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Strengthening Family-based Agricultural Production Smallholder farmers in Colombias traditional coffee region are struggling due to the global fall in coffee prices. The Asociacin de Productores Indgenas y Campesinos de Riosucio Caldas (Asproinca) improves the members livelihoods of its members by improving coffee production, and promoting agricultural diversification and small-enterprise development. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Colombia. Asproincas activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of a broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia..
Local Development Program - PDL FOCUS Fund: Sustainable Territories and Empowered Communities Corporacion Consorcio para el Desarrollo Comunitario (Consorcio) will create a training and technical assistance program in order to assist and strengthen grassroots organizations, by providing workshops and ongoing support through the creation of a virtual platform. The project should benefit 200 direct beneficiaries.
Implement tools of social control and citizen denunciation of corruption from the Peace Initiatives System Peace-building and good governance are threatened by corruption. Corporacin Transparencia por Colombia (Transparencia) supports community oversight activities carried out by IAF-grantees through training, technical assistance and dissemination activities. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Colombia. Transparencias activitiesencourage civic participation to allow marginalized groups to defend their rights, propel their own development and advocate for government accountability and transparency. This grant is part of a broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Caribbean Agenda: Peace amongst Youth at the Territorial Level Prodesal is one of a cohort of IAF grantee partners that will support peace-building efforts at the grassroots level. Prodesal will work with young people in nine municipalities and two cities in the Caribbean region of Colombia to build municipal peace agendas, leading to one Caribbean youth peace plan. Prodesal and its participants will present all of the developed agendas to local and regional authorities and disseminate their contents widely via digital and social media. The project will directly benefit 750 young people from the departments of Atlntico, Bolvar, Crdoba and Sucre. An additional 750,000 young people in these four departments will benefit from having municipal and regional peace agendas.
Training adolescents in citizen oversight Young people in Medellin's peripheral neighborhoods face high levels of violence and are often disengaged from civic life. Fundacin Casa de las Estrategias (Casa de las Estrategias) trains adolescents from seven communities in Medellin to become citizen journalists who research and report news that holds local governments accountable, thereby underscoring their obligations and rights as citizens. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to strengthen democratic governance in Colombia. Casa de las Estrategias encourages civic participation to advocate for government accountability and transparency. This grant is part of our broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Building a community network of natural reserves and strengthening community-led conservation, sustainable agriculture, and economic livelihoods in the department of Nario High levels of deforestation in Colombia's agriculturally-focused Nario department make it difficult for local farmers to earn a livelihood and increase pressure on them to migrate or participate in illicit economies. The IAF supports rural communities in promoting environmental conservation and diversified livelihoods in Colombia. Our grantee, Asociacin para el Desarrollo Campesino (ADC), has been a leader throughout Nario in sustainable agriculture and livelihoods over the past 40 years. By establishing natural reserves, sustainable food production, and systems for local markets, ADC offers rural communities an alternative to deforestation and illicit economies, increasing their ability to safely earn a livelihood on their lands.This grant is part of the IAF's initiative to build a lasting peace in Colombia.
Youth for their rights, building citizenship and public youth policy at the municipal and departmental level Corporacin Taller Prodesal (PRODESAL), $178,631 over 18 months PRODESAL will reach 1,830 young Colombians in three additional municipalities in Crdoba through its activities related to local decision-making on policy, raising awareness of rights and improving business skills. 18-
To believe is to create In marginalized communities of northeast Medelln, young people have few social, employment, and leadership opportunities to support themselves and their families. Corporacin Proyectarte (Proyectarte) partners with local schools, social service organizations, and grassroots groups to boost young people's leadership skills and build networks to advance opportunities. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. Proyectarte's activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Strengthening community tourism in San Francisco de Ich, Choc The Peace Agreement in Colombia has created opportunities for economic development in areas previously wracked by violence, including in Afro-Colombian communities along Colombia's Pacific coast. At the IAF we encourage local entrepreneurship and efforts to protect the natural resources that communities depend on. Our grantee partner, Asociacin Vamos Mujeres de San Francisco de Ich (Vamos Mujeres), is working with the local community council in the Choc department to lead a community-based tourism initiative that will simultaneously generate income and protect the environment. This grant is part of a broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Strengthening the association of users of Distrito de Riego San Miguel de Cariaco, Bajo Municipio de Consac, hinterland Santuary Wildlife Galeras, Department of Nario, Colombia Asociacin de Usuarios del Distrito de Adecuacin de Tierras de Pequea Escala San Miguel De Cariaco Bajo (Distrito de Riego) will work with members of IAF grantee Asociacin de Comunidades Andinas de Nario and Grupo Asociativo Agropecuario El Progreso Ciudadela de Bombon (El Progreso) toward creating an umbrella organization that will represent the interests of multiple community-led organizations, which will be called Asociacin de Productores de Galeras (Asoprogaleras. The grant will benefit 109 Colombians directly and 545 indirectly.
