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Participatory Budgeting for Grassroots Development In Mexico City, participatory budgetingin which communities democratically decide how to spend available municipal public fundspresents a tremendous opportunity for residents to build strong local organizations and enhance their ability to advocate for the development priorities of their communities. Our grantee partner Ollin, Jvenes en Movimiento, A.C. (Ollin) engages grassroots leaders to offer training on participatory budgeting, implements a subgrant fund in Mexico State as a pilot of participatory budgeting, promotes the replication of this model beyond Mexico City, and disseminates information on Mexico City's participatory budgeting program to citizens. At the IAF, we strengthen the ability of local organizations to unlock additional public and private resources for long-term development.
Promoting gender equity and reducing gender-based violence in southern Mexico. Women living in rural and Indigenous communities in Mexico face high rates of gender-based violence. Our grantee Mujeres Transformando Mundos, A.C. (MUTRAM), in coordination with popular education organization Centro de Educacin Integral de Base (CEIBA), supports grassroots leaders and groups in southern Chiapas to address gender-based violence and improve gender equity through trainings and workshops. Participants replicate workshops with their neighborhood organizations. In addition, MUTRAM engages networks in southern Mexico to expand the regional impact that it and CEIBA have on these issues.This grant is part of the IAF's Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Our vision of change: community museums and schools Strengthening visions from the past and the future Unin de Museos Comunitarios de Oaxaca, A.C. (UMCO) will partner with primary schools and high schools to develop the leadership, technical skills and cultural identity of marginalized children and adolescents in 15 rural communities of Oaxaca through a series of workshops, festivals, exchanges and exhibitions. Project activities will reach at least 2,700 children, 500 adolescents and 300 adults.
Comunalia 2.0 Locally-rooted institutions have the ability to unlock resources for communities and ensure the long-term sustainability of civil society organizations. At the IAF we strengthen the ability of local philanthropic organizations to carry out effective programming and obtain additional public and private resources for long-term development. Our grantee partner Alianza de Fundaciones Comunitarias Mxico (Comunalia) will establish a hub to promote peer-to-peer coordination and learning providing training for community foundations in areas such as evaluation community philanthropy grassroots development grantmaking fundraising and proposal writing. This hub will contribute to the long-term viability of thousands of civil society organizations providing a range of services without relying on U.S. government resources or assistance.
Strengthening Campesino Leadership to promote micro-enterprises and development projects in Mexico Centro Campesino para el Desarrollo Sustentable A.C. (CAMPESINO) will work with farmers in the state of Tlaxcala to improve their income and food supply through training in conservation techniques leadership planning and related subjects. It will also support the further development of a community-based business construct and equip a storage facility and offer farmers access to working capital and loans.
Community Savings Groups Residents of rural areas in Baja California Sur, Mexico, often have to travel more than two hours each way to access financial services, such as savings accounts or small loans, that can improve their lives. Banks are often reluctant to service them due to their small amounts of savings. When these residents pool together their savings, however, they can better manage crises, invest in their small businesses, and gain financial independence. The IAF supports community-led solutions to promote inclusive economic development. Our grantee Pedazo por Pedazo un Mundo Mejor Philanthropiece AC (PpAC) is identifying, training, and mentoring local leaders to help rural communities in Baja California Sur form savings groups that provide financial services while also building trust and accountability among their members. PpAC is also training local promoters to replicate the community savings groups model in new communities, allowing more local residents to provide for their own financial needs.
JUXTA.co & iTEXTIL Indigenous Tsotsil and Tseltal women artisans from the Highlands of Chiapas (Los Altos de Chiapas) are vulnerable to unethical market practices in the sale of their highly-valued traditional textiles. The IAF supports community-led efforts to protect the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples in order to improve their incomes and labor conditions. Our grantee partner Proyecto Impacto Consultores A.C. (NGOImpacto) is bringing Indigenous women weavers perspectives to key government institutions and private sector stakeholders to ensure market access and recognition of their cultural property. NGOImpacto is also training Indigenous craftswomen in social entrepreneurship and human rights, and is supporting the expansion of Juxta Nation, a social enterprise owned by cooperatives of Indigenous craftswomen from Los Altos de Chiapas. This grant is part of the IAF's Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Masculinidades Alternas y Roles de Gnero entre las juventudes de la zona Maya de Quintana Roo. Maya youths facing violence from criminal groups in southern Mexico lack secure spaces to interact peacefully, overcome trauma from violence, and develop their leadership skills. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to promote peace and security. Our grantee partner, Mxico y Caribe Jvenes, A.C. (Mxico y Caribe Jvenes) empowers young people in Chetumal, Quintana Roo to increase graduation rates, reduce gender-based violence, construct a culture of peace, and reduce the pressure on youths to leave their communities in search of other prospects. Grant activities include leadership and rights training, seed funds to implement action plans, awareness-raising events, and a documentary on how violence impacts young people.
