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Program for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Management Alubarn, Francisco Morazn, Honduras, CA Asociacin de Consejeros para una Agricultura Sostenible, Ecolgica y Humana (COSECHA) in Honduras; $251,100 over three years; counterpart committed: $206,635 COSECHA will work in 18 communities in the municipalities of Alubarn, Cuarn and Reitoca in the southern region of the department of Francisco Morazn to encourage the use of environmentally responsible farming methods and to improve practices of water management. Forty residents will be trained as volunteer extension agents who will offer the necessary training and technical assistance. The work will benefit 290 Hondurans directly and another 1,740 indirectly. 2
Strengthening Local Capacity to Administer and Conserve Water Resources Junta Administradora de Agua y Saneamiento de las Aldeas de Guayabito Confrada Destino Naranjal y Jicaro Gordo (GUAYABITO) will repair update and expand the local water system develop a nursery supplying trees for continued reforestation of the watersheds and offer training in water management and sanitation to residents serving on water boards in the villages of Guayabito Confrada Destino Naranjal and Jicaro Gordo. The work will benefit 1500 Hondurans directly and another 7500 indirectly...
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Organizacin para el Desarrollo de Corqun in Honduras (ODECO). ODECO-Corqun will involve 200 families and one elementary school in its effort to improve food security, including by composting organic waste and introducing children to responsible farming methods, and to develop community councils in urban areas of the municipalities of Corqun and San Pedro de Copn. The work will benefit 1,000 Hondurans directly and 2,000 indirectly.
Social and Economic Inclusion of Young Entrepreneurs in Pespire In the sparsely populated and drought-stricken region of southern Honduras young people are often excluded from economic life and are prone to look for opportunities to move away from the harsh living conditions. Asociacin de Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPES) supports a comprehensive youth training program in leadership civic engagement microenterprise development and employment skills for 500 youth in four municipalities. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ADEPES's activities encourage small business growth local entrepreneurship and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Social and Economic Inclusion of Young Entrepreneurs in Pespire Asociacin de Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPES) will offer support to 200 rural youths who are undertaking 16 development projects and launching 16 microenterprises in the municipality of Pespire which is located in a sparsely populated and drought-stricken region of southern Honduras that barely supports survival. This grantee's work is especially relevant today because it is addressing a demographic group that has been traditionally excluded from economic life and is prone to migrate. The project will benefit another 1,200 Hondurans indirectly.
Promotion of Organic Agriculture in Communities of Danli, and El Paraiso Vecinos Honduras (VH) will enable coffee farmers in seven communities in the Azabache zone of the municipality of Danl department of El Paraso to reduce their dependency on a single crop introduce the cultivation of fruits and vegetables and apply agroecological practices that protect their soil and water supply. Training will also help them manage their rural savings and loan associations more effectively. The work will benefit 850 farmers and members of their families directly and another 1092 Hondurans indirectly.
Increasing LGBTI people`s opportunities for economic and social inclusion in Honduras The quality of life is poor for marginalized low-income groups in Tegucigalpa and Comayagela that are often excluded socially due to their non-traditional gender identities or sexual orientations. Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperacin (SOMOS CDC) provides vocational and microenterprise training for at-risk youth from Tegucigalpa and Comayagela, and works to advance social inclusion and the basic rights of marginalized groups in Honduras. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Honduras. SOMOS CDC's activities encourage small business growth, local entrepreneurship, and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Sustainable Agricultural Production and Adaptation to the Climate of Four Towns in the Southern Zone of Honduras Fundacin Hondurea de Ambiente y Desarrollo Vida (FV) will work to increase the income of farmers in the drought belt of southern Honduras by encouraging the application of "agroecological" practices that include no-tillage farming and the use of wind breaks, live fences, green mulching and biological control of pests, all of which tend to protect or improve the environment. The project will directly benefit 3,000 Hondurans, including many female heads-of-household, in the municipalities of Aguanqueterique and Lauterque, departments of La Paz, and the municipalities of Aramecina and Caridad, department of Valle. It will indirectly impact at least another 10,000 residents.