Empresas de Comunicacin Comunitarias, sostenibilidad y comunicacin en tiempos de Coronavirus. High quality internet is almost nonexistent in rural and isolated communities in Colombia and this digital gap has become even more harmful in the wake of COVID-19. Local populations cannot access online education and training telemedicine visits market information reliable news social services and other opportunities that are available to residents of larger cities. At the IAF we support community-led approaches to building peace and security by enhancing communication within and between communities. Our grantee partner Corporacin Sistema de Comunicacin Para La Paz (SIPAZ) is piloting four community-based communications enterprises that sell broadband services at reduced cost to rural communities grassroots organizations and social leaders promoting the digital access and civic engagement of traditionally marginalized groups and those building peace from the ground up.
Sembrando Paz Con Agricultura Familiar Campesina y Comunitaria Many family farmers in Colombia have few options for improving their production and marketing their agricultural products. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Colombia in a way that protects the natural resources on which communities depend. Corporacin Buen Ambiente (Corambiente) is working with more than 70 organizations in the departments of Santander and Valle del Cauca to strengthen the production, marketing, and consumption of environmentally-friendly foods. Corambiente's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful, licit opportunities for communities to thrive.This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Empowering leadership that positively and effectively impacts the social contexts and realties of trans people. Often excluded from family life, academic opportunities, and other social spaces beginning at an early age, transgender people are some of the most marginalized in Colombian society. Many go through life subject to discrimination and violence. These risks are particularly acute for displaced Venezuelans living in Colombia. The IAF supports community-led solutions to ensuring the social and economic inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups. Our grantee Fundacin Grupo de Accin y Apoyo a personas Trans (GAAT) supports the rights and safety of transgender people by providing mental health services; and ensuring access to government services, housing, employment, mobility, education, and health. This grant is part of the IAFs broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia and the IAFs commitment to support displaced Venezuelans and communities impacted by the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
Empowerment comprehensive gender equality women`s organizations in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga Fundacin Mujer y Futuro (FMF) will undertake a three-year project to increase womens knowledge of their rights and participation in local government planning and access to programs available to them through the existent policy for gender equality for the municipality of Bucaramanga. The program will include training technical assistance and exchanges. The grant will directly benefit 300 women and indirectly impact 1500 community members.
Education/Training Grant Grupo Asociativo Agropecuario El Progreso Ciudadela de Bombon (El Progreso) in Colombia will work closely with two other IAF grantees, Asociacin de Comunidades Andinas de Nario (Tierrandina) and Asociacin de Usuarios del Distrito de Adecuacin de Tierras de Pequea Escala San Miguel De Cariaco Bajo (Distrito de Riego), toward creating an organization that will represent the interests of multiple community-led organizations, which will be called the Asociacin de Productores del Galeras (Asoprogaleras). The grant will directly benefit 125 coffee farmers in the municipality of Consac.
Proposal for strengthening Cooperation with RedEAmrica Corporacin RedEAmrica. RedEAmrica will improve measurement of the impact of its training and investment in grassroots projects; will study and document four examples of successful subgrantees; will encourage the application of principles of grassroots development to core business functions; and will recognize extraordinary contributions to grassroots development in the hemisphere.
Youth for their rights, building citizenship and public youth policy at the municipal and departmental level Prodesal will involve 1,036 young Colombians in local policy-making, raise their awareness of their rights and improve their business skills through technical assistance, training, forums and exchanges. A subgrant fund will finance 40 start-up businesses. Over 18 months PRODESAL will reach 1,830 young Colombians in three additional municipalities in Crdoba through its activities related to local decision-making on policy, raising awareness of rights and improving business skills.
