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Ampliacin de planta procesadora de leche para la elaboracin de derivados lcteos de la Asociacin de Productores Agropecuarios Santo Tomas, distrito de Santo Tomas, provincia de Luya, regin Amazonas. Inadequate farming practices, small landholdings, poor access to markets, and lack of capital hinder the ability of small-scale producers in Peru's Amazonian region to earn enough to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to expanding economic opportunity, including through sustainable agriculture. Our grantee partner, Asociacin de Productores Agropecuarios Santo Toms (APASAT), is an association of small-scale dairy producers that is expanding and improving its dairy processing plant in Luya to increase sales of milk, cheese, yogurt, and dulce de leche and reach larger, formal markets. These strategic investments increase producers' incomes and enhance the sustainability of small-scale producers in the region.
MIGRANTES VENEZOLANA/OS CON VIDA DIGNA EN LA CIUDAD DEL CUSCO In Peru, Venezuelan migrants face increased vulnerability, and are often unable to access public services such as healthcare. Many are also unable to work in the formal job sector and are forced into low-paying informal jobs, where they are subject to exploitation and abuse. The IAF supports community-led solutions to creating economic opportunity and safe conditions for Venezuelan migrants. Our grantee partner Instituto de Medio Ambiente y Gnero para el Desarrollo ( IMAGEN) will reduce the social and economic vulnerability of Venezuelan migrants, primarily women, in Cusco by supporting their mental health, training them in entrepreneurship and job search skills, and providing information and training to legalize their residence status. This grant is part of the IAF's Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Promoting a culture of peace by Strengthening constructive youth leadership through personal development and by developing a capacity for dialogue through art. ProDilogo Prevencin y Resolucin de Conflictos (ProDialogo) will empower youth to find solutions to youth violence and citizen insecurity through urban art, dialogue and collaboration. ProDilogo will provide training and technical assistance to members of local youth organizations from four poor districts of metropolitan Lima. The project will benefit 90 youths directly and an additional 8,000 youths indirectly.
Education/Training Grant COOPERACCION-Accin Solidaria para el Desarrollo (COOPERACCION) will provide training and technical assistance to 285 artisans, harvesters and representatives of civil society so they can manage the production of rush and totora reeds, diversify their crafts and increase their output, boost family income and protect the local ecosystem. The project will indirectly benefit some 3,000 residents of communities surrounding three wetlands in the north- central coast of Peru: Albufera de Medio Mundo, Santa Rosa and Paraso.
MIGRANTES VENEZOLANA/OS CON VIDA DIGNA EN LA CIUDAD DEL CUSCO In Peru, Venezuelan migrants face increased vulnerability, and are often unable to access public services such as healthcare. Many are also unable to work in the formal job sector and are forced into low-paying informal jobs, where they are subject to exploitation and abuse. The IAF supports community-led solutions to creating economic opportunity and safe conditions for Venezuelan migrants. Our grantee partner Instituto de Medio Ambiente y Gnero para el Desarrollo ( IMAGEN) will reduce the social and economic vulnerability of Venezuelan migrants, primarily women, in Cusco by supporting their mental health, training them in entrepreneurship and job search skills, and providing information and training to legalize their residence status. This grant is part of the IAFs Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Minka Verde: Commercialization of organic fruits and vegetables Minka Trujillo (Minka) will help 130 farmers including dairy farmers in Trujillo's Santa Catalina Valley increase their income by improving their production of organic foods for sale to consumers and upscale restaurants via Minka's marketing arm MINKA VERDE. Project activities will benefit another 1700 indirectly.
Generating Schools of a Culture of Entrepreneur ship: Experience in 2 Public Educational Institutions at the Secondary level, in the District of San Juan de Lurigancho. Accin y Desarrollo will offer vocational and technical training to 600 students in two public schools in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima so they acquire the skills to compete in the job market or start and manage their own microenterprises. The program will involve parents, teachers, other educational authorities and the local government, who will work toward formulating policies favorable to the young entrepreneurs.
Youth Business Incubators in Centers for Youth and Employment in Cusco and San Juan de Miraflores in Lima Asociacin Kallpa para la Promocin de la Salud Integral y el Desarrollo (Kallpa) will adapt its tools and incorporate a new methodology for preparing young persons with disabilities for employment. Approximately 210 youth with disabilities and 40 volunteers in Cusco and in the district of San Juan de Miraflores, in Lima, will benefit.
Strengthening women`s competitive capacities in agricultural production in the community of Callatiac Critas Arquidiocesana del Cusco in Peru, $276,000 over 3 years; counterpart committed: $250,960....Critas Cusco will support equitable and sustainable development in the Callatiac community in Cusco by strengthening its communal organization, promoting the inclusion of women and youth in community decisions, increasing food security and family incomes through improved production and sale of vegetables and guinea pigs, and protecting the environment. It will also prepare the community to access funds for local investments through the participatory budgeting process. Project activities will benefit approximately 200 persons directly and another 870 indirectly...
