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GENERATION OF MICROENTERPRISES, CAPACITY BUILDING AND SENSITIZATION OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS `RIGHTS IN NORTHERN ECUADOR Venezuelan migrants in northern Ecuador often struggle to generate income and access healthcare. At the IAF, we support communities' social and economic inclusion of Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador. Our grantee partner, Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crdito Mujeres Unidas (CACMU), is offering migrants and local Ecuadorians low-cost health insurance, training in financial literacy and small business development, as well as access to credit and a small business network through which they can obtain business mentorship. This grant is part of the IAF's commitment to support displaced Venezuelans and communities impacted by the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
Planning and Implementation of Artisan Cultural Center- La Katanga FUNPARON will work with 65 children, adolescents and their families in the parish of Borbn, canton of Eloy Alfaro, province of Esmeraldas. The young people will learn to build and play Afro- Ecuadorian marimba instruments and FUNPARON will study the market for the traditional instruments and music.
Gastronomic Associative Enterprise, Image and Afro Beauty Consultancy and Community Hostel "Africa Mia" AAMP will build a center to house three new community businesses in Comunidad Nigeria, Isla Trinitaria, Guayaquil: a restaurant with a conference room, a beauty salon and a hostel. It will provide commercial services in underserved neighborhoods in Guayaquil. AAMP's 300 members will benefit directly and 5,000 family members and neighbors should benefit indirectly. AAMP will also cover two staff positions to continue the formalities and paperwork needed for the construction of Africa Mia, a conference center and business incubator in La Trinidad, Guayaquil. After 18 months, Africa Mia will cover these positions.
Enterprise Development Grant Red de Turismo Comunitario del Austro Pakarian in Ecuador will work with 675 artisans from southern Ecuador to develop their production; their skills in business administration, including leadership and negotiation; and outlets for their crafts that operate in Cuenca and online according to the principles of fair trade. The artisans will expand their product line and design repertoire and will form an organization. The resulting increase in income should benefit another 375 Ecuadorians indirectly.
MUJERES EMPRENDEDORAS NAVEGANDO EN AGUAS PROFUNDAS? PARROQUIA RURAL DE POSORJA, CANTN GUAYAQUIL, PROVINCIA DEL GUAYAS, ECUADOR Domestic violence in Ecuadors southern province, Guayas, is characterized by high rates of impunity, with charges filed against perpetrators in only approximately ten percent of cases. Some rural areas of the province lack standard reporting systems for domestic violence cases and financial dependence often forces survivors to stay with their abusers. Our grantee partner, Fundacin Yerbabuena, provides training in leadership, job skills, and business development for women to increase their financial independence. It also works with public agencies to develop better response systems for cases of domestic violence. This grant is part of the IAFs broader Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Strengthen Coffee Producers' Organization al and Technical Capacity to Improve Their Income and Increase Employment Opportunities for Their Fundacin para Conservacin y Desarrollo Colinas Verdes (Colinas Verdes). In coordination with Asociacin Agroartesanal de Productores Ecolgicos de Caf Especial del Cantn Loja (APECAEL), Colinas Verdes will work with 720 coffee farmers to undertake an integrated program of pest management; plant trees to diversify food and cash crops; and encourage young people to work on family farms. An additional 3,000 residents of Vilcabamba, Loja, in southern Ecuador, will also benefit.
A Partnership to Pilot an Indicator Framework for Sustainable Agriculture in Latin America Farmers are often absent from discussions about how policies and programs impact sustainable agricultural production. At the IAF, we are investing in a regional effort, in conjunction with the University of British Columbia, that will give voice to farmers and directly support them in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data that they can incorporate into their operations to manage their farms more efficiently. Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador (MESSE) is an innovator in connecting producers directly to consumers to improve farmers quality of life and consumers food security. It works with communities to advance sustainable agricultural production, participatory certification systems, fair-trade markets, community tourism, and the inclusion of women and youth.The results of this regional project will inform agricultural support organizations, government extension experts, farmer groups, and policy-makers with context-specific data about how to encourage the transition to sustainable agricultural practices to improve food security, enhance farmer livelihoods, and minimize environmental degradation. This is part of the IAF's strategic initiative for sustainable agriculture.
