. Of the 

loans averaging $385, 90 percent were given to 

women to fix roofs, paint exterior and interior 

walls, and add more living space to their units. 

Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (ME-429) in 

Mexico and BANHCAFE in Honduras (HO-222) 

concentrated on building stoves, which improved 

living conditions, not to mention the health of 

their beneficiaries, who, before the installation of 

the stoves with exterior venting, were inhaling 

smoke every time they cooked. 

IAF-supported projects, assisted by 

municipalities and the private sector, also 

provided electricity to many individuals and 

families. With financial support from 

municipalities, power companies installed poles, 

transformers and electrical wires while grantees 

acted as intermediaries on behalf of the local 

population. The Instituto de Desarrollo 

Ecológico y Capacitación Comunitaria (DR-312) 

Table 1: Number of beneficiaries according to healthlinked activities 

Activity No of beneficiaries

Better diets 46,119

Medical care 33,696

Vaccinations 17,954

Installation of piped water 22,757

Installation of latrines 4,565

Trash removal 168,965
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in the Dominican Republic, for example, 

reported that through its affirmative steps to 

increase local authorities’ awareness, establish 

community priorities and engage the private 

sector, 1,000 street lampposts and 15 electrical 

transformers were installed in the impoverished 

community of Navarrete, benefiting more than 

15,000 households. While the grantee does not 

claim credit for all the work required to provide 

the community this utility, it did play a pivotal 

role in getting things done and improving the 

quality of life for the citizens of Navarrete. 

Similarly, in El Salvador, the Fundación para la 

Coordinación del Desarrollo de Chalatenango 

(ES-177) moved an electrification project 

forward by enlisting the participation of citizens 

and local authorities in four communities in the 

municipality of San Fernando. The end result 

connected 335 houses to the power source, 

benefiting more than 2,000 individuals. 

 

Employment 

 As a result of IAF funding, grantees created 

5,190 permanent full-time jobs1

 and 447 

permanent part-time positions (see Table 2). 

Through a study focusing on constraints 

affecting entry by small businesses into the 

woodworking and furniture sectors, the 

Fundación de la Universidad Nacional de 

General Sarmiento (AR-320) in Argentina paved 

the way for 24 small businesses to set up shop in 

the Malvinas Industrial Triangle, which created 

2,800 jobs. It also designed an urban plan to 

facilitate the location of these small businesses in 

four municipalities of Buenos Aires province. 

In Mexico, nine grantees generated new jobs 

through their activities. One, Acción Ciudadana 

para la Educación, la Democracia y el Desarrollo 

 

1 Permanent positions are defined here as those lasting six months or 

more; seasonal jobs are those lasting less than six months. To be 

considered full-time, an employee must work 40 or more hours per week; 

otherwise the employee is considered part-time. 

(ME-407), provided 1,192 loans to small 

entrepreneurs, which in turn created 809 new 

permanent full-time jobs. Loans available to 

small-scale entrepreneurs through the Fundación 

Juan Diego or FINCOMUN (ME-418), also in 

Mexico, resulted in the creation of 347 

permanent full-time positions. Similarly, in 

Honduras, Asociación Solitas (HO-233) 

provided 235 loans, averaging $570 each, to 

single-mother market vendors for upgrading their 

businesses, resulting in 100 new full-time jobs. 

In Nicaragua, the Fundación José Nieborowski 

(NC-224) provided 185 new loans, averaging 

slightly less than $240 each to micro-enterprises, 

resulting in 189 permanent full-time jobs and 89 

seasonal jobs (see profile of Fundación José 

Nieborowski). 

In Peru, Servicios Educativos Promoción y 

Apoyo Rural (PU-485) helped create jobs in 

agribusiness and tourist-related services. In two 

tourist complexes, 42 individuals were employed 

permanently in accommodations, food services 

Table 2: Number of permanent and seasonal full- and 

part-time positions created 

Permanent Jobs Seasonal Jobs 

Country Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time 

 

 Argentina 2,804 0 0 80 

 Bolivia 2 0 0 5 

 Brazil 326 0 17 4 

 Colombia 3 0 0 0 

 Dominican 

Republic 0 0 30 0 

 Ecuador 91 4 0 0 

 El Salvador 88 6 137 205 

 Guatemala 5 0 0 0 

 Honduras 289 0 5 157 

 Mexico 1,233 150 585 0 

 Nicaragua 192 100 1,141 820 

 Panama 10 187 96 116 

 Peru 97 0 524 0 

 Venezuela 50 0 14 0 

 

 Total 5,190 447 2,549 1,387 
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and as tourist guides. Another 38 individuals 

found jobs in agro-industrial processing, 19 of 

which were permanent positions and 19 

seasonal. In Ecuador, the Comité de Desarrollo 

Local de Guamote (EC-364) created 55 full-time 

jobs in reforestation as well as in organic 

fertilizer production and fish farming. 

Knowledge and New Skills Acquired 

In Fiscal Year 2001, more than 66,000 

individuals acquired knowledge and skills in 

environment-related topics. One grantee in 

Mexico, Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (ME429), provided training to 16,000 children 

through environmental awareness sessions in 

Profile 1: Micro-Credit Program Generates Much-Needed Hope in Boaco 

Fundación José Nieborowski

Compared to Nicaragua’s northern departments, the department of Boaco, located in the country’s Central Region, was spared 

much of the violence of the 1980s civil war. Consequently, it became a haven for 6,000 refugees, who flooded the job market, 

boosting the unemployment rate to 55 percent. 

Fundación José Nieborowski (FJN) was created in 1993 to improve the living conditions of both Boaco’s long-standing 

residents and those refugees trying to reconstruct their lives. It was named for a Catholic priest of Polish descent who developed 

the infrastructure of the city of Boaco and helped it become the department’s administrative headquarters. In 1998, the InterAmerican Foundation awarded FJN $310,000 (NC-224) toward the improvement of Boaco’s micro-enterprise sector, a source 

of business development and employment opportunities for the region that had been largely untapped until FJN’s initial 

intervention in 1993.

During the course of the three-year project, FJN 

improved the lives of 1,092 people by providing 1,208 loans (641 to the commercial sector, 66 for manufacturing, 63 

to the service sector, and 438 for micro-enterprise infrastructure) totaling $1,036,351; 

grew its credit fund by 50 percent; 

trained 463 current and potential loan recipients in business administration, basic accounting, marketing, participatory 

leadership, handicraft production, dessert and candy making, milk product development, shoemaking, leather design 

and dressmaking; 

participated in community workshops and meetings; and 

helped reverse the inequitable employment terms offered women, who, for example, often receive lower wages and 

fewer opportunities than their male counterparts (65 percent of the micro-enterprises funded were run by women).

POSITIVE PROSPECTS

FJN’s future looks bright. It has been able to mobilize new sources of credit from the Agencia Española de Cooperación 

Internacional (AECI), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica 

(BCIE), among others; local institutions have expressed interest in continuing to support its activities (FJN has worked closely 

with the mayor’s office and the city fire department); and it has opened five new branch offices in the past year. It hopes to 

expand further. 

Currently, FJN is one of the few conduits to financial credit markets for Boaco’s entrepreneurs working in sectors other than 

agriculture. FJN hopes to keep lending predominantly to small, urban businesses to promote, over the long term, the region’s 

manufacturing sector, including food processing. In that way, FJN will diversify production in Boaco as well as continue to help 

department residents maintain or increase their income. 

Data cited herein were compiled by Fundación José Nieborowski and verified by an independent contractor.
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their schools. In addition, 1,440 youngsters went 

on nature appreciation field trips. The program 

intends to make children value and protect the 

environment. 

IAF grantees in Brazil also offered workshops 

and/or on-the-job training in environmental 

matters. Cooperativa de Comercialização de 

Produtos Agro-industriais de Vila Valério (BR770) in Brazil, for example, trained 1,170 

farmers on environmental issues such as 

pesticide applications as well as soil and water 

management/conservation. Another Brazilian 

grantee, Associação dos Catadores de Papel, 

Papelão e Material Reciclável (BR-773), trained 

367 low-income individuals (210 men and 157 

women) in recycling. Most of them, 354, 

participated in the National Conference of 

Recycling Material Collectors. Of this group, 

279 were trash collectors and 75 were 

technicians and agents working for the Belo 

Horizonte municipal government. 

Table 3 displays Fiscal Year 2001 beneficiarytrainees by sex and category. For the first time, 

this report contains data on training related to 

prevention of domestic violence, sexual abuse 

and drug use. In Peru, for example, IAF grantee 

Alimentos de Sur (PU-491) held five workshops 

on domestic violence, sexually transmitted 

diseases, gender issues and women’s rights in 

five indigenous communities: Cambaya, 

Coraguaya, Toco, Chuluni, and Carumbraya in 

the department of Tacna located approximately 

500 miles south of Lima. A total of 469 persons 

(61 men and 408 women) participated in these 

workshops. Similarly, Centro de Estudios para el 

Desarrollo Regional (PU-481) in Arequipa 

trained 89 participants (42 men and 47 women) 

in domestic violence prevention. In Panamá, 

Fundación para la Promoción de la Mujer (PN267) had a course on domestic violence for 58 

men and 180 women. 

Agricultural training was another topic among 

IAF grantees. A total of 21,035 individuals, twothirds of them men, received training in 

agriculture. In Peru, 3,173 individuals were 

trained. Asociación ARARIWA (PU-474) in 

Cusco conducted a program of 13 training 

sessions with 664 farmers (379 men and 285 

women) in integrated pest management including 

methods of biological control, and 237 other 

farmers (136 men and 101 women) attended 

similar courses. Venezuela’s Fundación Proyecto 

Paria (VZ-163) trained 95 farmers in cacao 

growing techniques. 

The data (see Chart 2) show eight areas in which 

women predominate: manufacturing, marketing, 

financing, management, leadership, civic 

participation, health-related issues and family 

matters. The first five areas are related to grants 

with a loan component. Often loans are offered 

to women micro-entrepreneurs to start or expand 

businesses in food production or sales. Men 

continue to receive training in traditional areas 

such as agriculture and construction. 

Table 3: Number of beneficiaries reporting new 

knowledge and skills 

Knowledge/Skills Men % Women % Total

 

 Agriculture 14,252 68 6,783 32 21,035

 Manufacturing 891 16 4,529 84 5,420

 Construction 2,077 74 745 26 2,822

 Environmental 33,858 51 32,761 49 66,619

 Management 8,979 49 9,249 51 18,228

 Marketing 2,774 46 3,213 54 5,987

 Leadership 4,824 47 5,480 53 10,304

 Civic participation 4,908 43 6,561 57 11,469

 Legal system 1,779 56 1,400 44 3,179

 Finance 2,862 43 3,810 57 6,672

 Political system 1,282 52 1,184 48 2,466

 Health 3,116 25 9,559 75 12,675

 Family matters 823 28 2,125 72 2,948
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Knowledge and Skills Applied 

The data presented in this section are cumulative 

and reflect the application of new knowledge 

and/or skills acquired through IAF-funded 

activities since the inception of each grant. 

