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Rural Youth Building a Culture of Peace Asociacin Centro Jurdico Popular (CJP) will provide 915 young Nicaraguans from rural communities in five municipalities of Matagalpa training in citizenship conflict resolution communication and advocacy. It will also encourage at-risk youths to launch or strengthen existing small businesses by providing loans and technical assistance. The Grant will benefit another 3120 people indirectly.
Promotion of Community Philanthropy for Rural Development in Nicaragua Lack of sustainability is a significant obstacle to long-term development efforts. At the IAF, we strengthen the ability of local philanthropic organizations to do effective programming and unlock additional public and private resources for long-term development. Our grantee partner, Fundacin Aldea, provides matching funding to grassroots organizations in rural Jinotega, Nicaragua, and equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure access to basic goods and services, thus supporting and sustaining their development efforts.
Education/Training Grant Asociacin de Cooperativas de Pequeos Productores de Caf de Nicaragua (CAFENICA) will offer farmers in its member organizations training, technical assistance and credit toward controlling crop diseases and mitigating the effects of climate change. The work will benefit 620 farmers and 3,100 members of their families.
Prevention, Attention and Social Integration for the Fifth District of Managua Casa Alianza (CAN) will conduct outreach to young people and their parents in three low-income neighborhoods of Managua. It will provide the adults and older children training in job skills and in microenterprise development, offer young people opportunities to participate in internships and sports leagues, and make available seed capital to support the new businesses expected to form. Its resources include a residential drug treatment center for 90 young people and a shelter for 25 teen mothers and their babies. Casa Alianza (CAN) will use additional funding to assist residents displaced by urban renewal from their neighborhood in Managua, with their adjustment to their new homes and with rebuilding their businesses. It will follow these families to their current location to ensure that they continue to benefit from training in leadership, vocational training and microenterprise development; placement of young residents in jobs and internships; and support for those dealing with violence, addictions and sexual abuse.
To increase production and income of coffee farmers through training, technical assistance and credit to combat diseases and the effects of climate change Asociacin de Cooperativas de Pequeos Productores de Caf de Nicaragua (CAFENICA) will offer farmers in its member organizations training, technical assistance and credit toward controlling crop diseases and mitigating the effects of climate change. The work will benefit 620 farmers and 3,100 members of their families.
Graduation of Grantees and Cooperatives through Capacity Building in forging alliances for credit and business opportunities in Nicaragua (Graduacion) Small business owners and smallholder farmers in Nicaragua face increasing difficulty in procuring loans they need to support their businesses and production. Asociacion Aldea Global Jinotega (Aldea Global) helps farmersespecially womenbecome more efficient and competitive in providing credit, marketing goods, and controlling the quality of production. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Nicaragua. Aldea Global's activities encourage small business growth, local entrepreneurship, and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Strengthening the Social, Organization al and Productive Chain of SOPPEXCCA Cooperative Union SOPPEXCCA will increase the profits of its member-farmers cultivating conventional and organic coffee in the municipalities of Jinotega and El Cu through training and technical assistance, the expansion of its dry mill, construction of two new drying patios, and the purchase of machinery and equipment.
Graduation of Grantees and Cooperatives through Capacity Building in forging alliances for credit and business opportunities in Nicaragua (Graduacion) Aldea Global will train farmers in 18 cooperative and other groups to manage credit funds, develop their organization, control the quality of their production, improve their marketing and incorporate more women. The training and related assistance will benefit 1,800 farmers directly and their 9,000 family members indirectly.
Citizen advocacy and empowerment of women and youths in the municipality of Posoltega, Chinandega, Nicaragua Asociacin Multidisciplinaria para el Desarrollo (AMDES) will provide training in civic involvement and local governance, community development and gender-based violence to 890 young and adult Nicaraguans from 13 rural communities in Posoltega. AMDES will also encourage women and young people to launch or strengthen existing small businesses by providing loans and technical assistance. AMDES will strengthen women's networks and women's participation at the local level, so they can have a greater say about the use of public funds for community projects, as well as provide vocational training and access to loans to develop small-enterprises. AMDES will strengthen its management capacity by developing a strategic plan and increase its membership to include the most experienced community leaders, which will boost its effectiveness. The Grant will benefit 890 individuals directly and another 3,560 individuals indirectly.