Minka Verde: Commercialization of organic fruits and vegetables Minka Trujillo (Minka). Minka will help 130 farmers, including dairy farmers, in Trujillos Santa Catalina Valley increase their income by improving their production of organic foods for sale to consumers and upscale restaurants via Minka's marketing arm, MINKA VERDE. Project activities will benefit another 1,700 indirectly.
Constructing support networks for the exercise of legal rights of persons with disabilities Sociedad y Discapacidad (SODIS) will develop a pilot program to test assisted decision-making services for Peruvians with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. These services should enable these citizens to live independently exercise their legal rights and access other services. SODIS will provide training and technical assistance document the research and disseminate the results. The project will directly benefit 150 persons and an additional 8000 persons indirectly.
Improving the supply of flowers for better articulation with the regional market of Cusco, Peru Asociacin de Productores Agropecuarios Red de Flores Quiquijana (ASPROFLOR) will help its members increase their income by diversifying and improving their production of flowers; investing in infrastructure; pooling their production to sell in volume; and reaching new markets. More than 100 Peruvians from four communities in the district of Quiquijana, Cusco Region, will benefit directly and another 190 indirectly.
Strengthenin g of the management capacities of the Cultural Affirmation initiatives that improve the socio- cultural, economic and environmenta l conditions of communities in the buffer zone of the Cordillera Azul National Park Asociacin No Gubernamental Rural Amaznica Andina Choba Choba (Choba-Choba), $200,000 over three years; counterpart committed, $129,930 Choba-Choba will help communities living in the buffer zone of the Cordillera Azul national park to recover and reestablish traditional land management and agricultural production practices, promote agricultural biodiversity, and carry out natural resource conservation and sustainable economic development activities. The project will benefit 3,680 community
Strengthening of the rural family economy, through the management of Rubber-Shiringa (Hevea Brasiliense), in association with native fruit trees, which complement the alternative development strategy in the San Martn-Peru Region Smallholder producers living in San Martin's rainforest face high levels of poverty and social exclusion a fragile ecosystem and severe land degradation and deforestation. The Centro de Promocin de la Equidad Mara Elena Moyano" (Centro Moyano) helps small-scale producers from six organizations increase family incomes diversify and add value to their products and protect the environment by cultivating agroforestry systems focused on native rubber species and associated crops. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. Centro Moyano's activities bolster efforts to counteract environmental degradation and protect the natural resources that communities depend on."
Education/Training Grant Asociacin Kallpa para la Promocin de la Salud Integral y el Desarrollo (Kallpa) will help consolidate two Centers for Youth and Employment, create two Youth Business Incubators and develop two networks that focus on issues of youth employment and entrepreneurship. Activities scheduled for San Juan de Miraflores in Lima and for Cusco are expected to help 1,300 young Peruvians between the ages of 15 and 29 find meaningful employment or start a small business.
Enterprise Development Grant Centro de Estudios Cristianos y Capacitacin Popular (CECYCAP) will provide training and technical assistance to 470 recyclers, youths and municipal staff with the objective of strengthening a network of five associations and increasing their members' incomes, leadership capacity and productivity.
Fortalecimiento de organizaciones socias de IAF que trabajan con poblacin migrante venezolana en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Per y Uruguay en el contexto de la epidemia por COVID 19 (segundo cohorte) Displaced Venezuelans face complex work and migration policies limited economic opportunities and xenophobia that can make it difficult to integrate into their new countries. Grassroots and nongovernmental organizations working to promote the inclusion of migrants and alleviate conflicts with locals often lack the expertise to create the effective communications strategies critical to the success of these efforts. Asociacin Minga Per (Minga Per) is providing strategic communications training to IAF grantee partners supporting Venezuelan migrants across the region. Additionally Minga Per is connecting this network of grantees to each other through virtual workshops to share good practices and lessons learned. Minga Pers activities strengthen grassroots organizations' ability to effectively craft communications strategies that address xenophobia and promote social and economic integration through education training and networking. This cooperative agreement is part of the IAF's commitment to support displaced Venezuelans and communities impacted by the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
Agriculture/Training Grant COOPERACCION-Accin Solidaria para el Desarrollo (COOPERACCION). COOPERACCION will provide training and technical assistance to 285 artisans, harvesters and representatives of civil society so they can manage the production of rush and totora reeds, diversify their crafts and increase their output, boost family income and protect the local ecosystem. The project will indirectly benefit some 3,000 residents of communities surrounding three wetlands in the north- central coast of Peru: Albufera de Medio Mundo, Santa Rosa and Paraso.