Strengthening community entrepreneurship and leadership for good living (lekil kuxlejal) among youth in Mitontic, Chiapas. Indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people in southern Mexico face limited livelihood opportunities, leading many to migrate to other places in Mexico or the U.S. As a result, communities are losing their most important resource: young people. The IAF supports community-led solutions for Indigenous young people to identify and develop homegrown economic opportunities based on local resources and culture. Our grantee Jvenes Articulando Territorios A.C. (JovenArte), an Indigenous youth-led organization in Chiapas, is carrying out a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program embedded in the Indigenous notion of lekil kuxlejal or good living to encourage young people to stay in school, start a business, and build local leadership.This grant is part of the IAF's Social Inclusion and Alternatives to Migration strategic initiatives focused on Indigenous young people.
Youth sowing their future Desarrollo Autogestionario, A.C. (AUGE). AUGE will offer training in job skills to 300 young Mexicans, between the ages of 16 and 22, from 40 communities in six municipalities surrounding Xalapa, Veracruz, and will support their small enterprises or further education. A mobile training center developed with project funds will allow AUGE to continuing activities beyond the grant period. In addition to the trainees, 1,200 family members are expected to benefit.
Strategies for Community Development and Conservation on the Coast of Oaxaca Ecosta will use its supplemental funding to help beneficiaries in the coast of Oaxaca consolidate two microenterprises, provide support to an existing microenterprise and provide training in the technical aspects of rabbit farming, marketing of organic products and business branding. It will expand access to working capital to 10 new communities along the coast of Oaxaca.
Strengthening Peacebuilding in Chiapas Indigenous and rural communities in Chiapas, Mexico, face increasing challenges due to violence resulting from conflict. The increasing complexity of conflict between and among communities arising from land disputes, power struggles, differences over faith issues, or other disagreements between groups undermines social and economic development. The IAF supports community-led solutions to promote peaceful solutions to conflict and chronic violence. Our grantee Comisin de Apoyo a la Unidad y Reconciliacin Comunitaria, A. C. (CORECO) supports the development of skills among Indigenous and rural communities to analyze conflict, engage groups to peacefully transform conflict, and resolve thorny issues that could easily escalate into violence. This grant brings faith-based strategies and diverse Indigenous networks to the IAF's approach to overcoming chronic violence.
Rebuilding Community Ties In the wake of the 2017 earthquakes, Mexico faces unprecedented challenges to secure long-term recovery and to help communities prepare for future natural disasters. Fundacin Comunidad, A.C. (Comunidad) partners with communities in Morelos impacted by the earthquake to improve food security and small-business productivity and to mitigate the impact of future natural disasters. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Mexico. Comunidad's activities that make more resources available to communities seeking to address their own development needs. This grant is part of our broader initiative to encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to unlock private, public, and local resources for grassroots development. This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Lekil Kuxlejal: Integral strengthening with Indigenous women of Chiapas through textiles and the support of effective social entrepreneurship. Indigenous Tsotsil and Tseltal women artisans from the Highlands of Chiapas (Los Altos de Chiapas) are vulnerable to unethical market practices in the sale of their highly-valued traditional textiles. The IAF supports community-led efforts to protect the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples in order to improve their incomes and labor conditions. Our grantee partner Proyecto Impacto Consultores A.C. (NGOImpacto) is bringing Indigenous women weavers' perspectives to key government institutions and private sector stakeholders to ensure market access and recognition of their cultural property. NGO Impacto is also training Indigenous craftswomen in social entrepreneurship and human rights, and is supporting the expansion of Juxta Nation, a social enterprise owned by cooperatives of Indigenous craftswomen from Los Altos de Chiapas. This grant is part of the IAF's Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Rural micro-enterprise Union de Esfuerzos para el Campo (UDEC) will work with Cooperativa Cosechando Juntos lo Sembrado, S.C. (CSJ), to provide business training and technical assistance to 500 backyard gardeners and 125 rural microentrepeneurs selling food, clothing, soaps and shampoos and crafts in 40 communities of Queretaro. The program also offers them access to credit through savings-and- loan associations.
Agriculture/Training Grant Coalicin Indgena de Migrantes de Chiapas, A.C. (CIMICH) will work with 29 Comits Comunitarios Transnacionales, or transnational community committees (CCTs), in seven municipalities of the Chiapas highlands to help resettle indigenous Tsotsil and Tseltal migrants returning to their communities of origin and encourage their participation in municipal rural development councils and in initiatives to generate income. The grant will benefit 550 Tsotsil and Tseltal Mexicans directly and another 1,450 members of their families indirectly.