Young Builders of Dreams in Ciudad Sandino for a Future without Violence Nicaraguan youth in Ciudad Sandino face high rates of violence, school dropout, and unemployment. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand peace and security and build economic opportunity for at-risk youth. Our grantee partner, Centro de Comunicacin y Educacin Popular Cantera (CANTERA), provides low income, at-risk youth with scholarships to continue their education, leadership and life-skills training, and entrepreneurship support f to develop small business initiatives. CANTERA also organizes community development activities such as environmental clean-up, health campaigns, and school rehabilitation to meaningfully engage youth with community leaders in improving the community.
Children and adolescent protagonists in recycling, social communication and the defense of their rights Recyclers in Jinotega often live in extreme poverty. Tuktan Sirpi works with recyclers to consolidate and expand an operation in Jinotega Department by training a youth recycling network in organization, management, marketing and equipment operation. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Nicaragua. Tuktan Sirpis activities support local entrepreneurship and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive..
Sustainable Management and Productivity of the Mahogany Wetlands Ecological Park in the Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region BICU will improve food security and income for more than 150 families in seven communities in and around the Mahogany Wetlands Municipal Ecological Park in the Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region by offering training in, technical assistance with and other support for sustainable agriculture and small-business and organizational development. (NC-291)
Integral community development with a focus on gender in 20 communities of Matagalpa Women from rural communities in the department of Matagalpa face violence and barriers to participation in income-generating activities. Centro Especializado de Atencin a la Mujer (CEAMUJER) provides technical assistance for women to develop skills in leadership and violence prevention and promotes gender equality and economic independence for women. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Nicaragua. CEAMUJER's activities strengthen excluded communities so they can improve their living conditions and participate equally in a nation's political economic and social life.
Graduation of Grantees and Cooperatives through Capacity Building in forging alliances for credit and business opportunities in Nicaragua Asociacion Aldea Global Jinotega (Aldea Global) provides these members technical assistance and marketing services. The organization will provide 600 women loans and training to improve their family income, self-esteem, and leadership within their grassroots organizations. It will also help nine grassroots organizations improve community development strategies, internal governance, administration, credit management, as well as procedures for preventing money laundering and financing terrorism. Aldea Global will define the legal basis of a new foundation whose mission will be to promote community development through its network of community governance structures known as Comits Aldea.
Strengthening ACODEPEC and Support to Member Communities Asociacin de Comunidades de la Pennsula de Cosigina (ACODEPEC) will develop its leadership role in facilitating development through training, organization and the administration of a sub grant fund to support initiatives in 20 communities of Cosigina.
Building Youth Entrepreneurship EJN expects to improve income and employment prospects for 400 young entrepreneurs in Managua, Masaya and Granada through its program that combines general training in business with specialized training in agribusiness, tourism or information technology. It will also offer technical assistance, mentoring and in-kind support toward starting their businesses.
Strengthening Sustainable Integral Attention to Victims of Domestic Violence in the RAAN Asociacin Movimiento de Mujeres Nidia White (Nidia White) will work with 560 women in 41 Miskito communities in the municipality of Puerto Cabezas (also known as Bilwi) located in the Regin Atlntica Autnoma Norte (RAAN). Its program includes training and related technical psychological and legal support toward enabling the women to become financially independent and less susceptible to domestic violence and sex-based discrimination. A corps of volunteers trained to monitor incidents of abuse will channel cases to the association or public authorities as appropriate. In addition to the women participating 3280 other community residents will benefit.
Education/Training Grant Casa Alianza (CAN) will conduct outreach to young people and their parents in three low- income neighborhoods of Managua. It will provide the adults and older children training in job skills and in microenterprise development, offer young people opportunities to participate in internships and sports leagues, and make available seed capital to support the new businesses expected to form. Its resources include a residential drug treatment center for 90 young people and a shelter for 25 teen mothers and their babies.
Strengthening the Capacity for Organic Coffee Production, Certification and Marketing among Small and Medium Producers of San Juan del Ro Coco and Telpaneca UCPCO will increase the income and quality of life of farmers in Madriz by improving their ability to produce and export certified fair- trade and organic coffee. It will provide the farmers financial and technical assistance and equipment, will construct an office and a store, and will improve its processing plant to include a quality control laboratory, a drying patio and a storage facility.