Support Program for the Development of Aquaculture in the Town Center Santa Maria de Ojeal, Punchana District, Maynas Iquitos, Peru Taller de Capacitacin e Investigacin Familiar (TACIF). TACIF will help 130 indigenous Peruvians improve their nutrition and income by expanding their production and marketing of native fish, farmed in ponds, and diversifying these enterprises. The activities planned, which are also expected to reduce overfishing in the Amazon River basin,will take place in Santa Maria de Ojeal, a rural community in the Punchana district of the department of Loreto.
Incorporation and execution of project strategy `Safe Streets and Houses in San Juan de Lurigancho` Gender-based violence is prevalent in the metropolitan district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima. Asociaci?n Peruana Mujer y Familia (APMF) works with grassroots organizations, community members, and public officials to combat and prevent violence and to secure access to basic protections, care, and remedies against aggressors. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Peru. APMF's activities strengthen grassroots organizations through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Strengthening the management capacity and sales of products derived from cocoa of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of the District of Buenos Aires, Morropn Province, Piura Region Asociacin de Mujeres Emprendedoras de Buenos Aires (ASDEME) will increase the income of its members by strengthening their business and marketing skills, investing in their microenterprise and achieving a better market position for their chocolate products. Approximately 50 persons from the district of Buenos Aires, Piura Region, will benefit directly and another 100 will benefit indirectly.
Constructing support networks for the exercise of legal rights of persons with disabilities Sociedad y Discapacidad (SODIS) will develop a pilot program to test assisted decision-making services for Peruvians with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. These services should enable these citizens to live independently, exercise their legal rights and access other services. SODIS will provide training and technical assistance, document the research and disseminate the results. The project will directly benefit 150 persons and an additional 8,000 persons indirectly.
Community Education Development "Qallariy- Yachay Sumaq" for early childhood (3-8 years) Ayllu Yupaychay (Yupay), $60,777 Yupay will prepare for publication a publish-ready master version of all the educational materials that it has developed over the course of the project.
Desarrollo de capacidades en gestin empresarial y comunicacin para la buena convivencia entre jvenes peruanos y venezolanos, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Per With a population of more than 1.1 million, the district of San Juan de Lurigancho represents about 11 percent of the population of metropolitan Lima and is the most populated district in all of Peru. It is also a very young districtabout half of its population is younger than 29 years old. Ninety-three percent of Venezuelan migrants who live in the district work without a formal labor contract, and negative perceptions of Venezuelans contribute to increased tensions, violence, and discrimination. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to creating economic opportunity and promoting social inclusion for Venezuelan migrants. Our grantee Taller de Capacitacin e Investigacin Familiar (TACIF) will support Peruvian and Venezuelan migrant youth with training and technical assistance to develop and improve microenterprises, create spaces for them to interact, and share their cultures, experiences, and problems. It will also bring them together to create content for videos and radio programs focused on building a more inclusive and supportive community and combating xenophobia and violence.
Implementation of two production and alpaca innovation centers (CRIA) in Sicuani, Cusco, and Puquio, Ayacucho Alpaca herders in the rural highlands of Ayacucho and Cusco face a low standard of living and have few opportunities to increase income with this type of work. Cooperativa de Produccin y Servicios Especiales de los Productores de Camlidos Andinos (COOPECAN) provides technical assistance to improve alpacaherds and increase the quality and quantity of wool fiber while providing training in leadership skills to cooperative members. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. COOPECAN's activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Human Rights Training School for Afrodescendant Youth in the Region of Ica Asociacin Negra de Defensa y Promocin de los Derechos Humanos (ASONEDH), $50,000 over one year; counterpart committed, $21,650 ASONEDH will use a virtual platform to extend the activities of the Lima-based First School of Afro-descendent Youth Leaders to the Ica region and reach Afro- Peruvian youths with its training in participatory democracy and human rights. Activities conducted in partnership with Ashanti Peru, a youth network, will benefit 30 young Peruvians in rural and urban communities in the provinces of Chinca, Pisco, Ica and Nazca.
ARARIWA - Technology and Development in Commercial Fruit Production in the Sacred Valley of Cusco ARARIWA will provide training, technical assistance, processing and marketing services, and exchange opportunities to 300 farmers in the Sacred Valley of the Inca as they revive their organic fruit production.
Technical and productive improvement of organic banana production and strengthening of sanitary, educational and social aspects in the eigh Cooperativa Agraria APPBOSA-Asociacin de Pequeos Productores de Banano Orgnico Samn y Anexos in Peru, $310,00 over three years; counterpart committed: $725,000. APPBOSA will help 500 farmers and 320 staff members and plant workers from the Sullana province of Piura increase their production and export of organic bananas by developing their technical and marketing skills as well as its own. An additional 17,200 Peruvians will benefit indirectly.