Agriculture is one of the areas in which 

beneficiaries readily apply their newly acquired 

knowledge. For example, Fundación Campo 

(ES-187) in El 

Salvador reported 

1,373 beneficiaries 

applied soil 

conservation and 

crop diversification 

techniques during 

planting season. In 

Guatemala, 

beneficiaries of the 

Asociación para el 

Desarrollo 

Económico, 

Educativo y 

Cultural de 

Guatemala (GT265) are applying 

planting and 

organic fertilizing 

techniques to their 

coffee, beans, corn 

and vegetable 

crops. In Ecuador, the Comité de Desarrollo 

Local de Guamote (EC-364) reported that 437 

beneficiaries (301 men and 136 women) applied 

organic fertilization techniques to their crops. 

And in Peru, beneficiaries of the Centro de 

Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional (PU-481) 

applied such techniques as larvae control, fodder 

production and storage, and livestock 

management. They also applied post-harvest 

techniques specific to their oregano crop. 

Beneficiaries of Sociedad Ecológica del Cibao 

(DR-310) in the Dominican Republic have set-up 

nine community nurseries and planted 3,625 

avocado trees. 

Training in environmental issues, which included 

agricultural practices, eclipsed all other 

categories. In Ecuador, for example, the Comité 

de Desarrollo Local de Guamote (EC-364) 

registered 53 beneficiaries who were practicing 

soil conservation and reforestation (see profile). 

Similarly, the beneficiaries of Asociación 

Coordinadora de Comunidades para el 

Desarrollo de Cacahuatique (ES-181) in El 

Salvador 

applied their 

soil and water 

conservation 

knowledge 

acquired in 

workshops 

and through 

technical 

assistance 

offered by the 

grantee. 

Other projects 

dealt with 

trash 

recycling. For 

example, 

2,399 

beneficiaries 

of the Centro 

Salvadoreño 

de Tecnología Apropiada (ES-178) in El 

Salvador separate organic and inorganic waste. 

The organic waste is processed into compost and 

sold to farmers. The Sociedad Ecológica del 

Cibao (DR-310) in the Dominican Republic 

implemented an environmental education 

campaign in several communities to persuade 

17,730 individuals to refrain from starting waste 

dump sites. 

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10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

Chart 2: Beneficiaries by type of knowledge/skills 

acquired

Men

Women
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Profile 2: Inter-Sectoral Partnering Spurs Largely Indigenous District’s Economic Development and Cultural Revitalization

Comité de Desarrollo Local de Guamote

POVERTY PERSISTS, DESPITE LAND REFORM

Since the 1970s, 90 percent of the large haciendas in the district of Guamote—located on the Riobamba-Guayaquil railway line in

the province of Chimborazo, Ecuador—have been transferred through various private and public means to the indigenous-peasant 

sector. Small farmers have been able, through both traditional methods (animal power, mixed crops, crop rotations and organic 

fertilizers) and other technology (tractors, monoculture and chemical fertilizers), to generate annual harvests from this land.

However, poor soil and lack of irrigation have complicated the production process. These challenges, combined with significant 

downturns in the Ecuadorean economy in recent years, have strained Guamote’s already precarious living conditions: 89 percent of 

the population lives in poverty; illiteracy has reached 44 percent; and 86 percent of children under five suffer from malnutrition. 

Many men and boys over the age of 13 have opted to migrate, disrupting both family and community life. 

A COMMUNITY PROJECT IS BORN

Formed in 1997, the Comité de Desarrollo Local de Guamote (Comité) is an alliance between 11 federations representing 82 

communities and the municipality of Guamote. The Comité functions as the technical advisory board for the Guamote district, 

which is administered by an indigenous parliamentary council and the municipal government. In 1997, the Comité, with an InterAmerican Foundation (IAF) grant (EC-364) of $280,000 (later increased to $285,275), launched a five-year project to strengthen 

and diversify production (including through communal farming techniques) and reverse environmental degradation. The Comité 

hoped its efforts would help prevent Guamote’s further loss of human capital by, in the short term, generating more income for its 

residents and, in the long term, guaranteeing the sustainability of their revenue-generating activities and creating employment

opportunities for the region’s youth (53 percent of Guamote’s inhabitants are younger than 19). But, above all, the project aimed to 

foster a sense of solidarity among Guamote’s overwhelmingly Quichua majority comprising 90 percent of the population. 

Project activities were divided into seven sub-projects which achieved the following results over a five-year period. 

The reforestation sub-project yielded 824,966 native and exotic plants, which were subsequently sold or donated to be 

used principally as cover in wooded areas supporting agriculture. 

By participating in the planning and evaluation sub-project’s 31 workshops, 2,207 people created a framework for 

grassroots participation in Guamote’s development, which is still in place. 

1,200 locals diversified their diets, buying $1,000 worth of fish per month generated by the fish farming sub-project. 

Over four years, the municipality, along with others, bought $4,863 worth of organic fertilizer (biodegradable waste from 

Guamote’s weekly market converted through the waste management sub-project) and distributed it free of charge to 

4,800 people. 

A dormant facility, re-opened through the grain processing sub-project, was used to process high quality grains, including 

quinoa, beans, barley and corn, which were then sold in main market areas all over the country. 

The cultural preservation sub-project supported the formation of a musical group dedicated to recovering and sharing 

music native to the region as well as several other cultural activities during Guamote’s annual carnival. 

3,129 people, including local leaders and elementary and high school students, participated in workshops organized by the 

training sub-project in grain processing, soil preparation for terracing, Andean crop cultivation, beekeeping, raising 

guinea pigs, growing kidney tomatoes under cover, community planning, and political systems. 

Monthly, these activities generated 55 new jobs and preserved three positions that otherwise would have been eliminated. 

MEASURING LOCAL IMPACT

The Comité’s positive working relationships with the municipality of Guamote and the Indigenous Popular Parliament of Guamote 

have allowed it to influence deep reforms beyond the more quantifiable indicators mentioned above. For example, the Comité’s 

intervention led to the promulgation of ordinances addressing deforestation, the creation of indigenous governing bodies, and the 

decentralization of local government, increasing awareness of these issues in the district and among government officials. 

CHALLENGES 

The project faced several difficulties: climatic factors damaged crops, a weak transportation infrastructure hindered planting in more 

remote areas, and lack of biodegradable waste prevented the waste management program from meeting increasing demand for 

organic fertilizer. 

 

THE FUTURE

IAF support was crucial to mobilizing resources from other organizations. By the end of the project, the Comité had formed 

relationships with the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Estudios (IEE), Paz y Desarrollo, Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo 

(SNV), Escuela Radiofónica Popular del Ecuador (ERPE), Terranueva, Apoyo Popular Noruego (APN) and Movimiento Laico de 

América Latina (MLAL). The Comité plans to continue developing the projects already in place as well as to expand into areas such 

as ecological tourism. 

Data cited herein were compiled by the Comité de Desarrollo Local de Guamote and verified by an independent contractor.
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Table 4 shows 

other areas of 

application of new 

knowledge of and 

skills in 

administration, 

leadership and 

civic participation, 

all key elements in 

building 

democracy. In 

Colombia, 1,142 

beneficiaries of 

Corporación 

SISMA-MUJER 

(CO-493) in five 

municipalities in 

the department of Cundinamarca formulated 

educational plans for local authorities to 

implement. The participatory process gave 

individuals the opportunity to have an input into 

the methods and content of educational programs 

for children and adults in these communities. 

Similarly, Fundación para el Financiamiento 

Rural (FUNDEFIR) (VZ-180) in Venezuela 

reported 246 members of bankomunales

(communal banks run by project beneficiaries) 

participated with the directors of these financial 

entities in decisions related to deposits. The 

bankomunales with FUNDEFIR’s support are 

improving the economy of communities in the 

state of Nueva Esparta by providing fishermen 

and artisans access to credit. 

Coordinadora para la Reconstrucción el 

Desarrollo (ES-191) in El Salvador also 

illustrates civic participation. Municipal 

employees, council members and community 

leaders from the municipalities of Atiquizaya, 

Ciudad Delgado, Guazapa, and Tacuba 

participated in reconstruction and emergency 

committees and in formulating plans for 

environmental sanitation and combating dengue 

fever. 

Another grantee in 

Bolivia, Centro de 

Multiservicios 

Educativos (CEMSE) 

(BO-462), CEMSE, 

developed a program 

to improve student 

performance through 

educational materials 

and curriculum 

changes in La Paz. In 

addition, CEMSE 

held student fairs and 

cultural excursions 

and provided library, 

audio-visual and 

health services, 

benefiting more than 36,000 low-income 

students in the capital. 

IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS and 

FAMILIES (Intangible indicators)

A holistic view of grassroots development 

should include intangible gains that can be 

observed, inferred and reliably verified, if not 

directly measured. At the individual or family 

level, the IAF, through its data verifiers, collects 

data on seven intangible indicators: 

communication, problem-solving skills, selfesteem, cultural identity, respect, determination 

and innovation. Considered with tangible 

indicators, these widen the lens through which 

grant impact is viewed and provide symmetry to 

the IAF measurement process. Following are 

some examples of intangible results. 

 

Communication 

In Ecuador, 520 beneficiaries of the Corporación 

para el Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales 

Renovables (EC-374), through its Organic 

Producers Association, exchanged information 

and experiences on conservation and organic 

farming practices. In the municipality of Nejapa, 

El Salvador, 375 beneficiaries of the Fundación 

Salvadoreña de Apoyo Integral (ES-174) 

Table 4: Number of beneficiaries reporting application of new 

knowledge and skills 

Knowledge/Skills Men % Women % Total 

 

 Agriculture 16,671 68 7,766 32 24,437 

 Manufacturing 1,115 22 4,014 78 5,129 

 Construction 1,632 70 694 30 2,326 

 Environmental 21,034 50 20,786 50 41,820 

 Management 7,937 48 8,768 52 16,705 

 Marketing 3,117 47 3,474 53 6,591 

 Leadership 5,314 48 5,689 52 11,003 

 Civic participation 4,240 51 4,149 49 8,389 

 Legal system 2,011 56 1,571 44 3,582 

 Finance 4,291 53 3,879 47 8,170 

 Political system 2,242 55 1,851 45 4,093 

 Health 2,495 28 6,386 72 8,881 
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discussed local development issues in an open 

forum. In Venezuela, 249 beneficiaries of the 

Centro de Formación Popular Renaciendo Juntos 

(VZ-162) improved their ability to communicate 

through grantee-sponsored workshops. 

Solving Problems 

The following three examples illustrate how 

beneficiaries, as a result of IAF-funded activities, 

analyze a situation and plan and carry out a 

course of action. Mancomunidad “Heroes de la 

Independencia” (BO-474) in southern Bolivia in 

the department of Tarija, in alliance with the 

Instituto de Investigación y Capacitación 

Campesina (IICA), provided loans for 

production and income-generation initiatives for 

families and organizations. A potential problem 

with any loan is default. Here, IICA structured 

the loan program to include the community as 

guarantor. In cases of default, communities repay 

outstanding balances and accrued interest. The 

communities then, seek repayment directly from 

the debtors in default, and they have been 

successful. The result of the very low default rate 

is a sound revolving loan fund. 

In Colombia, the Consorcio Centro de 

Cooperación para el Desarrollo por Asociación 

de Participación (CO-488) introduced farmers to 

environmentally sound production techniques 

and helped implement sustainable production 

systems in the municipality of El Pasto. Armed 

with new knowledge, 525 beneficiaries are 

deciding which areas need attention first. They 

tackled first the construction of a biodigestor, 

which converts cow manure into methane gas for 

cooking, eliminating the need to fell trees for 

fuel. 