Prevention of violence based on gender and economic empowerment of women, adolescents and youth in the municipality of San Nicols, Estel. Women in Nicaraguas rural communities confront gender-based violence on a daily basis and young people in these areas lack economic opportunities. Asociacin de Mujeres de Estel Xilonem (AMEX) provides training and assistance in basic human rights, leadership development and access to credit. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Nicaragua. AMEXs activities strengthen vulnerable populations so they can improve living conditions and participate equally in Nicaraguas political, economic, and social life..
Constructing local capacity to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services to rural and peri-urban communities in the Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) of Nicaragua. Asociacin para el Desarrollo de la Costa Atlntica Pana Pana (Pana Pana) will strengthen the capacity of 14 rural and peri-urban community water and sanitation committees on the isolated Atlantic Coast to leverage resources from the government, NGOs and other entities. The goal is to reduce disease by constructing sustainable water supply and sanitation infrastructure and provide education to create awareness of the need for a hygienic environment in local communities..
Business and cacao initiatives for economic empowerment of women and rural families in Waslala Asociacin de Madres y Familiares Vctimas de Guerra Waslala (Asociacin de Madres) will work with about 27 rural communities in the municipality of Waslala in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region to provide training technical assistance and loans for small business development cacao collection and marketing to women and farmers. For example the group will introduce scaled up production methods (like turning cacao into fermented ground cacao or homemade chocolate specialty products) so its members can gain better access to local national and international markets and command better prices. The Asociacin de Madres will strengthen its institutional capacities in governance and strategic planning. Asociacin de Madres will engage some 200 residents of the communities and an additional 1000 residents will benefit indirectly.
Graduation of Grantees and Cooperatives through Capacity Building in forging alliances for credit and business opportunitie s in Nicaragua (Graduacion) Asociacion Aldea Global Jinotega (Aldea Global) will train 18 farmers' groups in administration and risk management, financial and credit delivery, internal governance, quality control, marketing, and how to improve gender equity among the board, staff, and beneficiaries. Aldea Global will provide credit, technical assistance and training to the cooperatives to improve their effectiveness as lenders and marketing outlets for small farmers. The eighteen groups have a membership of 1,800 who will benefit directly and their 9,000 family members will benefit indirectly.
Participatory assessment of capacities and vulnerabilit ies of rural communities to climate change Hibiscus will work with 12 rural communities in Granada and Carazo to address severe drought and improve food security. The organization borrows part of its name from the hibiscus flower, a profitable annual crop resistant to drought - and in this case a viable alternative to the problems these communities face. It owns an industrial processing plant located in Nandaime where it processes the hibiscus flower into juice concentrate, dried leaves and tropical fruit wines and juices. IAF support will allow Hibiscus to strengthen affected communities' abilities to overcome severe drought affecting their traditional crops such as beans, corn, and basic grains by cultivating the red flower, and to better market products made from the plant. Activities will also include building participants' organizational and planning skills, as well as increasing knowledge on business management, governance, loan fund management and fundraising. Hibiscus will engage some 200 residents of participating communit
Business development for the strengthening of economic initiatives of producer families that participate in agro-ecological processes, community management and value chains in order to improve the quality of life of rural families Small-scale farmers in southwestern Nicaragua struggle to sustain agricultural production and maintain their livelihoods due to water shortages caused by prolonged droughts and an upsurge in extreme weather events in the region. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions that improve food security, promote sustainable agriculture, and expand economic opportunity in Nicaragua. Our grantee partner, Asociacin Nochari (Nochari), works with producers to train them in organic production techniques, improve their access to native seeds like yucca and guineo (bananas), and sell their crops collectively in local and regional markets. Nochari is also collaborating closely with communities to address water shortages by building and repairing wells and evaluating low-cost irrigation systems..
Building Youth Entrepreneurship EJN expects to improve income and employment prospects for 400 young entrepreneurs in Managua, Masaya and Granada through its program that combines general training in business with specialized training in agribusiness, tourism or information technology. It will also offer technical assistance, mentoring and in-kind support toward starting their businesses. (NC- 292)
Improving productivity, quality, certification and marketing of organic and conventional PROCOCER coffee Cooperativa Multisectorial de Productores de Caf Organico Certificado Las Segovias R.L. (PROCOCER) $272,000 over three years The Grantee will implement a project designed to improve the quality of life for small-scale farmers in the department of Nueva Segovia by increasing the quantity and quality of their coffee crop and increasing the sale of organically certified coffee on the international specialty market. Project activities will expand PROCOCER's ability to provide training and technical assistance to farmer-members by creating a network of members to serve as agricultural extentionists and organic inspectors, providing regular and on-going training as well as advice and technical assistance to farmer-members in their community.