Strengthening the Capacity of Local Actors for the Participatory Co-management in the Search for Sustainable Management of the Refugio de Vida Silvestre Montaa de Puca (RVSMP) Fundacin Comunitaria Puca (PUCA), comprising 28 communities in the department of Lempira, will develop its members' ability to manage the natural resources of the Refugio de Vida Silvestres Montaa de Puca in collaboration with local water and forestry boards and a volunteer corps of forest rangers. The participants will undertake advocacy on behalf of the reserve, install technologies compatible with its ecosystems, apply sanitation techniques to protect watersheds, and develop further as organizations. The work will benefit 1,500 Hondurans directly and another 2,000 indirectly.
Fortalecimiento empresarial y productivo a MIPYMEs del sector turstico en 3 municipios del dpto. de Lempira. Domestic tourism opportunities have expanded in western Honduras, generating much-needed resources for local residents. Women and youth have resourcefully taken advantage of these opportunities, but lack the institutional support to fully live up to their potential. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions that expand economic opportunity and promote alternatives to irregular migration in Honduras. Our grantee partner, Centro de Desarrollo Empresarial para la Micro, Pequeo y Mediana Empresa of the Western Region (CDE MIPYME ROC), works with the public and private sectors to provide training and technical assistance to women and youth entrepreneurs, expand their market access, and develop a regional tourism association that will offer ongoing technical, logistic, and marketing support along the countrys tourism corridor. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Acceso y Oportunidades para el Emprendimien to Juvenil Asociacin de Desarrollo Triunfea (ADETRIUNF) will offer training and financial support toward the development of microenterprises by 150 young people in 10 communities in and around the municipality of El Triunfo, department of Choluteca. Another 3,000 Hondurans will benefit indirectly.
Organizational Strengthening of the ANAFAE Network to Promote Agroecology and Food Sovereignty in Ho Family farmers in southern and western Honduras struggle to produce adequate food to feed their families, earn additional income, and protect the resources upon which they depend. Asociacin Nacional para el Fomento de la Agricultura Ecolgica (ANAFAE) works with member organizations to promote sustainable and ecologically sound farming practices, strengthen learning methodologies, and build administrative and communications capacities throughout their 30 member associations. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ANAFAE'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 efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Acceso y Oportunidades para el Emprendimiento Juvenil The southern region of Honduras has been hit hard by frequent droughts, reducing food security and employment options for young people in this rural area. Asociacin de Desarrollo Triunfea (ADETRIUNF) provides comprehensive training and financial assistance to young people to establish microenterprises capable of generating employment for themselves and other youth in their communities as an alternative to migration. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ADETRIUNFs activities encourage small business growth, local entrepreneurship and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of the IAFs efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Learning to innovate in organic value chains in coffee, avocado, and beans with CIAL groups, to strengthen marginalized communities in two regions of Honduras. Small-scale avocado farmers in the Yoro department of Honduras currently struggle to get their avocados to market, which leaves them vulnerable to exploitative prices. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities that provide productive alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee Fundacin para la Investigacin Participativa con Agricultores de Honduras (FIPAH) helps small-scale farmers earn more from avocado sales by increasing sustainable production and by strengthening the Yoro Association of Local Agricultural Research Committees ability to (ASOCIAL) to collect and market avocados. FIPAHs activities also promote women and youths participation in producing and selling avocados and provide opportunities for farmers to share their knowledge about production techniques in national forums. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Strengthening the Platform for the World Summit of African Descendants ODECO will work with the Cumbre Mundial de Afrodescendientes (PCMA) international committee work to develop a proposal for a university managed for and by African descendants, advocate a permanent Afro-descendent forum within the Organization of American States, draft an agenda for the near- term and a plan to raise the resources to fund the work, and become legally constituted as a nonprofit. The project should involve 100 African descendants representing 18 organizations.
Increasing LGBTI people's opportunities for economic and social inclusion in Honduras The quality of life is poor for marginalized low-income LGBTQ+ groups in Tegucigalpa and Comayagela. Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperacin (SOMOS CDC) provides vocational and microenterprise training for at-risk youth from Tegucigalpa and Comayagela, and works to advance the basic rights of marginalized groups in Honduras. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen economic opportunity and social inclusion in Honduras. SOMOS CDCs activities encourage participants to develop small businesses and increase their access to employment to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of the IAFs efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Empowering the collective Voice of Honduran Youth Organizacin para el Empoderamiento de la Juventud (OYE Adelante Jvenes), $127,970 over three years; counterpart commitment, $342,649 OYE Adelante Jvenes will develop its programs in the arts, its magazine and its radio broadcasts through equipment purchases, training and internships directed at young Hondurans at risk. It will work to make these activities self- sufficient so that they continue to benefit vulnerable young Hondurans and the community of El Progreso.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Vecinos Honduras (VH) in Honduras. VH will enable coffee farmers in seven communities in the Azabache zone of the municipality of Danl, department of El Paraso, to reduce their dependency on a single crop, introduce the cultivation of fruits and vegetables and apply "agroecological" practices that protect their soil and water supply. Training will also help them manage their rural savings and loan associations more effectively. The work will benefit 850 farmers and members of their families directly and another 1,092 Hondurans indirectly.
