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Training adolescents in citizen oversight Young people in Medellins 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.
Local Development Program - PDL FOCUS Fund: Sustainable Territories and Empowered Communities Corporacion Consorcio para el Desarrollo Comunitario (Consorcio) will provide small grants, training and other support to grassroots organizations for projects undertaken in collaboration with local-level government and other partners, and will participate in workshops and conferences on grassroots development with other members of the Inter-American Network of Corporate Foundations and Actions for Grassroots Development (RedEAmrica).
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.
Classification of Local Capacity for Peace within the LGBT sectors of the Caribbean Region Caribe Afirmativo will strengthen the skills of LGBT leaders and organizations in seven municipalities of Colombia's Caribbean region to better advocate for a gender focus in the peace process and policies related to peace-building. The project will directly benefit at least 70 leaders of LGBT organizations and indirectly benefit an additional 12 organizations and public officials-approximately 1000 people-in Colombia's Caribbean region
Beyond the private: 5 Key Trans Rights Fundacin Grupo de Accin y Apoyo a Personas Trans (GAAT) will convene Bogota's transgender community to collect information on five basic rights: education employment freedom of movement health and housing. GAAT will use the information it collects from the meetings to raise awareness about violations of these rights and advocate for this community. The project will reach 650 transgender Colombians their family members and allies and representatives of public sector institutions non-governmental organizations and universities. It will indirectly impact another 2000 people...
Improving livelihoods through community development Communities in rural areas of Colombia previously controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas (FARC in Spanish) have historically struggled to make a living. Decades of violent conflict shattered social cohesion public infrastructure and services and incentives for private investment. Colombia's peace agreement signed between the government and FARC in late 2016 opens the way for renewed investments by these communities striving to improve their livelihoods. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity and enhance peace and security. Our grantee partner Corporacin Andares Ida y Vuelta (Andares) working closely with the Asociacin Campesina Agroecolgica del Oriente del Tolima provides training and technical assistance to help farming families benefit from the production and marketing of cacao bananas and other products with promising markets. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
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 supportsgrassroots organizations to builda just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Networks of Peace for Development Hijos de la Sierra Flor will work with indigenous and Afro-Colombian women's groups in five municipalities of the Department of Sucre to create spaces for dialogue, exchanges and recreation in order to promote reconciliation, offer tools and methodologies for community peace- building initiatives and to recognize ancestral practices for conflict resolution and rebuilding trust. The project will benefit 195 women, members of grassroots organizations, directly, and will indirectly benefit 1,500 additional family members and residents of the five municipalities.
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.
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.
Consolidation of the Peace-building Community of Practice: Sistema de Paz (SIP) Local peace-building efforts, essential for long term peace, are rarely seen beyond the communities in which they occur. Corporacin Consorcio para el Desarrollo Comunitario (Consorcio) works closely with the Corporacin Sistema de Comunicacin para la Paz (SIPAZ) to consolidate a community of practice, Sistema de Paz, with at least 17 other IAF grantee partners. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security. Consorcios activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. This grant is part of our broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia..
Improving livelihoods through community development Communities in rural areas of Colombia previously controlled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas (FARC, in Spanish) have historically struggled to make a living. Decades of violent conflict shattered social cohesion, public infrastructure and services, and incentives for private investment. Colombias peace agreement, signed between the government and FARC in late 2016, opens the way for renewed investments by these communities striving to improve their livelihoods. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity and enhance peace and security. Our grantee partner, Corporacin Andares Ida y Vuelta (Andares), working closely with the Asociacin Campesina Agroecolgica del Oriente del Tolima, provides training and technical assistance to help farming families benefit from the production and marketing of cacao, bananas, and other products with promising markets. This grant is part of the IAFs broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia..
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.
Youth for their rights, building citizenship and public youth policy at the municipal and departmental level Corporacin Taller Prodesal (PRODESAL). 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.
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 - Huila) 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 regions 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 IAFs broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
SISTEMATIZACIN DE PRCTICAS ORGANIZATIVAS DE LAS EXPERIENCIAS QUE HACEN PARTE DEL SIP PARA LA CONSTRUCCIN DE LA PAZ Communities in Colombia still struggle with the extraordinarily complex task of implementing the 2016 peace accords and uniting people divided by more than a half-century of armed conflict. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. Our grantee partner, Centro de Investigacin y Educacin Popular (CINEP), supports grassroots organizations participation in peacebuilding by promoting peer-to-peer learning, strengthening the community of practice Sistema de Iniciativas de Paz, and training local organizations in adopting approaches to learning that can further improve their programming. This grant is part of the IAFs broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Knowledge management strategy for value chain competitiven ess and green markets with community- based rural enterprises RCV will work to improve communication and collaboration among its 42 community-based member-enterprises from throughout Colombia. RCV's program of hands-on training and new subgrant fund will help farmers involved in the enterprises develop their production, marketing and business skills. 1
Corporate Social Investment Grant 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.
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 Colombias 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.