Youth sowing their future Desarrollo Autogestionario A.C. (AUGE) will offer training in job skills to 300 young Mexicans between the ages of 16 and 22 from 40 communities in six municipalities surrounding Xalapa Veracruz and will support their small enterprises or further education. A mobile training center developed with project funds will allow AUGE to continuing activities beyond the grant period. In addition to the trainees 1200 family members are expected to benefit. ..
Food Security, access to water, and sustainable agriculture in Hahu communities of Cardonal, Hidalgo, Mexico. The economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating already severe trends of poverty, migration, and food insecurity in Mexico, especially for those in Indigenous communities. The IAF supports community-led solutions that expand economic opportunity and inclusion of historically marginalized groups. Our grantee Magueyal, Sujeto y Comunidad, A.C. (Magueyal) collaborates with Hahu Indigenous farmers to improve the food security and income of farming families in nine communities in the dry state of Hidalgo. Magueyal is expanding participatory assessments, leadership training for sustainable agriculture promoters, sustainable vegetable and small livestock production, and improved water capture for sustainable agriculture.
Promoting rural livelihoods in Veracruz in the context of Covid-19. The economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating already severe trends of poverty migration and food insecurity in Mexico. The IAF supports community-led approaches for the social and economic inclusion of women and young people vulnerable populations that have been particularly affected by the crisis. Our grantee Desarrollo Autogestionario A.C. (AUGE) promotes recovery and resilience among communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by addressing food security through sustainable smallholder agricultural practices. AUGE is also expanding women's savings groups to empower women economically and supporting women- and youth-led enterprises in adapting to client needs in the pandemic to generate income. This grant is part of the IAF's broader COVID-19 response strategy and the Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Women building alternative lives of dignity and fair trade. Strengthening of economic and educational strategies, food security and care of epi Beha, a nongovernmental organization, and Ya Muntsi Beha (Ya Muntsi Beha or the cooperative), a cooperative of 250 women in Hidalgo, will strengthen their jointly owned fair trade enterprise, Ya Muntsi Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada-Corazn Verde (YMSRL-Corazn hereafter), through training and development and implementation of a marketing strategy. The Grantee will reach out to 520 additional women in the states of Chiapas, Puebla, Mexico State, the Federal District and Hidalgo by purchasing their goods and selling them in niche markets.
Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Los Lagos de Colores " SSS (Lago de Colores) Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Los Lagos de Colores " SSS (Lagos de Colores) will work with its 150 member families of indigenous Chuj, Tojolabal and Mam descent in four rural municipalities in Tziscao, Chiapas, a toward the application of "agroecology " or farming practices compatible with the responsible use of the environment; the improvement of coffee production and processing; and more effective marketing of coffee, honey and vegetables. Its workshops will address concepts related to community, territory, identity and gender. The increased income and awareness should benefit 750 Mexicans of indigenous descent.
Investing in Community Foundations in Mxico FM will develop a program of challenge grants for community foundations supporting grassroots initiatives, will conduct training in grantmaking for their staff, will offer related technical assistance and will disseminate what has been learned and accomplished. The project should directly impact 14,900 Mexicans in 14 localities and benefit 120,000 other residents indirectly. The C.S. Mott Foundation is co- funding this grant.
Rebuilding Community Networks In the wake of the 2017 earthquakes, Mexico faces unprecedented challenges to secure long-term recovery and to help communities prepare for future natural disasters. Fundacin Comunidad, A.C. (Comunidad) partners with communities in Morelos impacted by the earthquake to improve food security and small-business productivity and to mitigate the impact of future natural disasters. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Mexico. Comunidad's activities that make more resources available to communities seeking to address their own development needs. This grant is part of our broader initiative to encourage innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to unlock private, public, and local resources for grassroots development. This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Community action to ensure the success of the fishing refuge in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico COBI will work with a fishing cooperative in Quintana Roo to implement a community-based marine reserve management strategy that will restore reef health and increase benefits to traditional fishers and local tourism enterprises. The project will directly involve 200 beneficiaries, including family members of the fishers, and indirectly reach 1,240 residents in Puerto Morelos, located 30 kilometers south of Cancn.
Sociedad de Solidaridad Social Los Lagos de Colores Sociedad de Solidaridad Social Los Lagos de Colores" SSS (Lagos de Colores) will work with its 150 member families of indigenous Chuj Tojolabal and Mam descent in four rural municipalities in Tziscao Chiapas a toward the application of "agroecology" or farming practices compatible with the responsible use of the environment; the improvement of coffee production and processing; and more effective marketing of coffee honey and vegetables. Its workshops will address concepts related to community territory identity and gender. The increased income and awareness should benefit 750 Mexicans of indigenous descent.