Inclusive Cities- A Task for All Asociacin Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH). APRODEH will further the social inclusion of Peruvians with mental disabilities, one of Peru's most marginalized and vulnerable groups, by working toward enforcement of Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which recognizes their right to live independently and participate in community life.
Local Economic Development and Community Participatio n in the Commonwealth of the Municipaliti es of la Cuenca Ganadera de Melgar - Puno, Peru Innovaciones para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IDES), $260,000 over three years; counterpart committed, $399,500 IDES will work with small groups of farmers and microentrepreneurs to design and undertake projects that bring them into the value chain for dairy products and goods from alpaca fiber, and will improve the ability of local units of government to stimulate and support economic development. The project will benefit approximately 3,300 Peruvians in 216 communities in Melgar Province, Puno.
Rural Women of Choquepata Promote Their Sustainable Development Asociacin Chico Latino (ACL), $170,325, over three years ACL will work in 12 rural communities in Choquepata, Cusco, to help indigenous women improve their production and sale of guinea pigs, develop the skills that communities need to manage their natural resources, prepare residents and their local government to access funds through participation in the budgeting process, and raise awareness of issues related to domestic violence, health and nutrition. The project should benefit 110 Peruvians directly and another 850 indirectly.
Strengthening panela production and marketing for small-scale producers in the rural districts of Ayabaca Province. Smallholder farmers in Peru struggle to earn sufficient income to support their families and create long-term wealth due to low productivity, insufficient land, and lack of access to credit and technical assistance. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to expanding economic opportunity, including through sustainable agriculture. Our grantee partner, the Cooperativa Agraria Ecolgica y Solidaria Piura (CAES), helps members of 11 agricultural cooperatives in Ayabaca province raise family incomes by increasing the production and quality of their sugarcane fields, improving their processing plants, and training farmers in organic and fair trade certification, which gives them access to larger markets. CAES also contributes to the organizational strengthening of the cooperatives by training women and youth to assume leadership roles.
Youth Business Incubators in Centers for Youth and Employment in Cusco and San Juan de Miraflores in Lima Asociacin Kallpa para la Promocin de la Salud Integral y el Desarrollo (Kallpa). Kallpa will help consolidate two Centers for Youth and Employment, create two Youth Business Incubators and develop two networks that focus on issues of youth employment and entrepreneurship. Activities scheduled for San Juan de Miraflores in Lima and for Cusco are expected to help 1,300 young Peruvians between the ages of 15 and 29 find meaningful employment or start a small business.
Support Program for the Development of Aquaculture in the Town Center Santa Maria de Ojeal, Punchana District, Maynas Iquitos, Peru Taller de Capacitacin e Investigacin Familiar (TACIF), $138,360 over three years; counterpart committed, $128,585 TACIF will help 130 indigenous Peruvians improve their nutrition and income by expanding their production and marketing of native fish, farmed in ponds, and diversifying these enterprises. The activities planned, which are also expected to reduce overfishing in the Amazon River basin, will take place in Santa Maria de Ojeal, a rural community in the Punchana district of the department of Loreto.
Integrate Cacao: integral use of the cacao fruit and forest conservation in the department of San Martn Small-scale producers living in the San Martn region of the Peruvian rainforest face high levels of poverty and social exclusion, a fragile ecosystem, and severe land degradation due to deforestation. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. Our grantee partner, Amaznicos por la Amazona (AMPA), works with associations of cacao producers to increase family incomes and protect natural resources by developing an inclusive and scalable business model for converting discarded cacao pulp and husks into high-demand products. AMPA's activities bolster efforts to counteract deforestation and protect the natural resources that communities depend on.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Minka Trujillo (Minka) will help 130 farmers, including dairy farmers, in Trujillo's Santa Catalina Valley increase their income by improving their production of organic foods for sale to consumers and upscale restaurants via Minka's marketing arm, MINKA VERDE. Project activities will benefit another 1,700 indirectly.
Mejoramiento de la competitividad del cultivo de banano orgnico de los pequeos productores bananeros de la COOP ASPROBO Smallholder farmers play a key role in food security, nutrition, employment generation and overall development, but face a range of challenges to increasing their productivity and incomes. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity through sustainable agriculture and micro-enterprises. IAF grantee Cooperativa Agraria de Productores de Banano, Cacao Orgnico y Otros Cultivos Agrarios del Distrito de Buenos Aires, Morropn Alto Piura Ltda. (COOP ASPROBO) will raise the income and quality of life of its members by strengthening their productive capacity and promoting and marketing their organic bananas domestically and internationally. With IAF support, COOP ASPROBO will also improve its own processing, managerial, and commercial skills and support gender equity and youth inclusion in local agriculture.