Finally, in Venezuela, 442 beneficiaries (97 men 

and 345 women) of the Fundación para el 

Financiamiento Rural – FUNDEFIR (VZ-180) 

participated in the design of a project presented 

to the British Embassy addressing training needs 

of bankomunales or communal bank members. 

Beneficiaries also reached an agreement with the 

mayor of Arismendi in the state of Nueva 

Esparta to include communal banks in the 

management and control of local government 

budgets. 

Self-Esteem 

The Fundación Universidad Nacional de General 

Sarmiento (AR-320) in Argentina reported 2,675 

beneficiaries, 70 percent of them women, 

increased their self-esteem as a result of grant 

activities, including cultural and personal 

development day-sessions and workshops on 

health, communication and education. More than 

2,000 beneficiaries in the communities of San 

Miguel and José C. Paz received legal 

counseling from Consultorios Jurídicos, or legal 

aid offices, set up by the bar association to help 

the poor in the province of Buenos Aires. 

In Ecuador, the Unión de Organizaciones 

Campesinas de Cotacachi (EC-368) reported 

4,998 beneficiaries improved their self-esteem 

over the life of the project. The improvement 

was attributed to grant activities designed to 

teach beneficiaries to make their claims to 

property legal by recording them, to read and 

write, and to contribute to the formulation of 

local development plans. In Venezuela, the 

Centro de Formación Popular Renaciendo Juntos 

(VZ-161) reported 249 beneficiaries, 58 percent 

women, increased their self-esteem by the mere 

fact of being “active” or interested in their 

community. 

Cultural Identity

The activities conducted by the Ayllus 

Originarios de Quila Quila (BO-473), in Bolivia, 

typified efforts to foster cultural identity among 

indigenous population. The grantee held 

workshops on the history and culture of Quila 

Quila as a base for creating a culturally 

appropriate and educational context for tourism 

and local development. It has also implemented 
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workshops on the conservation and management 

of archeological and paleontological sites in the 

indigenous territory. These activities have given 

4,540 beneficiaries a better appreciation of their 

cultural values and traditions. 

In the Dominican Republic, the Consejo 

Municipal de Desarrollo de Esperanza (DR-299) 

held a conference attempting to increase cultural 

awareness and identity among its beneficiaries. 

More than 1,400 beneficiaries have participated 

in community-sponsored cultural events focusing 

on their heritage and traditions. The grantee, with 

community assistance, is planning to build a 

cultural center. 

Innovation/Adaptability 

Innovation is defined as the capacity of the grantee 

and beneficiaries to devise imaginative solutions 

with what is at hand and to try, for example, new 

strategies or methods integrating traditional and 

modern know-how. In El Encano, Colombia, 300 

miles southwest of Bogotá, where it rains nine 

months of the year beneficiaries of Consorcio 

Centro de Cooperación para el Desarrollo por 

Asociación de Participación (CO-488) are, for 

example, innovating by using aromatic plants and 

fruits to manufacture shampoos, soaps, lotions and 

wines. Others are using guinea pig pens to grow 

warm climate vegetables such as tomatoes and 

string beans. By growing vegetables under cover, 

farmers have improved their diet and increased 

income. Another group of beneficiaries is using 

biodigestors to produce fuel, which reduces 

contamination of water systems near the farms. 

Overall, 525 grant beneficiaries have adapted 

methods introduced by IAF grantees. 

In Peru, 60 beneficiaries of the Asociación 

ARARIWA (PU-474) are using biological 

control methods, such as live barriers of peppers, 

to keep undesirable insects out of their plantings, 

and smokers to keep their crop storage areas free 

of pests. And in Venezuela, the Fundación para 

la Capacitación Integral Angostura (VZ-162) 

reported that 91 of its young beneficiaries 

adapted their knowledge of iron work to 

manufacturing furniture for the Casa Modelo 

Artesanal and to make school desks (see profile 

of Fundación Angostura). 

In Argentina, 171 beneficiaries of the Colegio 

Mayor Universitario (AR-325), mostly women, 

are applying knowledge acquired in granteesponsored workshops to solve problems and help 

others in their communities. Forty women with a 

newly-acquired understanding of family violence 

appeared before government officials to demand 

their individual rights and better treatment. 

Another 100 women used their knowledge of 

maternity care to assist pregnant women in other 

neighborhoods. 

Profile 3: Youth Builds a Future on City’s Vibrant Past 

Fundación para la Capacitación Integral Angostura

Over 370 miles southeast of bustling Caracas, and a world apart, Ciudad Bolívar evokes its exceptional past. As the country’s interim

capital, the site of the first Venezuelan congress, and the operational base for Simón Bolívar’s independence movement, the city played a

central role in Venezuelan history. Today, pastel colonial structures flanking the shady central plaza and scattered along other streets are

reminders of this rich heritage. 

Unfortunately, since its designation as a national historic monument in 1976, Ciudad Bolívar has lost some of its aesthetic appeal. Buildings 

distinguished by their unique Caribbean-influenced colonial architecture have begun to crumble. Moreover, residents of Ciudad Bolívar have 

had to confront serious social problems in recent years, including chronic unemployment, underemployment and alarming school dropout rates among the city’s youth (30 percent of those between 15 and 24 were neither working nor studying in 1996). Like the rest of the 

country, with half the population under 20 years old, Ciudad Bolívar is disproportionately youthful. Investment in job training and education is

essential to developing this human capital. 
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BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE BY RESTORING ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES

In 1998, the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and Deltaven, an affiliate of Venezuela’s national petroleum company Petróleos de 

Venezuela (PDVSA), signed an agreement to donate $147,000 and $145,000, respectively, over three years, to the Fundación para la 

Capacitación Integral Angostura (Fundación Angostura), a nongovernmental organization that provides training, technical assistance and

employment opportunities to low-income youth in Ciudad Bolívar and surrounding areas. Fundación Angostura contributed $44,000 of its

own funds to the project and leveraged an additional $159,000 from the state of Bolívar and the municipality of Heres, under whose

jurisdiction Ciudad Bolívar falls, to launch its project La Escuela Taller para Jóvenes Desocupados del Municipio Heres [Workshop for

Unemployed Youth from the Municipality of Heres] (VZ-162). 

The objectives were twofold: to address the occupational and educational disadvantages plaguing Ciudad Bolívar’s adolescents as well as 

to reverse the degradation of the city’s cultural patrimony by training program participants in architectural restoration and preservation, 

among other skills. Fundación Angostura hoped that arming young people with the necessary tools to compete successfully for the limited 

local jobs available would also generate an intangible benefit for them: the sense that they could control their own future. 

TRAINING APPLIED

During the course of the 40-month project 

18 young women successfully completed 500 training hours in tourism and hospitality; 

104 young adults studied masonry, blacksmithing, carpentry and electrical systems; 

18 students simultaneously pursued college degrees at night; and 

all students participated in discussions on health and personal development. 

Of the 104 young adults learning trades, 

all took an additional specialized course in traditional construction techniques (such as use of cane and mud walls, straw and earth 

adobe, and lime and cement adobe) and applied them to building a model low-cost house over a six-month period; 

the 21 carpentry students built furniture for the model house and, along with student blacksmiths, sold other hand-made furniture 

at several markets and events; 

64 student masons partially restored two historic buildings by applying traditional construction techniques, installing modern 

amenities such as bathrooms and electrical wiring, and repairing roofs and interior walls; 

14 student electricians connected to the main power line the student blacksmiths’ replica of an antique street lamp Fundación 

Angostura had donated to the city for its 237th anniversary, lighting a street that had been dark for 25 years; 

student electricians and masons participated in professional internships arranged by Fundación Angostura; and 

33 metalworking and carpentry students worked on the renovation of the city’s main cathedral.

Currently 

85 percent of program graduates are employed (73 percent are self-employed, and 12 percent are working with the private and 

public sectors). 

LESSONS LEARNED

Fundación Angostura developed mechanisms for retaining a high percentage of its students during the mandatory three years of 

program participation. These strategies included 

thoroughly screening potential participants and their families to determine candidates’ weaknesses and strengths as well 

as to evaluate psychological maturity, socio-economic situation and particular interests; 

involving families in the project; 

recognizing accomplishments; 

offering students insurance, food, transportation, uniforms, educational and recreational outings, special lectures, 

materials and the use of tools for day labor, and, in some cases, pay; 

shortening courses when appropriate and making them as practical as possible.

A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE

Fundación Angostura will bring workshop graduates together periodically to discuss their experiences in the labor market and how their 

training has affected them. In addition, a new three-month training course—a scaled-down replica of the project funded by IAF and 

Deltaven—has attracted more than 300 participants. While the local job market remains highly competitive and there is no assurance of 

new funding for programs addressing the issue, Fundación Angostura’s efforts represent positive steps toward preserving Ciudad 

Bolívar’s heritage and salvaging a future for its youth. 

Data cited herein were compiled by Fundación Angostura and verified by an independent contractor.
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Quality of Life 

Beneficiaries of IAF-supported projects reported 

grant activities had a positive impact on their 

quality of life. Table 5 indicates 107,212 

beneficiaries (or 74 percent) reported improved 

living conditions and 29,159 (or 20 percent) 

experienced no change. For 8,079 (or 6 percent) 

living conditions worsened due to several 

factors. In El Salvador, a severe earthquake on 

January 13, 2001 affected 7,397 beneficiaries of 

Fundación Campo (ES-187). Yet the same 

grantee reported 2,934 individuals had improved 

their living conditions as a result of water 

projects in the communities of El Jícaro, 

Palomilla de Gualcho and Cerro El Coyol. In 

addition, 54 families benefited from the 

installation of electric power in the community 

of Santa Mónica and 247 families from the 

installation of latrines in the Cerro El Coyol. 

The earthquake in southern Peru on June 23, 

2001, affected 665 beneficiaries of the Centro de 

Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional (PU-481). 

Beneficiaries also reported that a drop in oregano 

prices, their main cash crop, impacted negatively 

on their living conditions. 

 

IMPACT ON GRANTEE 

ORGANIZATIONS 

This section looks into the resourcefulness of 

grantees in leveraging resources to expand the 

scope of their work beyond the number of 

beneficiaries originally envisioned in the IAF’s 

grant agreement and to sustain their activities 

once IAF funding ends. It also examines their 

efforts to forge new relations that would help 

provide the level and quality of goods and 

services their beneficiaries need. 

Resources Mobilized

Resource mobilization includes funds raised by 

the grantee to cover operating expenses and 

development efforts beyond the IAF grant. 

Leveraged resources, from international, 

national, or local sources, both private and 

public, are defined as financial, material or 

human. In Fiscal Year 2001 grantees mobilized 

the equivalent of $5.9 million, including $4.4 

million in cash and $1.5 in kind. From 

international sources, grantees leveraged $2.5 

million or 42 percent of all resources mobilized. 

Of the resources from international contributors, 

excluding the IAF, 87 percent were cash 

donations (see Table 6). 

Resources mobilized from national and local 

sources amounted to $3.4 million, of which $2.2 

million was in cash and the balance in kind. 