Integral Project to Weave Dreams through the Afro-Ecuadorian Center and Museum of Living Culture (AEC) Despite civil society efforts to achieve inclusion and recognition, Afro-descendent people in Ecuador continue to be undercounted in local and national statistics, be shown negatively in media, and have their current and historical contributions excluded from educational curricula. This exclusion reinforces racial discrimination in employment, housing, and higher education. Our grantee Fundacin de Desarrollo Social y Cultural Afroecuatoriano (AZCAR) will establish an Afro-Ecuadorian Center and Museum of Living Culture in the Quito metropolitan area to preserve and share the historical, cultural, and scientific contributions of Ecuadorians of African descent. This center will provide information on Afro-Ecuadorians to counter common, negative images and will also be a source of employment for Afro-Ecuadorians as historians, instructors, archivists, and service-providers. The IAF supports community-led approaches to social inclusion, including approaches that provide employment for women and strengthen planning and financial management skills for local organizations. This grant advances the IAF's strategic initiative to promote the economic and social inclusion and human rights of historically marginalized populations.
Intercultural Economic Solidarity Network Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador (MESSE) will work within northern Ecuador to encourage the application of agroecological practices and develop the fair-trade market for produce by introducing a "participatory guarantee systems " a certification process that involves farmers and consumers. The increased income will directly benefit 400 Ecuadorians, 70 percent of whom are women. The nutritional value of diversified crops grown without chemical fertilizers will also reach 4,000 family members and consumers.
Promote organic cacao production in 22 communities along the Zamora and Nangaritza watersheds in Zamora Chinchipe FEPROCAZCH will increase the volume of organic cacao produced by the farmers in its 22 member associations, improve their management of the local watershed and other features of the environment, and launch a business that produces fine chocolates. An additional 2,000 Ecuadorians will benefit indirectly from the project.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Red de Productoras Agroecolgicas Biovida in Ecuador, will carry out a participatory feasibility study to determine the demand for expanding its fertilizer production to other organic producers, develop business and marketing plans and launch a small processing plant. Approximately 80 women will benefit from the grant activities and another 3,000 persons, principally consumers, will benefit indirectly.
Intercultural Economic Solidarity Network Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador in Ecuador (MESSE). MESSE will work within northern Ecuador to encourage the application of agroecological practices and develop the fair-trade market for produce by introducing a participatory guarantee systems, a certification process that involves farmers and consumers. The increased income will directly benefit 400 Ecuadorians, 70 percent of whom are women. The nutritional value of diversified crops grown without chemical fertilizers will also reach 4,000 family members and consumers.
Transformation and productive support to sheep and alpaca farmers in 3 provinces. Fundacin de Organizaciones Campesinas de Salinas (FUNORSAL), $18,144. FUNORSAL will hire a bilingual community organizer to support its expansion into six additional locations. The project is expected to benefit 1,000 families in the provinces of Bolvar, Tungurahua and Chimborazo.
Fortaleciendo el liderazgo y la incidencia poltica (no partidista) de la mujer rural en 14 comunidades del sur del Ecuador y propender a la restitucin y reafirmacin de sus derechos Rural women in southern Ecuador are often excluded from leadership roles and participation in civil society. Family violence can exacerbate these issues. At the IAF, we support community initiatives to strengthen governance and provide leadership opportunities for underrepresented groups. Our grantee partner, Red de Turismo Comunitario del Austro Pakarian (Pakarian), works with local community organizations and schools to expand social and leadership opportunities for women and girls. Through civic engagement and leadership education, Pakarian is fostering inclusion while empowering women. This grant is part of the IAFs broader Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Strengthen Coffee Producers' Organizational and Technical Capacity to Improve Their Income and Increase Employment Opportunities for Their Children in Southern Loja. In coordination with Asociacin Agroartesanal de Productores Ecolgicos de Caf Especial del Cantn Loja (APECAEL), Fundacin para Conservacin y Desarrollo Colinas Verdes (Colinas Verdes) will work with 720 coffee farmers to undertake an integrated program of pest management; plant trees to diversify food and cash crops; and encourage young people to work on family farms. An additional 3,000 residents of Vilcabamba, Loja, in southern Ecuador, will also benefit.
A Partnership to Pilot an Indicator Framework for Sustainable Agriculture in Latin America Farmers are often absent from discussions about how policies and programs impact sustainable agricultural production. At the IAF, we are investing in a regional effort, in conjunction with the University of British Columbia, that will give voice to farmers and directly support them in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data that they can incorporate into their operations to manage their farms more efficiently. Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador (MESSE) is an innovator in connecting producers directly to consumers to improve farmers quality of life and consumers food security. It works with communities to advance sustainable agricultural production, participatory certification systems, fair-trade markets, community tourism, and the inclusion of women and youth.