An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Ecosystems Colombia's Andean cloud forests are some of the most biodiverse in the world and local communities depend on them for their livelihoods. They are also extremely fragile. The forests in the Paraguas-Munchique conservation corridor are endangered by a growing population weekend tourism from urban areas and high levels of pollution from nearby industries. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to protect the environment expand economic opportunities for local populations and strengthen governance in Colombia. Our grantee partner Fundacin Ambiental DapaViva (DapaViva) promotes sustainable ecosystems and livelihoods in four communities of Yumbo Valle del Cauca by engaging schools residents local businesses community organizations and the municipal conservation authorities in conserving their environment through applied education eco-tourism and strengthened monitoring systems. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Consolidating Indigenous territories along Rio Meta, to face new threats emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic Indigenous people in Colombia's Orinoqua region, who already experienced chronic poverty, have seen their livelihoods and health threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Violence, threats, and encroachment or exploitation of natural resources by outside interests and non-state armed groups have also increased during the pandemic. The IAF supports strategies to enhance the security of historically marginalized groups. Our grantee Fundacin para el Etnodesarrollo de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia (Etnollano) is working with seven communities of Amora, Sikuani, and Sliva ethnic groups in Northern Vichada represented by a regional Indigenous organization, the Organizacin Regional de los Pueblos Indgenas del Bajo Orinoco (ORPIBO), to implement a COVID-19 prevention and resilience strategy based on local knowledge and customs.This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia and the IAF's COVID-19 response strategy.
Strengthening community tourism actions and services offered by the Community Council of San Francisco de Ich - Choc, to favor the access of its inhabitants to development opportunities. The Peace Agreement in Colombia has created opportunities for economic development in areas previously wracked by violence, including in Afro-Colombian communities along Colombia's Pacific coast. At the IAF we encourage local entrepreneurship and efforts to protect the natural resources that communities depend on. Our grantee partner, Asociacin Vamos Mujeres de San Francisco de Ich (Vamos Mujeres), is working with the local community council in the Choc department to lead a community-based tourism initiative that will simultaneously generate income and protect the environment. This grant is part of a broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Building peace through the remembrances People with non-traditional gender identities or sexual orientations face barriers to participation in their communities in the Caribbean region. Corporacin Caribe Afirmativo (Caribe Afirmativo) increases visibility of this groups struggles, offers psychological support to individuals, especially those who have been victims of Colombias armed conflict, and raises awareness of their rights.
Strengthening the value chain of woven crafts produced in the Kankuamo Indigenous Resguardo, as a means for sustaining the family economy and Kankuamo identity The Kankuamo people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in Colombia's Caribbean region, are facing a loss of ancestral practices and cultural identity following mass displacement and violence. They are reclaiming their territorial rights and reviving their cultural identity, which underpins their social cohesion and ability to coordinate on economic and social development initiatives. As part of recovering the Kankuamo culture, IAF grantee the Asociacin de Artesanas Indgenas Kankuamas (ASOARKA) is improving the production and marketing of traditional arts and crafts, primarily woven fiber bags called mochilas. Although most families produce woven mochilas and other crafts to earn income to complement subsistence agricultural production, the artisanal sector of the Kankuamo economy is not yet competitive with other artisan traditions in Colombia. By revitalizing the artisan craft value chain, ASOARKA is both increasing family incomes and reinforcing Kankuamo culture.
Strengthening public and community processes of artistic education and cultural heritage in 10 municipalities of the Department of Choc. Colombia's Choc department home to Afro-Colombian Embera-Wounaan and mestizo people has a history of isolation underdevelopment and conflict. Young people in particular are still paying the price of the country's armed conflict facing the constant threat of violent gangs. At the IAF we support community-led solutions that promote peace and security through youth engagement and civil society strengthening. Our grantee partner Asociacin Para Las Investigaciones Culturales Del Choc (ASINCH) is drawing on the Choc's rich cultural heritage to rebuild the region's social fabric by providing safe spaces for community members to work through the traumas of exclusion and conflict through music arts and dance. ASINCH promotes Choc's traditions among young people strengthens community-based cultural organizations and supports public policies that protect the cultural rights of its people. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Increase the capacity of six afro-descent and indigenous organizations Semillas will work with six African descendants and indigenous Colombian organizations in the departments of Cauca and Tolima, improve relations with Colombians of other ethnicities, and support responsible agriculture. The project will directly benefit 1,760 persons.