Public sector entities, including local 

government agencies, contributed almost $1.5 

million, or 46 percent of national and local 

resources mobilized, and communities 

contributed over $700,000. Domestic donors 

represented 58 percent of all donors in Fiscal 

Year 2001 compared to 46 percent the previous 

year. 

Chart 3: Resources Mobilized

National

28%

Local

29%

Internationa

l

43% International

National

Local

Foreign businesses contributed just $31,095 in 

cash during Fiscal Year 2001, most of which was 

donated to one grantee in Brazil, the Instituto 

Table 5: Improvement in living conditions since grant 

inception 

Men Women Total % 

Better 54,667 52,545 107,212 74 

Same 15,305 13,854 29,159 20 

Worse 3,300 4,779 8,079 6 

 

Total 73,272 71,178 144,450 100
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Qualidade da Educação (BR-775), by FMC 

Agroquimica ($2,600), Dow Corning ($11,400) 

and Bosch Freios ($2,600). International 

nonprofit organizations donated approximately 

$1.5 million in cash, including the following 

gifts: 

$1,200 from the Audubon Society to Grupo 

Ecológico Sierra Gorda (ME-429) in 

Mexico; 

$2,500 from America Youth Service and 

$124,330 from the Kellogg Foundation to 

Centro Boliviano de Filantropía in Bolivia; 

$19,900 from Framtidsjordens (Future 

Earth), a Swedish NGO, to Centro 

Ecológico (BR-761) in Brazil;

$14,500 from Ford Motor Company to 

Asociación Campesina El Limón en Lucha 

(DR-305) in the Dominican Republic;

$60,000 from Heifer Project International 

to Unión de Cooperativas Campesinas de 

Cotacachi (EC-368) in Ecuador;

$14,000 from Misereor of Germany to 

Centro Mayor Universitario (AR-325) in 

Argentina;

$17,600 from Pan Para el Mundo de 

Alemania to Fundación para el Desarrollo y 

Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones de 

Base (GT-253) in Guatemala;

$11,665 from Womankind Worldwide, a 

UK-based charity, to Asociación Civil para 

el Desarrollo Social Andino y la 

Investigación Interdisciplinaria (PU-484) in 

Peru. 

During Fiscal Year 2001, IAF grantees 

received more than $600,000 from national and 

local corporations, which included the following 

contributions: 

$7,800 from Mongiano Alimentos to 

Instituto Qualidade da Educação (BR-775) in 

Brazil; 

$1,700 from Construcciones Marfil e 

Ingieneria de Proyectos to Asociación para la 

Vivienda Popular de Barranquilla (CO-487) 

in Colombia; 

$4,400 from Falconbridge Dominicana and 

$3,400 from Grupo E. León Jiménez to 

Alianza de Organizaciones no 

Gubernamentales (DR-300) in the 

Dominican Republic; 

$900 from Climate Systems Mexicana, 

$2,200 from Cervecería Modelo de 

Querétaro) and $1,400 from Ecofibras 

Ponderosa to Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda 

(ME-429) in Mexico. 

The most generously endowed by private sources 

of any IAF grantee in Fiscal Year 2001 was the 

Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (ME-422) 

which received $117,947 ($1,120,500 Mexican 

pesos) from a group of 33 businesses in Mexico 

that included the following: 

Table 6: Resources mobilized in cash and 

in kind by source 

Cash In-kind Total 

 International businesses $31,095 $11,461 $42,556 

 International public sector $327,452 $46,071 $373,523 

 International private 

 organizations $1,574,695 $199,146 $1,773,841 

 Other international 

 organizations $252,669 $56,458 $309,127 

 

 National businesses $425,081 $136,068 $561,149 

 National public sector $833,841 $110,568 $944,409 

 Other national organizations $126,995 $26,113 $153,107 

 

 Local businesses $62,135 $117,729 $179,864 

 Local public sector $505,693 $110,552 $616,245 

 

 Community contributions $124,321 $585,551 $709,871 

 Other locals $141,265 $91,077 $232,342 

 

 Total $4,405,241 $1,490,793 $5,896,034 
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Other donors contributed time or materials to 

IAF-supported projects. In El Salvador, Spain 

Action Aid provided 2,250 food aid packages, 

valued at $128,565, to Comunidades Unidas de 

Usulután (COMUS) (ES-182) for distribution 

among its beneficiaries. COMUS also received 

from Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (MS) (Danish 

Association for International Co-operation), a 

Danish NGO, and from Oxfam America, a total of 

1,000 food aid packages valued at $20 each, all 

channeled to victims of the January and February 

earthquakes. From the World Food Programme 

the Comité de Integración y Reconstrucción para 

El Salvador (ES-189) received $10,958 in food 

for lactating mothers and children between the 

ages of six months and five years. 

In Honduras, MS paid for the directors of the 

Instituto Nacional de Ambiente y Desarrollo (HO222) to travel to Nicaragua to observer the 

electoral process and to attend the annual meeting 

of CINDI (Coordinadora Interinstitucional de 

Desarrollo Integral). 

Resources Brokered 

This indicator refers to financial, material, or 

human resources leveraged from domestic and 

foreign sources by the grantee organizations and 

channeled to support IAF grant activities. Brokered 

resources are not part of the grantee’s budget or 

accounting system, nor are they distributed by the 

grantee. Instead, they are given directly by the 

donors to beneficiaries. 

As Table 7 above demonstrates, most of the 

resources brokered by grantees came from local 

government which invested $4,628,190, or 61 

percent of total resources brokered, in projects that 

benefited IAF grant beneficiaries. In Mexico, for 

example, the municipality of Xilitla contributed 

$6,000 for latrine construction, installed a grinder 

in a coffee project and repaired tires of two trucks, 

which helped beneficiaries of the Coordinadora de 

Organizaciones Campesinas e Indígenas de la 

Huasteca Potosina (ME-434). In El Salvador, the 

Comité de Integración y Reconstrucción para El 

Salvador (ES-189) brokered $13,000 from the 

municipalities of Sesori, San Gerardo and Nueva 

Edén de San Juan for road improvements, and 

$55,000 from the Nueva Edén de San Juan to 

install electric power in the district of Zuncuya. In 

Ecuador, the Asociación de Parroquias Rurales y 

Barrios Sub Urbanos del Cantón Cuenca (EC-377) 

brokered from the municipality of Cuenca $1.2 

Arthur Andersen Grupo Financiero 

BBVA/Bancomer 

Aerolíneas Ejecutivas Grupo Financiero Bital 

Alfa Corporativo Grupo Gráfico y 

Comercio Internacional 

Banco de Boston Janssen Cilag 

Cementos Apasco JP Morgan 

Ceras Johnson Lafón y Asociados 

Citibank de México Marke 

Coca Cola Export Nestlé México 

Cummins Parque Reforma 

Promotora Inmobiliaria 

Desarrolladora 

Metropolitana 

Sabritas 

Elek Moreno Valle y 

Asociados 

San Luis Corporación 

Grupo Ángeles Segundamano 

Grupo Bimbo Shell México 

Grupo Concord Supermercados 

Internacionales HEB 

Grupo Editorial 

Expansión 

Tubos y Aceros de 

México 

Grupo Empresarial Wal Mart de México 

Olmeca Zimat Consultores 

Chart 4: Resources Brokered

National

28%

Local

65%

International

7%

International

National

Local
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million cash for projects designed by the grantee. 

In addition, the municipality spent close to 

$81,000 on, inter alia, computer equipment for 21 

rural parish councils. This was the most any 

grantee brokered 

from a municipality. 

Domestic businesses 

also channeled $1.15 

million in resources 

to IAF-supported 

projects in their 

respective countries. 

Direct contributions 

to community and 

grassroots groups by 

businesses totaled 

one and one-half 

times those 

channeled through 

grantee 

organizations. It is 

advantageous for 

businesses, in terms 

of publicity, to 

create goodwill by 

distributing 

resources directly to 

beneficiaries. In Brazil, for example, the 

Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança (BR774) brokered $340,281 in cash from the cosmetic 

giant Natura for the “Believe to See” program 

benefiting 57 grassroots groups. ABRINQ also 

brokered $12,000 in computer and printer 

equipment from Hewlett Packard (Brazil) for 20 

institutions participating in the “Our Kids” 

program. 

Reaching the Poor by Cooperating with Others 

Without any written agreements specifying an 

obligation to do so, 2,410 organizations, mainly 

government agencies at the national and local 

level, cooperated with IAF grantees in Fiscal Year 

2001. In El Salvador, 215 organizations, including 

three ministries and 26 municipalities, cooperated 

with the Corporación Departamental para el 

Desarrollo Integral de Morazán (ES-176). One 

government agency, FONAES (El Salvador 

Environmental Fund), contributed $11,791 to 

reforest 31.14 

acres in the 

municipality of 

Gualococti. In 

Mexico, 427 

agencies 

cooperated with 

IAF grantee 

organizations. 

Two of these 

cooperating 

agencies were 

the Indigenous 

National 

Institute (INI) 

and the National 

Institute of 

History and 

Anthropology 

(INAH), which 

worked with the 

grantee, 

Sociedad 

Cooperativa de 

Consumo Regional Chac Lol (ME-423). 

Community organizations also worked with IAF 

grantees. Many Salvadoran communities supported 

IAF grantees in their mission of helping the poor. 

The Coordinadora para la Reconstrucción y el 

Desarrollo (ES-191) reported that 45 communitybased organizations helped in the emergency 

measures taken during the 2001 earthquakes and 

the dengue epidemic. 

Partnering to Help the Poor 

Partnering involves participating in the decisionmaking process and pooling resources to carry out 

activities that benefit the project’s target group. 

IAF grantees recognize the benefits of cooperation 

toward maximizing the impact of scarce resources 

Table 7: Resources brokered in cash and in kind by source 

Cash In-kind Total 

 International businesses $1,775 $13,315 $15,090 

 International public sector $33,459 $12,142 $45,601 

 International private 

 organizations $79,905 $67,403 $147,308 

 Other international 

 organizations $275,279 $82,436 $357,715 

 

 National businesses $1,114,597 $20,367 $1,134,964 

 National public sector $669,812 $265,529 $935,341 

 Other national 

 organizations $1,000 $38,211 $39,211 

 

 Local businesses $5,360 $13,428 $18,788 

 Local public sector $4,152,250 $475,940 $4,628,190 

 

 Community contributions $9,723 $161,950 $171,673 

 Other locals $12,077 $73,301 $85,378 

 

 Total $6,355,237 $1,224,023 $7,579,260 
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on grassroots development projects and that by 

partnering a greater range of skills becomes 

available. 

During Fiscal Year 2001, IAF grantees reported 

partnering with 1,132 organizations, public and 

private, foreign and domestic. Grantees in El 

Salvador worked with 281 partners. In Mexico, 

only one U.S.-based company, a travel agency, 

partnered with an IAF grantee, Fundación 

Cultural Yucatán (ME-425). Overall, foreign 

businesses accounted for 2 percent of the 

partnerships. 