Fortifying the Economic Autonomy and Leadership for Women in Rural Ecuador in Order to Exercise Their Economic and Political Rights Asociacin de Mujeres de Juntas Parroquiales Rurales de Ecuador in Ecuador (AMJUPRE) will provide leadership and community development training to 350 rural women in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Pastaza focusing on their economic and political rights. Through developing community action plans, the women and their community groups will position their economic proposals in the local government budgets and gain critical recognition in the local development process.
Enterprise Development Grant Asociacin de Produccin de Cacao y Derivados "Aromas del Sur" (ASOPROMAS) in Ecuador will work in Playas de Cuye, province of Zamora Chinchipe, to improve its members' production of cacao, industrialize its processing of candies, cultivate new markets and grow as an organization. The project should benefit 100 Ecuadorians directly and another 200 indirectly.
Gastronomic Associative Enterprise, Image and Afro Beauty Consultancy and Community Hostel "Africa Mia" Agrupacin Afro-Ecuatoriana "Mujeres Progresistas" (AAMP) will build a center to house three new community businesses in Comunidad Nigeria, Isla Trinitaria, Guayaquil: a restaurant with a conference room, a beauty salon and a hostel. It will provide commercial services in underserved neighborhoods in Guayaquil. AAMP's 300 members will benefit directly and 5,000 family members and neighbors should benefit indirectly.
Planning and Implementation of Artisan Cultural Center - La Katanga FUNPARON will work with 65 children, adolescents and their families in the parish of Borbn, canton of Eloy Alfaro, province of Esmeraldas. The young people will learn to build and play Afro- Ecuadorian marimba instruments and FUNPARON will study the market for the traditional instruments and music.
Supporting sustainability and competitiveness of artisanal salt production in Ecuador The devastating earthquake in Manab, Ecuador, in 2016 caused major destruction in cities, but also had a lasting impact on rural areas. Many once-productive salt pans in Las Gilces, an area with a long history of artisanal salt production, were contaminated past the point of repair, and their owners moved to the city in search of jobs. At the IAF, we support community approaches to building disaster resilience and expanding economic opportunity. Our grantee partner, Fundacin para la Investigacin y Desarrollo Social (FIDES), will diversify its partnerships portfolio by working with a local association of producers of artisanal salt to improve its salt production and strengthen its leadership. This project contributes to FIDES mission of promoting environmental sustainability in local communities and creating new jobs in Las Gilces.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador in Ecuador will work within northern Ecuador to encourage the application of agroecological practices and develop the fair-trade market for produce by introducing a "participatory guarantee systems" a certification process that involves farmers and consumers. The increased income will directly benefit 400 Ecuadorians, 70 percent of whom are women. The nutritional value of diversified crops grown without chemical fertilizers will also reach 4,000 family members and consumers.
Fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Familiar y el Agroturismo Comunitario Southern Ecuador has historically faced high rates of migration from rural to urban areas. Youth leaving for larger cities have left rural farming communities with weakened social networks and reduced ability to market their goods collectively. The IAF supports community-led solutions that expand economic opportunity and provide viable alternatives to migration. Our grantee partner the Asociacin de Desarrollo Agropecuario Familiar de Gel (ADAF-Gel) will build on the infrastructure constructed using its previous IAF small grant to broaden marketing strategies and diversify incomes, including adding value to its produce and formalizing an existing agritourism component. Additionally, this grant will support the establishment of Ecuadors first permanent mobile farmers market, which will allow for safer food distribution and purchase during the pandemic and provide continued income generation once the crisis has passed.
Intercultural Economic Solidarity Network Movimiento de Economa Social y Solidaria del Ecuador (MESSE) will work within northern Ecuador to encourage the application of agroecological practices and develop the fair-trade market for produce by introducing a participatory guarantee systems a certification process that involves farmers and consumers. The increased income will directly benefit 400 Ecuadorians 70 percent of whom are women. The nutritional value of diversified crops grown without chemical fertilizers will also reach 4000 family members and consumers.
PRODUCCIN Y COMERCIALIZACIN DE LA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR CAMPESINA CON ENFOQUE AGROECOLGICO Rural areas of southern Ecuador often have few sources of income and many people, particularly young people, choose to migrate to urban areas and other countries in search of jobs. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to expand economic opportunity. Our grantee partner, Asociacin de Desarrollo Agropecuario Familiar de Gel (ADAF), is dedicated to helping individuals and families make a living in their community through sustainable agricultural production. ADAF trains local farmers in different organic production techniques and connects them to markets in the community and beyond. By supporting small-scale agriculture and increasing food security, ADAF helps provide healthy food choices, as well as alternatives to migration for its members.