Prevention, Attention and Social Integration for the Fifth District of Managua Casa Alianza (CAN), $134,627 over one year CAN will use its additional funding to form 25 young leaders who will train other youths in three low-income neighborhoods of Managua where its intense program of community organizing includes training in job skills and microenterprise development; opportunities to participate in internships and sports leagues; seed capital available to new businesses; and psychological support for youths and families dealing with violence, addictions and sexual abuse.
Citizen advocacy and empowerment of women and youths in the municipality of Posoltega, Chinandega, Nicaragua Asociacin Multidisciplinaria para el Desarrollo (AMDES) will provide training in civic involvement and local governance, community development and gender-based violence to 890 young and adult Nicaraguans from 13 rural communities in Posoltega. AMDES will also encourage women and young people to launch or strengthen existing small businesses by providing loans and technical assistance. AMDES will strengthen women's networks and women's participation at the local level, so they can have a greater say about the use of public funds for community projects, as well as provide vocational training and access to loans to develop small- enterprises. AMDES will strengthen its management capacity by developing a strategic plan and increase its membership to include the most experienced community leaders, which will boost its effectiveness. The Grant will benefit 890 individuals directly and another 3,560 individuals indirectly.
Business development for the strengthening of economic initiatives of producer families that participate in agro-ecological processes, community management and value chains in order to improve the quality of life of rural families Small-scale farmers in southwestern Nicaragua struggle to sustain agricultural production and maintain their livelihoods due to water shortages caused by prolonged droughts and an upsurge in extreme weather events in the region. At the IAF we support community-led solutions that improve food security promote sustainable agriculture and expand economic opportunity in Nicaragua. Our grantee partner Asociacin Nochari (Nochari) works with producers to train them in organic production techniques improve their access to native seeds like yucca and guineo (bananas) and sell their crops collectively in local and regional markets. Nochari is also collaborating closely with communities to address water shortages by building and repairing wells and evaluating low-cost irrigation systems.
Integral community development with a focus on gender in 20 communities of Matagalpa Women from rural communities in the department of Matagalpa face violence and barriers to participation in income-generating activities. Centro Especializado de Atencin a la Mujer (CEAMUJER) provides technical assistance for women to develop skills in leadership and violence prevention and promotes gender equality and economic independence for women. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Nicaragua. CEAMUJER's activities strengthen excluded communities so they can improve their living conditions and participate equally in a nation's political, economic, and social life.
Integral community development with a focus on gender in 20 communities of Matagalpa Centro Especializado de Atencin a la Mujer (CEAMUJER) will provide leadership training investment capital technical assistance and legal services in 20 rural communities in the department of Matagalpa to increase the resident's income generating capacity promote land titling encourage gender equality and reduce domestic violence. The project will reach approximately 1200 men and women directly and another 4800 indirectly.
Partnership for social housing in Nicaragua Instituto de Accin Social Juan XXIII (Juan 23) will use its loan guarantee fund (Fideicomiso para el Desarrollo Inmobiliario) in coordination with Banco de la Produccin S.A (BANPRO) to finance the construction of 68 homes for poor urban working families and for 12 rural families. Its creative use of the fund should leverage sufficient resources for its housing program to become self-sufficient within a few years. The project is expected to benefit about 460 persons directly and 100 indirectly.
Education/Training Grant Centro de Comunicacin y Educacin Popular Cantera (CANTERA) plans to reduce violence in the peri- urban municipality of Ciudad Sandino, near Managua, by training young Nicaraguans in technical skills and entrepreneurship, providing seed capital for their small businesses and engaging them in community development. Collaboration with the community police, known for its positive influence on Nicaraguan neighborhoods, will be documented in print and on video, as well as the work of young community organizers with peers. The project will benefit 560 youths directly and another 2,520 members of their families indirectly.
Empoderamiento econmico mediante alternativas de generacin de ingresos para las mujeres de comunidades rurales de El Viejo, Chinandega Violence and discrimination affect women from rural communities of El Viejo who are often economically dependent on others to support their livelihoods. Asociacin Para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer (APADEIM) works to identify income-producing activities that improve the quality of life for these residents. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Nicaragua. APADIEM's activities strengthen excluded communities so they can improve their living conditions and participate equally in a nation's political economic and social life.