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Namyi Watuhowy Mananukje'y (Women working together) The Myky Indigenous People live on the fringes of the Amazon Rainforest and face constant challenges to their environment and traditional livelihoods. IAF grantee Associao Indgena Myky Waypjatpja Mananukje'y (AWAMA) is supporting Myky Indigenous women in generating income. AWAMA is strengthening their handicraft activities through developing an agroforestry system for collecting raw materials sustainably and selling their products online through an e-commerce website. The IAF supports community-led solutions for community wellbeing, peace, and security that protects cultural heritage.This small grant is part of a cohort of Indigenous organizations based across Brazil that aim to support their communities and promote spaces for exchange and learning among different ethnicities facing complex challenges.
Building Citizenship Associao de Desenvolvimento Comunitrio de Bataypor (ADEPOR) ADEPOR will work with farmers who were resettled as a result of Brazil's program of land reform, to plant agro-ecological community gardens in idle or degraded areas and organize a cooperative, resulting in a more reliable food supply for approximately 500 rural families, for schools and for markets in the municipality of Bataypor, Mato Grosso do Sul. The grantee plans to connect the new cooperative to wholesalers in the region, school lunch programs and government agencies that distribute food to the poor.
Leaders who make it happen Young people in the lowest-income communities of northeast Brazil face limited education and employment opportunities, a situation exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) reaches young leaders in communities of Bahia state with a curriculum that engages them in problem-solving and critical thinking to address local social and economic challenges. IFA involves young people in local development activities and supports youth-led microenterprises and initiatives. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to creating opportunity for youth in Brazil.This grant is part of the IAF's broader COVID-19 response strategy.
Recapturing and Recording Tapayuna/Kajkhwakratxi-j Festivals and Rituals: KUKWAJ - The Monkey Festival The Tapayuna people live on the fringes of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest and face the challenge of maintaining their traditions and preventing their culture from fading. A forced relocation of the entire community in 1979 reduced the Tapayuna to 10% of their original numbers and weakened their social and governance structures. Our grantee Associao Indgena Tapayuna (AIT) is developing an oral history and cultural revival project of the Tapayuna rituals to recover traditions that have been lost. The social reconnection and strengthening of identity will serve as a critical base for grassroots development and psychosocial health for Tapayuna youth. The Tapayuna youth will lead the activities by engaging with the elders that still remember the traditional rituals that were a significant part of their culture.The IAF supports community-led solutions to community wellbeing and health.This small grant is part of a cohort of Indigenous organizations based across Brazil that aim to support their communities and promote spaces for exchange and learning among different ethnicities facing complex challenges.
Participatory Democracy and the Challenge of Participation and Social Control Instituto Brasil Central (IBRACE) will train farmers, residents of quilombola and indigenous Brazilians resettled as a result of land reform in the northeastern region of the state of Gois to contribute to the discussion of public policies on rural development, conservation and social services, and to monitor the programs derived from the policies. One hundred individuals should benefit directly and 80,000 indirectly. (BR-876)
Support to production and marketing of family farm products from the Sao Bartolomeu River Basin Smallholder farmers on the So Bartolomeu River watershed struggle with environmental degradation and limited access to local markets. Associao Rede Rio So Bartolomeu de Mtua Cooperao (Rede Bart) works with young people in rural community associations in the Federal District to improve the production processing and marketing of vegetables fruits and small animals and to contribute to the conservation of natural resources. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. Rede Bart's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Building the Capacity of Youth Entrepreneurs and Leaders Young people in the lowest-income communities of northeast Brazil face limited education and employment opportunities. Grupo de Informtica, Comunicao, e Ao Local (GIRAL) offers youth from disadvantaged rural communities in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, training in communications and enterprise development to generate income. As part of IAF's work to support community-led approaches to creating opportunities for youth in Brazil, GIRAL is developing an entrepreneurship and leadership training program and providing seed capital for rural youth in Pernambuco to generate income by either starting or growing their microenterprises. GIRAL also provides young people with leadership opportunities to contribute to the social and economic development of their communities.