Foreign nongovernmental organizations partnered 

with IAF grantees. In El Salvador, for example, 

the Comunidades Unidas de Usulután (ES-182) 

partnered with the Scottish Catholic International 

Aid Fund (SCIAF) of Scotland, Action Aid of 

Spain, Centro Regionale di Intervento per la 

Cooperazione (CRIC) of Italy, Mellemfolkeligt 

Samvirke (MS) of Denmark, and OXFAM 

America and the Cooperative League of the USA 

(CLUSA) to implement project activities. 

Domestic businesses also cooperate with IAF 

grantees. Brazilian grantees have partnered with 

corporations such as M7 Produções e Finalizações 

and M51 Comunicação e Arte, which are assisting 

the Instituto Qualidade da Educação (BR-775) in 

designing a publicity campaign for a third 

company, Empresas Pioneiras de TV, to 

implement project activities. Brazil’s Centro de 

Agricultura Alternativa do Norte de Minas (BR781) partnered with Grande Sertão Produtos 

Alimentícios. 

Community organizations accounted for onefourth of all partnerships, the most with IAF 

grantees enjoyed with any single sector. The IAF 

looks for strong grassroots and/or community 

group links before awarding a grant. 

Lending to the Poor

This report presents data on credit for the first 

time. In Fiscal Year 2001, low-income individuals 

received 19,430 loans for agricultural production, 

construction, manufacturing, business expansion, 

education and other purposes. The Grupo de 

Desarrollo Rural Nacional (CA-095) in the 

Dominican Republic, with beneficiaries on both 

sides of the Dominican-Haitian border, provided 

855 loans averaging $129. In Guatemala, the 

Asociación Campesina Indispensable para el 

Desarrollo Social y Económico (GT-263) granted 

loans averaging $260 to 65 farmers. In addition, 

the grantee provided two similar loans to microenterprises. And in Ecuador, the Unión de 

Cooperativas Campesinas de Cotacachi (EC-368) 

loaned amounts averaging $2,000 for forming or 

strengthening micro-enterprises of four persons 

each: 13 for raising guinea pigs and poultry; seven 

for artisan production such as leather jackets, wool 

coats and hammocks; and one for livestock 

management. 

In Mexico, the Fundación Juan Diego (ME-418) 

reported making 10,780 loans for a total of $9.8 

million in Iztapalapa. Out of the total, 82 percent 

were for micro-enterprise improvements. Small 

business recipients included butcher shops, 

cosmetic counters, shoe shops, grocery stores, 

pharmacies, fruit and vegetables stands, 

Chart 5: Loans by Sector

Education

1%

Other

20%

Business 

expansion

53%

Agricultur

e

19%

Construction

2%

Manufacturing

5%
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bookstores, confectioner’s shops, locksmiths, 

jewelry stores, paint stores, and poultry shops. 

The term of the loans averaged 16 weeks. Loans 

averaged $821 to first-time applicants’ and 

$1,243 to repeat clients, indicating the 

beneficiaries were good credit risks. 

Planning and Evaluation Activities

Many grantees planned and evaluated project 

activities. Among those who reported a “high” 

rating for planning and evaluation, the Centro 

Boliviano de Filantrópia (BO-468), or CEBOFIL, 

developed a two-year work plan that was 

approved by the board and project team, 

demonstrating a capacity to plan ahead. On a 

monthly basis, CEBOFIL schedules activities to 

be implemented, and the project team submits 

weekly progress reports to the executive office. 

The team also meets on a weekly basis to discuss 

progress and to plan activities requiring input 

from within the organization. 

A “medium” rating reflects activities are not 

closely coordinated. For example, communication 

and information sharing among the four working 

groups — resource management, communication, 

systematization and education ― of Coordinadora 

Comunitaria Miravalle (ME-424) in Mexico was 

less than desirable, and the level of performance 

of the systematization group was lackluster, 

according to the grantee.

New Approaches

In Fiscal Year 2001, 58 grantee organizations had 

a “high” capacity to identify and apply more 

effective strategies, methods or approaches to 

achieve grant objectives; 15 were classified as 

“medium” and three as “low.” One of the grantees 

with high capacity was Fundación de la 

Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (AR320) in Argentina. During the Fiscal Year, the 

grantee applied innovative approaches, such as 

using cultural and artistic displays (theatrical 

plays, paintings and ceramics), to demonstrate 

preventive health measures to the community. 

 

Among grantees with a “medium” capacity is the 

Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo 

Integral (PU-499) in Peru. Before receiving the 

IAF award, the grantee provided monetary 

incentives to beneficiaries participating in its 

forestry activities. Since receiving the IAF award, 

the grantee has been able to motivate people to 

donate their time to demonstration pilot centers 

and to animal breeding projects. However, as a 

result of this volunteerism, forestry activities have 

fallen behind schedule. 

Stakeholders’ Access to Information 

Openness and transparency in a grantee’s 

operations are measured by the organization’s 

demonstrated willingness to disseminate 

information about policies and programs. During 

Fiscal Year 2001, 77 percent of grantees reported 

sharing information with their staff and 

beneficiaries; 20 percent were rated as “medium” 

in their efforts; and a 2 percent had a low score 

(see Chart 6). 

For example, through monthly meetings the 

Protección del Medio Ambiente Tarija 

(PROMETA) (BO-475) in the department of Tarija 

in southern Bolivia keeps its Sama Biological 

Reserve staff informed on all aspects of IAFfunded activities including their progress and 

budget. PROMETA also exchanges information on 

project activities and shares its experience with 

staff of other biological reserves. Further, 

Chart 6: Willingness of grantees to share 

information

78%

20%

2%

High

Medium

Low
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PROMETA keeps in touch with its beneficiaries 

through regular gatherings aimed at eliciting 

feedback, both positive and negative. 

In contrast, the Centro de Investigaciones de 

Energía y Población (BO-466), also in Bolivia, 

admitted sharing information on grant activities 

with those directly involved in 

project implementation, but it 

does not share information on 

availability of resources with 

beneficiaries. 

Finally, a grantee that 

received a low rating in 

information sharing was 

Fundación Q‘IPI (BO-455). 

Neither beneficiaries nor 

authorities such as the mayor, 

the curaca (regional authority) 

and the jilakata (local 

authority) understood the 

project due to a failure of 

communication. 

Participation in Decision 

Making 

Allowing beneficiaries and 

other stakeholders to participate in decision 

making is an important part of the open 

democratic process the IAF encourages. 

Participatory decision making refers to the grantee 

organization’s practices of consulting its staff, 

membership and/or beneficiaries on decisions that 

affect goals and operations of the organization. Of 

78 grantees reporting on this indicator, 73 percent 

had effective participatory decision-making 

processes; 24 percent had an average rating, and 3 

percent had a low scoring. 

Three grantees in Ecuador illustrate participatory 

practices: 

The Fundación Mujer y Familia Andina (EC-373) 

had an effective process because of its flexibility 

in allowing beneficiaries (loan recipients) to 

determine loan repayment schedules. Decisions to 

expel an individual from the group are carried out 

jointly with the membership. Moreover, the 

grantee, in close consultation with the Women 

Democratic Front, decides which type of project to 

undertake based on its beneficiaries’ abilities. All 

project activities have been carried out with active 

beneficiary participation as 

planned at the formulation of 

the project. 

The Universidad Politécnica 

Salesiana (EC-358), a project 

to establish a training program 

in local development 

methodologies, was not 

efficient in soliciting input 

from its beneficiaries, who 

include leaders of grassroots 

groups and nongovernmental 

organizations, local 

government functionaries, and 

elected officials. The 

university, however, 

coordinates course offerings 

and scheduling with its 

teaching staff. 

Finally, Fundación Sinchi 

Sacha (EC-371), which keeps its decision-making 

process exclusive within the grantee organization, 

was considered ineffective in this regard. 

IMPACT ON SOCIETY

The following results illustrate the impact of 

grantee organizations on society through changes 

in policies and laws conducive to socioeconomic 

development, the elimination of stereotypes of 

minorities and handicapped persons, and changes 

in attitudes or perceptions. 

Pictured Fundación José Nieborowski’s 

headquarters and Jenny Reyes, Director. Photo: 

Courtesy of Fundación José Nieborowski (FJN)
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Legal Measures Enacted 

In Fiscal Year 2001, IAF grantees worked toward 

enactment of several legal measures at the 

national, regional and local level: 

In Colombia, the Corporación SISMA–MUJER 

(CO-493) successfully lobbied for the inclusion of 

the municipalities’ educational proposal in the 

Municipal Development Plan. 

In the Dominican Republic, the Alianza de 

Organizaciones no Gubernamentales (DR-300) 

worked toward enactment of three presidential 

decrees respectively creating a council to monitor 

nongovernmental organizations, setting up an 

office to design and implement the government’s 

social policies, and establishing an advisory 

council charged with addressing corruption. 

In Mexico, the Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda 

(ME-429) assisted UNESCO with its designation 

of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve as part of 

the “Natural World Heritage.” The grantee is also 

lobbying for inclusion of two additional 

ecological 

reserves: one in 

Xilitla, San Luis de 

Potosí and another 

in the 

municipalities of 

Atarjea, Xichú and 

Victoria in 

Guanajuato. 

At the local level, 

grantees helped 

enact 62 legal 

measures in nine 

countries (see 

Chart 7). In 

Ecuador, for 

example, the 

Asociación de 

Parroquias Rurales y Barrios Sub Urbanos Cantón 

Cuenca (EC-377) was active in the passage of 

three ordinances: one for establishing procedures 

to transfer management of community equipment 

to parish boards; another dealing with regulations 

for planning and investing municipal resources in 

rural parishes; and the third focusing on 

community maintenance of roads and public land. 

Application of Legal Measures 

Grantees assisted in assuring the application of 

laws and other measures already on the books. In 

the Dominican Republic, the Fundación 

Institucionalidad y Justicia (DR-304) educated its 

beneficiaries on rights provided by four statutes 

neither known to nor applied by residents or 

authorities in poor neighborhoods: the right of 

detainees to make a phone call; the right to 

protection for victims of sexual assault or domestic 

abuse; the rights of children and young adults; and 

the right of habeas corpus. In Colombia, the 

Consorcio Centro de Cooperación para el 

Desarrollo por Asociación de Participación (CO488) helped obtain a land tax exemption for the 

Red de Reservas Naturales “José Gabriel” de La 

Cocha. In Bolivia, CER-DET (BO-471) 

contributed to the 

implementation of 

an agrarian reform 

law by working in 

tandem with 

indigenous 

representatives 

overseeing the 

return of the Itika 

Guasu’s 

community lands 

to the indigenous 

inhabitants. And in 

El Salvador, the 

Programas 

Comunitarios para 

El Salvador 

(PROCOSAL) 

(ES-184) was 

1

7

19

8

4

2

5

14

2

0 5 10 15 20

Perú

México

Honduras

El Salvador

Ecuador

Dominican Republic

Colombia

Brasil

Bolivia

Chart 7: Number of Local 

Legal Measures Enacted
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responsible for the implementation of the Water 

Administration Associations (ACASA) statutes 

through its dissemination efforts. 

Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor 

In Fiscal Year 2001, 33 IAF grantees called 

attention at public meetings, over the airwaves or 

in publications, to the plight of the poor, the 

disenfranchised and the disadvantaged. Following 

are some examples: 

Fundación Q‛IPI (BO-455) gave two 

presentations on a recent case involving the 

recovery of cultural property (antique 

weaving) at the Center for Artisan Research 

and Development in Santa Cruz and another at 

the School of Fine Arts at the Universidad 

Mayor de San Andres, and broadcast a radio 

program. 