MUJERES EMPRENDEDORAS NAVEGANDO EN AGUAS PROFUNDAS? PARROQUIA RURAL DE POSORJA, CANTN GUAYAQUIL, PROVINCIA DEL GUAYAS, ECUADOR Domestic violence in Ecuador's southern province, Guayas, is characterized by high rates of impunity, with charges filed against perpetrators in only approximately ten percent of cases. Some rural areas of the province lack standard reporting systems for domestic violence cases and financial dependence often forces survivors to stay with their abusers. Our grantee partner, Fundacin Yerbabuena, provides training in leadership, job skills, and business development for women to increase their financial independence. It also works with public agencies to develop better response systems for cases of domestic violence. This grant is part of the IAF's broader Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
A Partnership to Pilot an Indicator Framework for Sustainable Agriculture in Latin America Farmers are often absent from discussions about how policies and programs impact sustainable agricultural production. At the IAF, we are investing in a regional effort, in conjunction with the University of British Columbia, that will give voice to farmers and directly support them in collecting, analyzing, and presenting data that they can incorporate into their operations to manage their farms more efficiently. Movimiento de Economica Social y Solidaria del Ecuador (MESSE) is an innovator in connecting producers directly to consumers to improve farmers' quality of life and consumers' food security. It works with communities to advance sustainable agricultural production, participatory certification systems, fair-trade markets, community tourism, and the inclusion of women and youth.The results of this regional project will inform agricultural support organizations, government extension experts, farmer groups, and policy-makers with context-specific data about how to encourage the transition to sustainable agricultural practices to improve food security, enhance farmer livelihoods, and minimize environmental degradation. This is part of the IAF's strategic initiative for sustainable agriculture.
Strengthening rural women: Finding opportunity in the COVID-19 crisis Women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, but particularly in Latin America, where their situation has been exacerbated by preexisting inequalities, political instability, and lack of access to digital technologies in rural areas. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions for women to expand their economic opportunities throughout Latin America as the region recovers from COVID-19. Our grantee partner Fundacin Ecuatoriana de Mujeres Rurales de Latinoamrica (FUNMUJERURAL-E) works with rural women's groups in Chile, Ecuador, and Panama to improve upon their existing businesses and increase their incomes through training in job skills and enterprise development, technical assistance, and seed capital to invest in technology.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.
Program: Cuentamelo Todo Ibarra (CTI) Asociacin Fe y Alegra Ecuador (FyA), $50,000 FyA will develop its program Cuntamelo Todo Ibarra (CTI) targeting 400 at-risk children and adolescents and at least 50 adults in the neighborhood of Alpachaca, Ibarra. Using a mobile school wagon and nearby public spaces, the project team will work with boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 and their parents to encourage dialogue, respect and family participation in reading, arts and crafts, team sports, and psycho- social monitoring. The team will also offer young adults between the ages of 13 and 25, music and sports as alternatives to drugs, crime, alcoholism and early pregnancy that permeate their neighborhood. Some parents will be trained to assist with both groups. (EC-429)
IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF FINE AROMA CACAO DERIVATIVES IN THE SOUTHERN ECUADORIAN AMAZON Indigenous and mestizo cacao producers in the Ecuadorian province of Zamora Chinchipe experience poor living standards and high unemployment related to the low prices they receive for cacao. Our grantee Asociacin De Produccion De Cacao Y Derivados Aromas Del Sur (ASOPROMAS) will partner with local and national governments to add value to the cacao produced in participant communities by manufacturing new chocolate products for local and international markets, raising producers' incomes. ASOPROMAS will also work with its member producers to improve productivity and enhance the quality of Ecuadorian fine aroma cacao and the chocolate products processed from it. Finally, ASOPROMAS will train participants on women's rights and contributions to cacao production and facilitate women's productivity in cacao production through the provision of appropriate tools; and generate social, environmental, and economic stability for participants and the province through environmental conservation and job creation.
The Rainbow Effect: A project for economic autonomy and human rights Although Ecuador's 2008 Constitution bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, many Ecuadorians face such discrimination in their daily lives, particularly when they seek health care, education, and employment. The IAF supports community-led efforts to promote inclusion through increased economic opportunity and civic engagement. Our grantee partner, Mujer & Mujer (M&M), promotes civil rights and rising incomes among marginalized communities in Ecuador's coastal provinces through training, organizational strengthening, and the provision of seed capital to small businesses.