Strengthening Community Forestry in Mexico Estudios Rurales y Asesora Campesina A.C. (ERAC) will engage grassroots organizations in the states of Oaxaca Michoacn Guerrero and Tlaxcala to implement sustainable forest management techniques adapted to local conditions; consolidate community forest enterprises (CFE); and create a network that shares best practices and advocates for regulations and norms that reflect regional contexts. ERAC will provide technical assistance training materials and subgrants to promote sustainable forest management in each region and strengthen CFEs. Some 200 residents of six forest communities will benefit from activities directly and another 10000 indirectly...
Goat Herding in the Semi-Desert of Queretaro Enlace Rural Regional AC (ERRAC) will collaborate with the Asociacin Civil Productores De Caprinos y Ovinos (ACPO) to establish a farmer-led storage and processing center in Charco Frio. This will allow participating farmers to manufacture diverse milk derivatives, cultivate clients and access more markets, as well as improve the administrative skills of ACPO. The work will directly benefit 83 families, 60 percent of which have women as heads of household.
Improved group production and sale of textiles in the Chiapas highlands Batsil Antsetik will collaborate with indigenous women from eight artisan groups in the regions of Los Altos and Los Bosques, Chiapas, to improve their earnings, craft production skills and self-esteem and to foster cultural pride. These communities are home to an impressive textile tradition passed from parents to children. Beyond just an economic activity, weaving is part of local culture and it represents a real artistic phenomenon. The colors and designs used in textiles carry deep significance for each community, for example, shirts, dresses and other traditional clothing. Grant activities include training workshops, quality improvement and design innovation, direct market access, learning exchanges, and organizational strengthening. The grant will benefit 80 Maya-Tsotsil indigenous women directly and 400 people indirectly.
RedAmerica Mexico node Centro Mexicano para la Filantropa, A.C. (CEMEFI), a fundraising and donor organization, is a founding member of The Inter-American Network of Corporate Foundations and Actions for Grassroots Development (RedEAmrica), an IAF-initiated business-sector launched in 2002. In partnership with five other RedEAmrica members (C CEMEX, Fundacin ADO, Fundacin del Empresariado de Mexico (Fundemex), Fundacin Haciendas del Mundo Maya (FHMM) and Fundacin Merced) CEMEFI will develop and manage a subgrant fund to finance grassroots development and will otherwise encourage corporate social investment in Mexico. The grant will 600 Mexicans directly; 3,000 members of their family will benefit indirectly.
Reactivacin Productiva y Econmica de la Cadena de Valor de Caf de la Unin Majomut Unin de Productores Orgnicos Beneficio Majomut Sociedad de Produccin Rural de Responsabilidad Limitada (Majomut) will undertake activities to improve the quality of coffee production, increase sales of micro-lot coffee in international specialty markets, boost sales of roasted coffee in the domestic market and address coffee rust. The goal will be to double incomes for its 984 members, restoring these to the levels that existed prior to the coffee crisis of 2012-2013, which was caused by the coffee rust fungus.
Human Rights Committee Fray Pedro Lorenzo of the Nada A.C. The Comit de Derechos Humanos Fray Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada A.C. (Fray Pedro) will engage approximately 1500 residents in 90 rural communities in the municipality of Ocosingo in promoting a culture of peace and advocating for young people and women's rights. It will also encourage 200 small producers to adopt sustainable farming practices on their plots and work toward a more reliable food supply for farmers in the municipality. This project is expected to improve the livelihood of Tseltal communities through conflict resolution and women's empowerment activities and generate more income for farmers by adopting agroecological practices. A total of 1500 residents will benefit directly and another 6000 family members will benefit indirectly through project activities...
Strengthening of leadership and community entrepreneurship for the good living (lekil kuxlejal) of the people in Mitontic, Chiapas. Indigenous Tseltal and Tsotsil young people in southern Mexico face limited livelihood opportunities, leading many to migrate to other places in Mexico or the U.S. As a result, communities are losing their most important resource: young people. The IAF supports community-led solutions for Indigenous young people to identify and develop homegrown economic opportunities based on local resources and culture. Our grantee Jovenes Articulando Territorios A.C. (JovenArte), an Indigenous youth-led organization in Chiapas, is carrying out a youth leadership and entrepreneurship program embedded in the Indigenous notion of lekil kuxlejal or good living to encourage young people to stay in school, start a business, and build local leadership.This grant is part of the IAF's Social Inclusion and Alternatives to Migration strategic initiatives focused on Indigenous young people.
The role of women in sustainable development through community and regional savings and loans Colectivo de Mujeres Campesinas de la Costa Grande de Guerrero S.C. (COMUCAM) $36,494, over one year, will train COMUCAM staff and members in administrative accounting, promote the use of a regional savings and loans fund (the regional fund), and disseminate information of the regional fund.