Taller de Historia Oral Andina (BO-457) in 

Bolivia published two brochures targeting the 

indigenous Andean population and 

community leaders, and distributed 1,600 

copies. The grantee organized two 

conferences, one on racism, xenophobia, 

exclusion and intolerance in La Paz in July 

and another on indigenous issues in the 

southern cone of the Bolivian Andes in Santa 

Cruz in September. 

To promote several causes affecting women 

and children, Fundación Mujer y Familia 

Andina (EC-373) in Ecuador held public 

meetings on commemorative dates. On 

Women’s International Day, the grantee’s 

representative spoke of the need for equal 

opportunity; on Mothers’ Day the Fundación’s 

representative headed a panel on the 

significance of maternity from a woman’s 

perspective; and on Children’s Day, it 

organized a women’s group to discuss 

children’s rights. 

Coordinadora para la Reconstrucción y el 

Desarrollo (ES-191) in El Salvador held 

several forums in the municipalities of Tacuba 

and Ahuachapán on the need to develop a 

system for disaster prevention and mitigation. 

The grantee also held a forum on the role of 

local governments in international relief efforts 

and civil society’s involvement in the 

distribution of relief aid. 

Disseminating Practices and Techniques 

Through brochures, articles in magazines and 

newspapers, press releases, books, videos, and 

television and radio programs, IAF grantees 

disseminated methods and practices beyond their 

targeted beneficiaries (see Table 8). Some 

examples follow: 

Fundação Acesita para o Desenvolvimento 

Social (BR-772) published a manual titled 

Programa Vale Cidadania dealing with issues 

to strengthen the third sector2

. The publication 

was well received by the business community, 

local authorities, and civil associations and 

nongovernmental organizations because it 

deals with local social investment. It received 

awards from the Fundação Banco do Brasil and 

UNESCO. 

 

2

 The third sector is composed of nonprofit organizations 

through which citizens have sought to address community 

needs and give expression to public concerns.

Table 8: Dissemination activities by type 

 Speeches/presentations 1187 

 Television/radio interviews 559 

 Brochures/pamphlets 933 

 Magazine/newspaper articles 174 

 Press releases 290 

 Books 23 

 Videos/films 46 

 CD ROMS 18 
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Fundación para el Desarrollo y 

Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones de Base 

(GT-253) in Guatemala published and 

distributed four brochures: Land Parcel 

Modernization Feasibility Studies, Basic 

Principles for Livestock Production, Nutrition, 

First Aid and Preventive Medicine, and 

Training and Process in Sustainable 

Agriculture. 

 

Fundación para el Desarrollo Solidario 

(FUNDADES) (PU-471) in Peru published 

three brochures and three posters with a 

distribution of 3,000 and 50 respectively. The 

objective was to publicize, at different events 

in Lima, the courses in business 

administration offered by FUNDADES. 

Wider Application of Methods and Techniques

The following table demonstrates the number of 

organizations at the national, regional and local 

level that replicated IAF grantees’ successful 

techniques and methods. 

Three cases illustrate replicated projects: 

In Brazil, 583 paper recycling organizations in 

16 municipalities have been implementing a 

model based on the experience of the 

Associação dos Catadores de Papel, Papelão e 

Material Reciclável (BR-773). 

Trash collection methods pioneered by IAF 

grantee Associação de Reciclagem Ecológica 

Rubem Berta (BR-780) have been replicated 

by seven associations in five municipalities 

(Alvorada, Viamão, Gravataí, Cachoeirinha 

and Triunfo) in the Delta do Jacuí. Other trash 

collectors in the neighboring states of Santa 

Catarina and Paraná have also expressed 

interest in replicating the grantee’s experience. 

In El Salvador, the Proyecto de Desarrollo 

Rural del NorOriente de El Salvador 

(PRODERNOR) has adopted the agricultural 

techniques used by the Sociedad Cooperativa 

de Empresas Agropecuarias de los Municipios 

de Jocoro, Corinto, Divisadero y Sociedad 

(JOCODIS) (ES-190). The Comité de 

Desarrollo Sostenible de Jocoro (CDS) is 

applying JOCODIS’ methods to its passion 

fruit nursery. 

Increased Public Concern for the Disadvantaged

In Fiscal Year 2001, 33 grantees in nine countries 

of Central and South America made a concentrated 

effort to sensitize the public about the 

disadvantaged population. Fundación Esquel 

Ecuador (EC-367) in Ecuador held seminars, 

conferences and workshops on the topic of social 

responsibility and economic development. It also 

provided seed money to organizations investing in 

social welfare projects. In El Salvador, the 

Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (ES-175) 

participated in the drafting of one chapter of the 

National Report on Human Development, dealing 

with the state of development in the country and 

the need to overcome land disputes. 

Table 9: Projects replicated in Fiscal Year 2001 by other 

organizations 

National Regional Local Total

 Argentina 4 27 13 44

 Bolivia 2 11 . 13

 Brazil . 26 633 659

 Colombia 2 9 25 36

 Dominican R. . . 13 13

 Ecuador 3 3 18 24

 El Salvador 36 16 10 62

 Guatemala . 6 . 6

 Honduras . 3 68 71

 Mexico 41 17 27 85

 Peru . . 6 6

 Venezuela 1 6 14 21

 Total 89 124 828 1041
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Increased Community Interaction with the Poor 

As a result of IAF-funded activities, 17 grantees 

reported the public is providing better treatment to 

their beneficiaries. Several examples illustrate this 

involvement: 

Bolivia 

The Centro de Multiservicios Educativos (BO462) reported that as a result of its work with 

school boards, parents are more involved in the 

education of their children, the ultimate 

beneficiaries of the grant. 

The Centro Boliviano de Filantropía (BO-468) 

promoted and coordinated philanthropic 

initiatives to reduce poverty and improve social 

service institutions and the quality of life in poor 

communities in Santa Cruz. During World 

Volunteer Day, the Youth Volunteer Network was 

formed with participation from the Villa Primero 

de Mayo, a low-income district of Santa Cruz. 

The Departmental Council 

of Volunteer Services also 

was constituted. Its 

mandate is to facilitate the 

work of local volunteer 

organizations. Through 

the Bolivian Alliance 

(Alianza Boliviana), to 

which the grantee belongs, 

a workshop on children 

and youth was held in 

preparation for the United 

Nations’ special session 

on children sponsored by 

UNICEF. 

Ecuador 

Fundación Esquel Ecuador (EC-367) won support 

from many businesses for its Social 

Responsibility Program, bringing companies such 

as Norlop Thompson, Grupo Supermaxi and the 

Centros Comerciales Iñaquito into the equation. 

Fundación Mujer y Familia Andina (EC-373) 

strengthened and enhanced the entrepreneurial 

capabilities of the Women’s Democratic Fund 

(WDF) through its support. Local and national 

entities such as the municipality, the Chamber of 

Commerce, and the health and housing ministries 

value the WDF’s opinion and seek its cooperation. 

The municipal government of Huaquillas has 

established a close relationship with the women’s 

group, and local leaders and authorities’ respect for 

and treatment of the group has improved. 

El Salvador

Corporación Departamental para el Desarrollo 

Integral de Morazán (ES-176) has persuaded 

community leaders to consider contracting lowincome individuals for many projects. 

Coordinadora para la Reconstrucción y el 

Desarrollo (ES-191) has influenced the Local 

Development Committees 

(CODEL), the emergency 

committees and the 

reconstruction committees, 

composed of government 

agencies and 

nongovernmental 

organizations, to plan 

assistance to needy groups. 

CODEL, for example, is 

implementing a plan to 

give wider coverage to the 

population of Ciudad 

Delgado in the areas of 

health, environmental sanitation, and social 

training and organization. 

Increased Official Outreach to the Poor 

IAF grantees also sought more favorable treatment 

for the disadvantaged from government 

institutions. In Fiscal Year 2001, 29 grantees 

reported on activities that prompted government 

action favoring the poor. Some examples follow: 

Participants in the reforestation sub-project strategize about 

goals and methodology. Photo: Courtesy of the Comité de 

Desarrollo Local de Guamote 
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Colombia 

The Centro de Educación e Investigación para el 

Desarrollo Comunitario Urbano (CO-494) 

presented new projects to the mayor’s office and 

collaborated with the municipality of Yumbo on 

activities regarding social policies, which aroused 

official interest in helping the disadvantaged 

population, specifically through an agricultural 

program. 

Dominican Republic 

The Centro de Estudios Sociales Padre Juan 

Montalvo (DR-297) reported motivating the 

community of Cienaga to buy and furnish a 

meeting place for the grantee’s beneficiaries. In 

addition, the community has commissioned a 

census of senior citizens and the handicapped to 

determine the number of individuals that could 

benefit from the president’s social plan. 

Honduras

Fundación BANHCAFE (HO-222) reported 

municipalities are working with rural 

communities in the management of natural 

resources as a result of IAF-funded activities. The 

municipalities have also undertaken several 

initiatives to help the communities in the areas of 

health, education, housing and agricultural 

production. 

CONCLUSION 

The results presented in this report reflect the 

IAF’s mission of supporting grassroots initiatives 

directed at improving the quality of life of the 

poor. Documenting grant results, however, is not 

easy. Measurable outcomes of grassroots projects 

occur over time and often become evident well 

after the grant period has expired. Additional 

challenges stem from the diversity of grantees, 

grant amount and duration, type of beneficiaries, 

and the broad array of project goals, activities and 

locations. Heterogeneity of cultures, languages 

and political contexts add complexity to any 

attempt to standardize, and subsequently 

generalize, findings across Latin America and the 

Caribbean. 

Nonetheless, the results compiled indicate the 

number of grantees reporting rose to 210, from 144 

the previous year, an increase of almost 46 percent. 

This is remarkable given that Haiti did not have a 

data verifier and Guatemala and Honduras did not 

have data verifiers until the last month of the Fiscal 

Year. IAF’s eventual goal is complete coverage of 

all its grantees, which appears within its grasp. As 

grantees become more familiar with the GDF, the 

IAF data collection instrument, and establish 

rapport with the data verifiers, the reliability and 

timeliness of the data reported are expected to 

improve. 

In Fiscal Year 2001, the IAF made a positive 

impact on the lives of well over 100,000 poor 

people in Latin America and the Caribbean. As a 

result of IAF grant activities, these individuals are 

better off today than they were before the grants 

were awarded. Grantee organizations clearly 

demonstrated their eagerness and ability to 

continue their efforts to help grassroots groups and 

poor people by working hard to motivate the 

private and public sectors, foreign as well as 

domestic, to donate cash, materials and human 

resources. 

These resources, totaling approximately $13.5 

million, helped expand the breadth and depth of 

IAF funded activities. Remarkably, 77 percent of 

the resources leveraged came from domestic 

sources. 

Finally, grantees’ accomplishments in Fiscal Year 

2001 went beyond the clientele directly served. 