Promoting active citizenship, group cohesion and cultural and economic empowerment Women in Colombias Caribbean region experienced extreme violence and trauma during the armed conflict and many live in poverty with little access to land and economic opportunity. Unin Temporal Construyendo Esperanza (UTCE) is working with 15 grassroots womens organizations of indigenous Zen, Afro-descendants,campesinas and other victims of violence in Sucre and Crdoba to strengthen the family economy, reinforce cultural identity, promote public policies benefitting women and call attention to the importance of peace building as a necessary base for sustainable development in the post-conflict period. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Colombia. UTCEs activities strengthen excluded communities so they can improve their living conditions and participate equally in their nations political, economic and social life. This grant is part of a broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
The role of civil society in building peace in Colombia Grassroots communities, and particularly the victims who have suffered the most from the Colombian conflict, are an integral part of building peace in Colombia. Fundacin Desarrollo y Paz (Fundepaz) supports three victims grassroots organizations in Nario department to contribute to building peace in their territories by increasing their capacity to monitor the implementation of the Colombian peace accords, strengthen a regional advocacy center, and contribute to the historical memory of Colombias conflict. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. Fundepazs activities support initiatives that promote and protect civil, cultural, economic, political and social human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals and communities. This grant is part of a broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Consolidation of the Peace-building Community of Practice: Sistema de Paz (SIP) Local peace-building efforts, essential for long term peace, are rarely seen beyond the communities in which they occur. Corporacin Consorcio para el Desarrollo Comunitario (Consorcio) works closely with the Corporacin Sistema de Comunicacin para la Paz (SIPAZ) to consolidate a community of practice, Sistema de Paz, with at least 17 other IAF grantee partners. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security. Consorcios activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. This grant is part of our broader initiative that supports grassroots organizations to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Strengthening Ancestral Training School (EFA) for AFRODES Cali Youth Afro-descendants in Colombia have been disproportionately affected by the country's almost 50-year armed conflict. Particularly in the department of Valle del Cauca, Afro-Colombians are more likely than others to experience high levels of sexual violence and forced displacement that disconnects them from their traditional lands and cultures. In the department capital of Cali, displaced youth are often targets of police and gang violence. The IAF supports community-led solutions to rebuilding the social fabric of societies affected by violence. Our grantee Corporacin Instituto Internacional sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos (CIIRIDHH) will draw on its extensive experience promoting the human rights of Afro-Colombians to support the youth incubator of AFRODES-Cali, a network that brings together approximately 25 grassroots organizations of displaced Afro-descendants in and around Cali. The youth incubator will affirm cultural identity and build leadership skills among young displaced Afro-Colombians in seven communities of the Aguablanca district of Cali. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Junta de Accin Comunal Vereda Cumbarco In the post-conflict period Cumbarco residents see an opportunity to forge alliances and develop a shared vision for the future of their community. Junta de Accin Comunal Vereda Cumbarco (JAC Cumbarco) promotes a culture of citizenship and peace by offering training and convening public discussions in Cumbarco a municipality of Sevilla Valle del Cauca among families schools and the community and by offering cultural opportunities for young people. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. JAC Cumbarco's activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Peace-building with the communities of southern Tolima The Department of Tolima has been an epicenter of the conflict in Colombia. Indigenous and rural communities there have long suffered the effects of the violence and struggle to maintain viable livelihoods. Corporacin Grupo Semillas (Semillas) is working with 15 grassroots organizations to implement sustainable agricultural practices, ensure access to land and water, and use communications tools such as community radio to increase the visibility of grassroots resilience and peacebuilding strategies. The IAF supports community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. Semillas's activities bolster community-led efforts to counteract environmental degradation and protect the natural resources that these communities depend on. This grant is part of our broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Empowerment comprehensive gender equality women's organizations in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga FMF will continue to train women and youth in the municipality of Bucaramanga toward more active participation in local government and in social protection programs available to them in compliance with municipal policy targeting gender equality and youth. They will also receive technical assistance and have the opportunity to participate in exchanges. The project is expected to directly benefit 65 people.
Junta de Accin Comunal Vereda Cumbarco In the post-conflict period, Cumbarco residents see an opportunity to forge alliances and develop a shared vision for the future of their community. Junta de Accin Comunal Vereda Cumbarco (JAC Cumbarco) promotes a culture of citizenship and peace by offering training and convening public discussions in Cumbarco, a municipality of Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, among families, schools, and the community and by offering cultural opportunities for young people. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Colombia. JAC Cumbarco's activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Promoting active citizenship, group cohesion and cultural and economic empowerment Women in Colombia's Caribbean region experienced extreme violence and trauma during the armed conflict and many live in poverty with little access to land and economic opportunity. Unin Temporal Construyendo Esperanza (UTCE) is working with 15 grassroots women's organizations of indigenous Zen Afro-descendants campesinas and other victims of violence in Sucre and Crdoba to strengthen the family economy reinforce cultural identity promote public policies benefitting women and call attention to the importance of peacebuilding as a necessary base for sustainable development in the post-conflict period. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Colombia. UTCE's activities strengthen excluded communities so they can improve their living conditions and participate equally in their nation's political economic and social life. This grant is part of the IAF's broader initiative to build a just and lasting peace in Colombia.
Economic and psychosocial stability for the families associated with ADOM in Pretoria-Choc. ADOM, an organization of Colombians displaced from their homes because of the armed conflict in the department of Choc, will revise its mission statement and work to improve its members' income, skills in math and reading, and their psychological well-being.
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.
Indigenous Participatory Peace-building in the Department of Vaupes, Colombia Natura will work with members of five regional indigenous organizations to strengthen governance and the environmental sustainability of indigenous territories through the creation of a development and peace strategy for the department of Vaups in the Colombian Amazon. Activities will include local and regional workshops, meetings with local government officials, and the production of audio-visual materials and publications. The project will reach 300 direct beneficiaries and 5,000 inhabitants of 54 indigenous communities.