Agriculture/Training Grant GJD will improve training and employment opportunities for 400 at-risk youths from Tegucigalpa and also improve the standard of living of their parents as it works toward becoming a premier training, employment and enterprise development center.
Proyecto Joven Facing few options for schooling and jobs, Honduran youth in marginalized communities are more easily drawn to substance abuse, gang recruitment, labor exploitation, and irregular migration. The IAF supports community-led approaches to expanding meaningful economic opportunity for at-risk youth. Our grantee partner ACPH engages with the public and private sectors to promote alternatives to migration in the municipality of El Progreso by developing employment skills, encouraging local entrepreneurship, and expanding labor market access for at-risk youth. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Improving Food Security Organizacin para el Desarrollo de Corqun (ODECO-Corqun) will involve 200 families and one elementary school in its effort to improve food security, including by composting organic waste and introducing children to responsible farming methods, and to develop community councils in urban areas of the municipalities of Corqun and San Pedro de Copn. The work will benefit 1,000 Hondurans directly and 2,000 indirectly.
Integrating Conservation Practices in the Cangrejal River Basin GUARUMA will offer 250 young Hondurans, between the ages of 10 and 18, training and economic opportunities oriented toward the environment and ecotourism. Students will become computer literate, develop photography skills and master basic English. Older students will launch micro-enterprises supported by a fund providing investment capital. (HO-247)
Proyecto Joven Facing few options for schooling and jobs Honduran youth in marginalized communities are more easily drawn to substance abuse gang recruitment labor exploitation and irregular migration. The IAF supports community-led approaches to expanding meaningful economic opportunity for at-risk youth. Our grantee partner Pastoral Social/Caritas-Yoro (PSC) engages with the public and private sectors to promote alternatives to migration in the municipality of El Progreso by developing employment skills encouraging local entrepreneurship and expanding labor market access for at-risk youth.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Strengthening Women`s Business and Social Economic Development in Namasigue Fundacin Chorotega (FUNDACHOR) will build the capacity of five groups of predominately female shrimp producers to increase their incomes by offering training, technical assistance, materials, and exchanges, and assessing the creation of a shrimp producers' association. The grant will benefit 140 producers directly and another 500 individuals indirectly in Namasigue, in the department of Choluteca.
Youth Cultivating Talent on the North Coast of Honduras The north coast of Honduras has a high rate of violence and migration. With few alternatives for employment, youth living in peri-urban areas are susceptible to influences of organized crime in nearby cities and along major transit routes. ESMAG-El Pinowill work with children, youth and adults in approximately 10 communitiesof the municipality of El Porvenir in the biological corridor between the Pico Bonito National Park (PNPB) and the Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge (RVSCS) on the north coast of Honduras. ESMAG-El Pino will promote leadership andentrepreneurshipskills and build environmental awareness through an Ethics School, ecotourism, community development activities, reforestation and small business development.ESMAG-El Pino will increase its own revenue through product development and marketing.The project will directly benefit 675 individuals and indirectly benefit approximately 10,000 individuals.
Agroecological production and solidarity groups in Opatoro, La Paz SOLIDARIDAD will promote the expansion of agroecology farming systems with families in 12 communities of Opatoro municipality in the department of La Paz using a Finca Humana (Human Farm) approach. SOLIDARIDAD will provide training and technical assistance to diversify and improve agricultural production toward food security and establish solidarity groups and a solidarity council to improve mutual assistance, shared learning and decision-making. The project will directly benefit 270 people and 600 indirectly.
Acceso y Oportunidades para el Emprendimiento Juvenil Asociacin de Desarrollo Triunfea (ADETRIUNF) will offer training and financial support toward the development of microenterprises by 150 young people in 10 communities in and around the municipality of El Triunfo department of Choluteca. Another 3000 Hondurans will benefit indirectly...