The methods and techniques applied by 48 

grantees were replicated by 1,041 organizations, a 

multiplier effect that transcended the initial target 

many times over. 
Table A1: Beneficiaries Reporting Changed Living Conditions Due to Grants 

Country Better Same Worst

Argentina 342 0 0

Bolivia 14,115 0 0

Brazil 10,915 1,899 0

Colombia 1,275 0 0

Dominican Republic 6,634 123 0

Ecuador 9,450 174 0

El Salvador 22,590 11,198 7,414

Guatemala 126 150 0

Honduras 15,764 8,551 0

Mexico 16,132 307 0

Nicaragua 5,219 4,394 0

Panama 1,211 140 0

Peru 1,458 2,223 665

Venezuela 1,981 0 0

Total 107,212 29,159 8,079

By country/sex

Better Men Women Total

Argentina 240 102 342

Bolivia 7272 6843 14115

Brazil 5477 5438 10915

Colombia 600 675 1275

Dominican Republic 3064 3570 6634

Ecuador 4931 4519 9450

El Salvador 10518 12072 22590

Guatemala 59 67 126

Honduras 8633 7131 15764

Mexico 9597 6535 16132

Nicaragua 2142 3077 5219

Panama 799 412 1211

Peru 798 660 1458

Venezuela 537 1444 1981

Total 54,667 52,545 107,212
Same Men Women Total

Argentina 000

Bolivia 000

Brazil 1094 805 1899

Colombia 000

Dominican Republic 49 74 123

Ecuador 85 89 174

El Salvador 5687 5511 11198

Guatemala 0 150 150

Honduras 4859 3692 8551

Mexico 142 165 307

Nicaragua 2193 2201 4394

Panama 80 60 140

Peru 1116 1107 2223

Venezuela 000

Total 15,305 13,854 29,159

Worse Men Women Total

Argentina 000

Bolivia 000

Brazil 000

Colombia 000

Dominican Republic 0 0 0

Ecuador 000

El Salvador 2965 4449 7414

Guatemala 0 0 0

Honduras 000

Mexico 000

Nicaragua 000

Panama 000

Peru 335 330 665

Venezuela 000

Total 3,300 4,779 8,079
Table A-2: Number of beneficiaries trained in basic reading and writing skills

Country Men Women Total

Argentina 2,411 2,724 5,135

Bolivia 33 215 248

Brazil 1,653 1,817 3,470

Colombia 12 83 95

Dominican Republic 0 0 0

Ecuador 204 344 548

El Salvador 511 621 1,132

Guatemala 0 22 22

Honduras 0 0 0

Mexico 57 109 166

Nicaragua 0 0 0

Panama 30 37 67

Peru 0 00

Venezuela 0 0 0

Total 4,911 5,972 10,883
Table A-3: Number of individuals benefiting from health activities

Country

Better 

diets

Medical 

care Vaccinations

Piped 

water Latrines

Trash 

removal

Argentina 564 772 368 130 130 0

Bolivia 450 2,661 0 600 50 0

Brazil 5,636 14,082 0 0 0 0

Colombia 260 0 0 0 0 0

Dominican Republic 2,202 0 15,299 1,733 1,426 79,385

Ecuador 1,037 0 0 0 0 0

El Salvador 6,605 7,294 1,147 5,380 2,267 3,919

Guatemala 267 45 0 1 21 45

Honduras 3,572 0 1,140 6,330 355 6,192

Mexico 12,880 7,847 0 8,526 271 79,424

Nicaragua 9,944 671 0 0 0

Panama 1,838 125 0 57 45 0

Peru 718 199 0 0 0 0

Venezuela 146 0 0 0 0 0

 

Total 46,119 33,696 17,954 22,757 4,565 168,965
Table A-4: Number of individuals benefiting from housing improvements

Country

New 

houses Additions

Electric 

power 

installation

Sewer line 

connection

Argentina 130 0 130 0

Bolivia 0 0 0 1,461

Brazil 0 0 0 0

Colombia 0 0 0 0

Dominican Republic 23 565 75,000 40,295

Ecuador 0 0 0 0

El Salvador 3,282 350 2,311 756

Guatemala 0 2 0 0

Honduras 236 521 50 0

Mexico 236 517 0 0

Nicaragua 50 276 0 10

Panama 10 32 105 0

Peru 0 0 0 0

Venezuela 0 900 0 0

Total 3,967 3,163 77,596 42,522
Table A-5: Number of housing units (built or improved) by country

Country

New housing 

units

Remodelled 

units

Argentina 26 0

Bolivia 0 0

Brazil 0 0

Colombia 0 0

Dominican Republic 6 107

Ecuador 0 0

El Salvador 547 50

Guatemala 0 2

Honduras 40 92

Mexico 33 105

Nicaragua 18 106

Panama 2 6

Peru 0 0

Venezuela 0 180

Total 672 648
Table A-6: Number of full- and part-time jobs created, preserved or improved

Country

Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time

Argentina 2,804 0 0 80 0 20 0 73

Bolivia 2 0 0 5 6 65 11 123

Brazil 326 0 17 4 2,666 0 1,456 0

Colombia 3 0 0 0 37 0 110 0

Dominican 

Republic 0 0 30 0 60 0 0 0

Ecuador 91 4 0 0 354 10 854 50

El Salvador 88 6 137 205 873 595 793 389

Guatemala 5 0 0 0 232 0 4 0

Honduras 289 0 5 157 2,316 157 1,474 0

Mexico 1,233 150 585 0 350 0 1,965 0

Nicaragua 192 100 1,141 820 1,684 322 757 0

Panama 10 187 96 116 36 160 14 46

Peru 97 0 524 0 344 16 386 86

Venezuela 50 0 14 0 186 0 72 0

Total 5,190 447 2,549 1,387 9,144 1,345 7,896 767

Permanent Seasonal Jobs preserved Jobs improved
Table A-7: Number of beneficiaries reporting new agricultural skills by sex and country

Country Men (%) Women (%) Total

Argentina 120 50% 120 50% 240

Bolivia 382 60% 253 40% 635

Brazil 2,338 68% 1,107 32% 3,445

Caribe 210 70% 90 30% 300

Colombia 142 40% 213 60% 355

Dominican Republic 2,191 77% 659 23% 2,850

Ecuador 406 55% 332 45% 738

El Salvador 1,196 81% 277 19% 1,473

Guatemala 446 75% 147 25% 593

Honduras 1,801 65% 986 35% 2,787

Mexico 740 91% 69 9% 809

Nicaragua 1,502 55% 1,252 45% 2,754

Panama 507 68% 238 32% 745

Peru 2,168 68% 1,005 32% 3,173

Venezuela 103 75% 35 25% 138

Total 14,252 68% 6,783 32% 21,035
Table A-8: Number of beneficiaries reporting new manufacturing skills by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 0 0% 128 100% 128

Bolivia 27 13% 179 87% 206

Brazil 209 19% 879 81% 1,088

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Dominican Republic 0 0% 0 0% 0

Ecuador 23 20% 91 80% 114

El Salvador 51 28% 134 72% 185

Guatemala 0 0% 366 100% 366

Honduras 38 7% 481 93% 519

Mexico 51 5% 1,008 95% 1,059

Nicaragua 8 21% 30 79% 38

Panama 36 11% 292 89% 328

Peru 308 30% 719 70% 1,027

Venezuela 140 39% 222 61% 362

Total 891 16% 4,529 84% 5,420
Table A-9: Number of beneficiaries reporting new construction skills by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 30 100% 0 0% 30

Bolivia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Brazil 0 0% 0 0% 0

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Dominican Republic 47 81% 11 19% 58

Ecuador 0 0% 0 0% 0

El Salvador 98 92% 9 8% 107

Guatemala 0 0% 0 0% 0

Honduras 29 25% 86 75% 115

Mexico 119 45% 144 55% 263

Nicaragua 0 0% 0 0% 0

Panama 1246 74% 435 26% 1,681

Peru 417 89% 52 11% 469

Venezuela 91 92% 8 8% 99

Total 2,077 74% 745 26% 2,822
Table A-10: Number of beneficiaries reporting

new environmental skills by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 151 50% 150 50% 301

Bolivia 73 62% 45 38% 118

Brazil 2,531 62% 1,549 38% 4,080

Caribe 80 63% 46 37% 126

Colombia 236 43% 308 57% 544

Dominican Republic 5,825 46% 6,728 54% 12,553

Ecuador 148 59% 103 41% 251

El Salvador 2,002 53% 1,757 47% 3,759

Guatemala 284 70% 123 30% 407

Honduras 1,206 55% 993 45% 2,199

Mexico 19,601 49% 20,024 51% 39,625

Nicaragua 1,122 62% 674 38% 1,796

Panama 368 70% 154 30% 522

Peru 54 75% 18 25% 72

Venezuela 177 67% 89 33% 266

Total 33,858 51% 32,761 49% 66,619
Table A-11: Number of beneficiaries reporting new administrative skills by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 111 45% 133 55% 244

Bolivia 455 63% 262 37% 717

Brazil 1569 53% 1405 47% 2,974

Caribe 80 63% 46 37% 126

Colombia 398 27% 1086 73% 1,484

Dominican Republic 237 45% 287 55% 524

Ecuador 1530 63% 917 37% 2,447

El Salvador 809 55% 657 45% 1,466

Guatemala 168 71% 69 29% 237

Honduras 660 32% 1376 68% 2,036

Mexico 885 34% 1754 66% 2,639

Nicaragua 135 40% 204 60% 339

Panama 1657 70% 696 30% 2,353

Peru 151 49% 159 51% 310

Venezuela 134 40% 198 60% 332

Total 8,979 49% 9,249 51% 18,228
Table A-12: Number of beneficiaries reporting new marketing skills 

by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 138 44% 173 56% 311

Bolivia 0 0% 60 100% 60

Brazil 1443 78% 414 22% 1,857

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 22 47% 25 53% 47

Dominican Republic 225 47% 258 53% 483

Ecuador 16 20% 65 80% 81

El Salvador 309 49% 318 51% 627

Guatemala 1 11% 8 89% 9

Honduras 185 13% 1213 87% 1,398

Mexico 106 34% 206 66% 312

Nicaragua 56 50% 56 50% 112

Panama 72 27% 198 73% 270

Peru 127 53% 112 47% 239

Venezuela 74 41% 107 59% 181

Total 2,774 46% 3,213 54% 5,987
Table A-13: Number of beneficiaries reporting new leadership skills 

by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 50 63% 30 38% 80

Bolivia 205 66% 105 34% 310

Brazil 393 55% 320 45% 713

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 441 29% 1098 71% 1,539

Dominican Republic 1115 51% 1054 49% 2,169

Ecuador 28 22% 100 78% 128

El Salvador 559 55% 454 45% 1,013

Guatemala 0 0% 0 0% 0

Honduras 480 38% 775 62% 1,255

Mexico 199 45% 240 55% 439

Nicaragua 278 48% 299 52% 577

Panama 734 61% 476 39% 1,210

Peru 70 61% 45 39% 115

Venezuela 272 36% 484 64% 756

Total 4,824 47% 5,480 53% 10,304
Table A-14: Number of beneficiaries reporting new civic participation skills 

by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 122 48% 131 52% 253

Bolivia 13 36% 23 64% 36

Brazil 529 25% 1,567 75% 2,096

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 372 28% 978 72% 1,350

Dominican Republic 843 45% 1,023 55% 1,866

Ecuador 269 51% 261 49% 530

El Salvador 346 62% 210 38% 556

Guatemala 0 0% 0 0% 0

Honduras 326 58% 239 42% 565

Mexico 943 49% 983 51% 1,926

Nicaragua 338 43% 454 57% 792

Panama 757 58% 541 42% 1,298

Peru 38 35% 71 65% 109

Venezuela 12 13% 80 87% 92

Total 4,908 43% 6,561 57% 11,469
Table A-15: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved 

knowledge of the legal system 

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 0 0% 34 100% 34

Bolivia 85 73% 32 27% 117

Brazil 0 0% 0 0% 0

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 84 50% 83 50% 167

Dominican Republic 37 46% 44 54% 81

Ecuador 823 51% 790 49% 1,613

El Salvador 0 0% 0 0% 0

Guatemala 16 0% 0 0% 16

Honduras 472 79% 129 21% 601

Mexico 98 51% 95 49% 193

Nicaragua 19 63% 11 37% 30

Panama 58 24% 180 76% 238

Peru 15 88% 2 12% 17

Venezuela 72 100% 0 0% 72

Total 1,779 56% 1,400 44% 3,179
Table A-16: Number of beneficiaries reporting new finance skills 

by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 0 0% 0 0% 0

Bolivia 186 65% 101 35% 287

Brazil 23 52% 21 48% 44

Caribe 80 0% 46 0% 126

Colombia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Dominican Republic 58 27% 153 73% 211