RedColaborar Community Management Organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean are propelling community-led approaches to sustainable agriculture, enterprise development and job skills, peacebuilding, and other key development issues. Through a cooperative agreement, MAKAIA will further advance this work by working with IAF grantees across the region to build a collaborative virtual community of practice, RedColaborar. Grantee partners will use the learning platform to generate and share knowledge, resources, and best practices to strengthen their organizational capacity and have an even greater impact on the communities they serve. This initiative is part of the IAFs broader efforts to promote community-led solutions to challenges and unlock private, public and community resources for grassroots development.
Reconciliation from the Grassroots: Participator y documentation of 16 experiences of peace-building CINEP is one of a cohort of IAF grantee partners that will support peace-building efforts at the grassroots level. CINEP will support peace-building efforts at the grassroots level through applied research with a select group of 17 IAF grantee partners in Colombia. It will generate baseline information on local initiatives throughout the country to contribute toward identifying best practices in peace-building. The project will directly benefit 80 people and 1,600 indirectly.
Revitalizing the knowledge of traditional medicine of the indigenous woman Chagra of life Indigenous communities struggle to protect their traditional way of life and sustain their livelihoods in the natural environment. Asociacin de Mujeres Indgenas `La Chagra de la Vida` (Asomi) encourages collaboration among its members including the Inga Kaments Siona Kofn and Koreguaje people to increase diversity and productivity of sustainable farms and to revitalize traditional knowledge and practices. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Colombia. Asomi's activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Building peace through the remembrances Corporacin Caribe Afirmativo (Caribe Afirmativo) will raise awareness about the struggles of the LGBTI community in the Caribbean region, offer art therapy to individuals who have been victimized and advocate for their rights. The grant will benefit 300 LGBTI Colombians directly and 520 persons indirectly.
Reforestacin de treinta hectreas con un sistema silvoagrcola de rboles nativos y aguacate hass por la COOPERATIVA MULTIACTIVA AGROPECUARIA REGIONAL SAN ROQUE en zona de influencia de cultivos ilcitos en la Serrana de las Minas (Oporapa - Hu Deforestation and unsustainable land use practices from illegal poppy and coca production have had a lasting environmental impact in Oporapa Colombia affecting the available water supply. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security through sustainable natural resource management. Our grantee partner Cooperativa Multiactiva Agropecuaria Regional San Roque Oporapa (Cooagrosanroque) protects the region's key water resources by deepening environmental awareness among children and young people from Serrana de las Minas providing farmers with technical assistance on sustainable agricultural practices and strengthening local organizations' capacity to address environmental challenges. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Ecosystems Colombias Andean cloud forests are some of the most biodiverse in the world, and local communities depend on them for their livelihoods. They are also extremely fragile. The forests in the Paraguas-Munchique conservation corridor are endangered by a growing population, weekend tourism from urban areas, and high levels of pollution from nearby industries. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to protect the environment, expand economic opportunities for local populations, and strengthen governance in Colombia. Our grantee partner, Fundacin Ambiental DapaViva (DapaViva), promotes sustainable ecosystems and livelihoods in four communities of Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, by engaging schools, residents, local businesses, community organizations, and the municipal conservation authorities in conserving their environment through applied education, eco-tourism, and strengthened monitoring systems.
Giving Young People a Voice: Caribbean Peace Agenda Young people were deeply affected by Colombia's 50-year civil conflict. Though they have a huge stake they have no formal role or voice in shaping the peace. Corporacin Taller Prodesal (Prodesal) is working with young people ages 14 to 28 members of more than 150 civil society organizations in the Caribbean region to consolidate their agenda for peace. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Colombia. Prodesal's activities encourage civic participation to allow marginalized groups to defend their rights and advocate for government accountability and transparency. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Strengthening Asociacion de Comunidades Campesinas Andinas of Narino Tierrandina will work with 252 farmers from the municipalities of Consac, Yacuanquer and Sandon, department of Nario, to strengthen a network of environmentally sustainable farms, some registered as private nature reserves, and to consolidate its own position as a grassroots organization.
Reconciliation from the Grassroots: Participatory documentation of 16 experiences of peace-building CINEP is one of a cohort of IAF grantee partners that will support peace-building efforts at the grassroots level. CINEP will support peace-building efforts at the grassroots level through applied research with a select group of 17 IAF grantee partners in Colombia. It will generate baseline information on local initiatives throughout the country to contribute toward identifying best practices in peace- building. The project will directly benefit 80 people and 1,600 indirectly.