Improving Climate Resilience and Food Security in northern Santa Barbara department, Honduras Farming is a challenge in Santa Barbara, Honduras, with soil fertility depleted by back-to-back natural disasters and little capital for investing in agriculture. This has forced many residents to migrate to seek employment elsewhere. The situation is particularly challenging for women, who have limited access to land, capital, and technical assistance in Honduras. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities that create alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee Red de Comercializacin Comunitaria Alternativa (Red COMAL) helps farmers in northern Santa Barbara to improve production for food security and sale. Red COMAL will train 10 of its community organization members in sustainable agriculture practices to increase soil retention and yield, improve water capture and storage, expand grain storage, and build resilience to future climatic events. Women participants will organize a farmer's market to sell surplus production.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Empoderamiento del tema discapacidad a travs de la innovacin y Democratizacin del Conocimiento Persons with disabilities in rural Honduras face discrimination and barriers to accessing jobs, education, and health services that would allow them to fully participate in the nation's political, economic, and social life. This puts a strain on family members, who may be propelled to migrate in search of better economic opportunities that could cover the cost of care. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expanding economic opportunity and promoting social inclusion that provide alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee partner, Fundacin Hondurea de Rehabilitacin e Integracin del Limitado (FUHRIL), trains community advocates in nine municipalities of Western Honduras to identify the needs of persons with disabilities and connect them with local stakeholders and services to ensure their incorporation into society as fully as possible.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Promotion of Organic Agriculture in Communities of Danli, and El Paraiso Vecinos Honduras (VH), will help coffee farmers from seven communities in the Azabache zone of the municipality of Danl, department of El Paraso, reduce their dependency on a single crop by introducing fruit and vegetable production. Farmers will receive training in agroecological practices that protect their soil and water supply and learn how to manage their producer associations more effectively. In the municipality of Concepcin de Mara, Choluteca, VH will carry out a pilot program to produce masica ("maya nut"), and include it in local school lunch programs. In conjunction with five other IAF grantees, VH will develop strategies and implement practices aimed at farmers coping with drought, resulting in increased food security, healthier families and decreased migration. Project activities will benefit an additional 210 beneficiaries directly.
Organizational strengthening of the ANAFAE Network to Promote Agroecology and Food Sovereignty in Honduras ANAFAE will work with 15 of its partner organizations and national coordination office to improve members' knowledge, skills, and abilities to promote sustainable and ecologically sound agriculture methods (agroecology) in the drought-prone southern and western regions of Honduras. Project activities focus on technical assistance and other peer- learning methods like training of trainers, on topics that include expanding ANAFAE member organizations' transparency and accountability capacity, as well as strengthening overall coordination among the groups. ANAFAE will also seek to expand communications activities to raise awareness of successful outcomes and promising practices in agroecology with the public and policy makers, and potentially contribute to increased resource mobilization for both individual members and the association as a whole. The project will directly benefit approximately 100 community trainers and technical staff in ANAFAE's member organizations in the southern and cent
Agroecological production and solidarity groups in Opatoro, La Paz Food security is an issue for the communities of Opatoro in the department of La Paz. Asociacin Solidaridad (SOLIDARIDAD) provides farming families with technical assistance to develop skills in crop diversification and in the Finca Humana (Human Farm) approach to sustainable farming and facilitates knowledge sharing among solidarity groups. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. SOLIDARIDAD's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Strengthening the cultural, ethical, political and pedagogical dimensions of the Garfuna people Lack of economic opportunity, social marginalization and threats to community-owned land undermine local development and contribute to high rates of migration from coastal communities in northern Honduras. Fundacin Fe y Alegra Honduras (FYAH) supports community organizations and bilingual school development of five Garifuna communities in the municipality of Tela, strengthening cultural, civic and educational dimensions of the communities experience. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance for grassroots development in Honduras. FYAHs activities encourage civic participation to allow marginalized groups to defend their rights, propel their own development and advocate for government accountability. This grant is part of our broader initiative to support economic prosperity, democracy and governance consistent with the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
Enterprise Development Grant Cooperativa Femenina de Produccin Agropecuaria Alianza Limitada (COFEPROAL). COFEPROAL will open and operate a multipurpose outlet in La Esperanza, the capital of the department of Intibuc, which will sell weaving supplies and other merchandise and will market crafts on a wholesale basis.