Ecuador 978 49% 1,004 51% 1,982

El Salvador 191 27% 508 73% 699

Guatemala 92 0% 38 0% 130

Honduras 600 35% 1,096 65% 1,696

Mexico 72 45% 89 55% 161

Nicaragua 112 43% 146 57% 258

Panama 123 36% 216 64% 339

Peru 34 67% 17 33% 51

Venezuela 313 45% 375 55% 688

Total 2,862 43% 3,810 57% 6,672
Table A-17: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved 

knowledge of the political system by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 15 0% 4 0% 19

Bolivia 100 71% 41 29% 141

Brazil 298 49% 313 51% 611

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 91 0% 61 0% 152

Dominican Republic 87 46% 101 54% 188

Ecuador 117 46% 138 54% 255

El Salvador 6 86% 1 14% 7

Guatemala 0 0% 0 0% 0

Honduras 255 63% 153 38% 408

Mexico 4 10% 37 90% 41

Nicaragua 0 0% 0 0% 0

Panama 214 45% 260 55% 474

Peru 95 56% 75 44% 170

Venezuela 0 0% 0 0% 0

Total 1,282 52% 1,184 48% 2,466
Table A-18: Number of beneficiaries reporting new health-related skills 

by sex and country

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 0 0% 0 0% 0

Bolivia 42 60% 28 40% 70

Brazil 1511 25% 4606 75% 6,117

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Dominican Republic 0 0% 0 0% 0

Ecuador 0 0% 10 100% 10

El Salvador 751 40% 1113 60% 1,864

Guatemala 34 0% 84 0% 118

Honduras 402 57% 298 43% 700

Mexico 285 9% 2988 91% 3,273

Nicaragua 68 16% 364 84% 432

Panama 20 40% 30 60% 50

Peru 0 0% 0 0% 0

Venezuela 3 7% 38 93% 41

Total 3,116 25% 9,559 75% 12,675
Table A-19: Number of beneficiaries trained in preventing

domestic violence, sexual abuse and drug us

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 0 0% 0 0% 0

Bolivia 13 36% 23 64% 36

Brazil 0 0% 0 0% 0

Caribe 0 0% 0 0% 0

Colombia 0 0% 0 0% 0

Dominican Republic 143 0% 132 0% 275

Ecuador 0 0% 100 100% 100

El Salvador 35 12% 263 88% 298

Guatemala 0 0% 0 0% 0

Honduras 194 20% 781 80% 975

Mexico 247 51% 238 49% 485

Nicaragua 0 0% 0 0% 0

Panama 58 24% 180 76% 238

Peru 61 0% 408 0% 469

Venezuela 72 100% 0 0% 72

Total 823 28% 2,125 72% 2,948
Table A-20: Number of beneficiaries reporting improved communication skills

(Cumulative results since projects inception)

Men % Women % Total

Argentina 515 61% 335 39% 851

Bolivia 8,262 48% 9,029 52% 17,291

Brazil 11 50% 11 50% 23

Caribe 478 86% 75 14% 554

Colombia 856 43% 1,158 57% 2,014

Dominican Republic 1,275 51% 1,203 49% 2,479

Ecuador 5,878 53% 5,238 47% 11,117

El Salvador 4,186 63% 2,452 37% 6,639

Guatemala 178 70% 77 30% 256

Honduras 5,594 56% 4,380 44% 9,975

Mexico 7 100% 0 0% 8

Nicaragua 0 0% 0 0% 0

Panama 186 62% 112 38% 299

Peru 84 38% 138 62% 222

Venezuela 332 44% 427 56% 759

Total 27,842 53% 24,635 47% 52,485
Table A-21: Number of beneficiaries reporting better problem-solving skills

(Cumulative results since projects inception)

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 8 50% 8 50% 16

Bolivia 10,102 45% 12,172 55% 22,274

Brazil 11 26% 31 74% 42

Colombia 665 42% 917 58% 1,582

Dominican Republic 1,083 58% 787 42% 1,870

Ecuador 3,016 55% 2,424 45% 5,440

El Salvador 2,342 62% 1,459 38% 3,801

Guatemala 25 78% 7 22% 32

Honduras 1,974 55% 1,610 45% 3,584

Mexico 794 66% 414 34% 1,208

Nicaragua 719 57% 551 43% 1,270

Panama 559 55% 466 45% 1,025

Peru 110 45% 134 55% 244

Venezuela 291 37% 491 63% 782

Total 21,699 50% 21,471 50% 43,170
Table A-22: Number of beneficiaries reporting increased self-esteem

(Cumulative results since projects inception)

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 854 29% 2,044 71% 2,898

Bolivia 10,565 47% 11,842 53% 22,407

Brazil 591 34% 1,137 66% 1,728

Colombia 820 40% 1,205 60% 2,025

Dominican Republic 2,435 51% 2,330 49% 4,765

Ecuador 2,971 53% 2,636 47% 5,607

El Salvador 7,744 55% 6,233 45% 13,977

Guatemala 195 70% 83 30% 278

Honduras 5,910 55% 4,768 45% 10,678

Mexico 1,163 36% 2,050 64% 3,213

Panama 653 46% 775 54% 1,428

Peru 194 45% 233 55% 427

Venezuela 266 65% 146 35% 412

Total 34,361 49% 35,482 51% 69,843
Table A-23: Number of beneficiaries reporting increased knowledge 

of their cultural identity 

(Cumulative results since projects inception)

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 405 40% 617 60% 1,022

Bolivia 8,579 45% 10,285 55% 18,864

Brazil 64 21% 242 79% 306

Colombia 588 41% 863 59% 1,451

Dominican Republic 1,348 54% 1,151 46% 2,499

Ecuador 2,641 51% 2,577 49% 5,218

El Salvador 2,718 47% 3,079 53% 5,797

Guatemala 108 59% 76 41% 184

Honduras 3,867 55% 3,147 45% 7,014

Mexico 131 77% 39 23% 170

Nicaragua 71 68% 33 32% 104

Panama 740 53% 654 47% 1,394

Peru 272 55% 226 45% 498

Total 21,532 48% 22,989 52% 44,521
Table A-24: Number of beneficiaries reporting better ability to innovate/adapt

(Cumulative results since projects inception)

Country Men % Women % Total

Argentina 23 13% 148 87% 171

Bolivia 1,064 60% 710 40% 1,774

Brazil 5,879 33% 11,863 67% 17,742

Colombia 533 31% 1,162 69% 1,695

Dominican Republic 979 56% 777 44% 1,756

Ecuador 1,090 57% 808 43% 1,898

El Salvador 3,510 76% 1,100 24% 4,610

Guatemala 2 67% 1 33% 3

Honduras 3,940 55% 3,216 45% 7,156

Mexico 308 51% 295 49% 603

Panama 435 71% 182 29% 617

Peru 62 98% 1 2% 63

Venezuela 151 65% 80 35% 231

Total 17,976 47% 20,343 53% 38,319
Table A-25: Number of cooperating organizations by type and country

Country

Foreign 

businesses

Foreign 

government 

institutions Foreign NGOs

Other 

international 

organizations

Religious 

organizations

Local 

businesses

Domestic 

government 

institutions

Domestic NGOs 

(excluding 

religious)

Co

org

Argentina 5 0 0 1 10 17 39 45 Bolivia 0 3 10 3 4 2 18 6 Brazil 3 1 5 1 14 5 24 12 Colombia 3 0 0 0 2 2 53 41 Dominican Republic 12 6 10 6 226 11 40 18 Ecuador 2 6 12 6 1 0 13 39 El Salvador 2 11 35 10 17 31 168 76 Guatemala 4 2 8 0 0 13 8 1 Honduras 3 0 30 0 7 1 20 5 Mexico 5 5 11 3 7 49 140 94 Nicaragua 0 2 0 0 1 2 10 3 Panama 0 2 0 6 8 27 17 3 Peru 9 2 0 0 2 9 23 9 Venezuela 0 2 0 0 3 8 20 15 

Total 48 42 121 36 302 177 593 367 
Table A-26: Number of partnerships by type and country

Country

Foreign 

businesses

Foreign 

government 

institutions Foreign NGOs

Other 

international 

organizations

Religious 

organizations

Local 

businesses

Domestic 

government 

institutions

Domestic NGOs 

(excluding 

religious)

Com

orga

Argentina 0 0 0 1 2 4 18 17 Bolivia 0 1 2 0 2 1 11 3 Brazil 5 1 0 0 10 29 45 52 Colombia 0 3 0 4 0 4 12 9 Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 2 5 27 12 Ecuador 0 0 16 4 1 7 15 13 El Salvador 9 11 13 6 1 63 76 25 Guatemala 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 Honduras 0 2 12 2 4 0 14 4 Mexico 1 0 4 0 0 59 5 57 Nicaragua 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 Panama 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 Peru 0 1 3 1 0 2 19 7 Venezuela 3 0 1 0 0 5 8 8 Total 20 22 54 21 22 183 256 212 
Table A-27: Number and type of loans by country

Agricultural Construction Manufacturing

Business 

expansion Education Other Total

Argentina 0 0 0 0 00 0

Bolivia 287 0 2 7 0 0 296

Brazil 9 0 0 0 00 9

Caribe 855 0 0 0 0 0 855

Colombia 245 0 3 1 0 10 259

Dominican 

Republic 43 122 0 79 0 64 308

Ecuador 95 0 40 5 0 9 149

El Salvador 254 0 12 42 1 750 1,059

Guatemala 65 0 0 2 0 0 67

Honduras 115 24 0 0 0 470 609

Mexico 942 108 494 9,376 98 2,649 13,667

Nicaragua 648 217 341 744 0 17 1,967

Panama 31 0 0 18 0 0 49

Peru 58 6 14 42 0 2 122

Venezuela 4 0 0 0 0 10 14

Total 3,651 477 906 10,316 99 3,981 19,430
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