Sports education in the Semi-Arid Region Instituto Fazer Acontecer (IFA) (the Make it Happen Institute), $209,030 for three years IFA, which uses sports to spur community development, will organize training for sports educators, educational sports activities for young Brazilians in rural Bahia and forums on sports in education and the social impact of the World Cup and Olympics. The activities will benefit 1,610 people from Bahia directly and approximately 10,000 indirectly.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant CEPFS will offer farmers in eight municipalities of Paraba technical assistance and training that improves agricultural production. A study of each community in which CEPFS works will facilitate the introduction of appropriate new technologies that address the challenges of living and farming in an area with very limited water resources. The project will directly benefit 200 producers and an estimated 800 family members.
Center for Family Farming Comunidade Organizada para Preservao e Recuperao do Meio Ambiente (COPEMA) will develop a network of community gardens on uncultivated public- and privately-owned land on the southwest periphery of Granja Portugal, a district in Fortaleza, with the immediate goals of assuring a more reliable food supply and improving nutrition and health. The gardens are also expected to generate jobs and additional income, especially for unemployed women, and to improve the urban environment. Some 240 residents should benefit directly and another 1,000 indirectly.
Cariang das espcies nativas do Semirido Fundao de Educao para a Preservao Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentvel da Bacia do Rio Paraguau (Fundao Paraguau) will work with poor families in basin of the Paraguau River on the restoration and responsible use of the Caatinga biome whose woodlands have become degraded. It will plant gardens, create a community seed bank, cultivate seedlings and providing training in reforestation and the production of traditional handicrafts from the resources available. 500 residents of the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia will benefit directly and another 5,000 indirectly.
Reconnecting the relations between farmers and consumers through participatory agricultural certification Smallholder farmers in Brazil are challenged by the need to feed their families and earn an income while conserving natural resources. Associao Movimento Mecenas da Vida (MMV) works with small farmers to organize a participatory organic agricultural certification establish new markets and conserve natural resources. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. MMV's activities support smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Health Grant Associao para Desenvolvimento Local Co-produzido (ADELCO) will work with Pitaguary and Trememb associations to reduce dependence on government assistance by developing cultural tourism as a source of revenue and to improve sanitation, water infrastructure, health and household income in these indigenous communities in Cear. This project will benefit 1,000 Pitaguary and Trememb Brazilians directly and another 7,700 indirectly.
Recovering citizenship and ecological balance in the semiarid Paraiba Family farms in the semiarid region of Paraba in the Brazilian Northeast face food security and income-generation challenges due to extended drought and limited access to technical assistance. Centro de Educao e Organizao Popular (CEOP) works with farmers of rural communitiesespecially women and young peopleto diversify crop production and develop sustainable agricultural techniques to manage their plots and improve soil fertility. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. CEOP's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
SOS Racismo and Popular Legal Promoters Geleds Instituto da Mulher Negra (Geleds), $161,500 over three years Geleds will train 120 Afro-Brazilian women from marginalized neighborhoods in eastern and southern Sao Paulo to provide residents information on domestic violence, health care, the judicial system and the availability of legal services to victims of discrimination based on gender or race or of violations of basic civil rights.
Education/Training Grant ASJOR will work in the community of Sao Jorge, Goias, to expand the reach of health care that complements conventional medicine by incoporating traditional practices, including the use of medicinal plans indigenous to the Cerrado, a savannah located in the heart of Brazil. The analysis of the benefits of the plants and the development of a plant nursery and a community health center should benefit 500 Brazilians direclty and another 5,000 indirectly.
Agroecology: Life in the Field and Healthier Food in the City SerrAcima will work with smallholder farmers particularly women and young people in the Paraba River valley in So Paulo state to improve their living conditions and resilience to extreme weather. It will work with the farmers to implement agroecological practices and sell excess produce to local markets school lunch programs and tap into expanded markets in nearby tourist destinations. The project will directly benefit 320 people and 960 people indirectly.
Algodo em Consrcios Agroecolgicos Smallholder farmers in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil face extended drought periods and limited access to markets. The IAF supports community-led solutions that broaden access to key services and expand economic opportunity. Diaconia promotes inclusive and sustainable development of smallholder farmers in Northeast Brazil using participatory certification systems, in which peers, typically other farmers, inspect farms organic practices. Diaconia also works with farming communities to increase their resilience to climate challenges and create economic opportunities by developing value chains for organic cotton and other traditional staples such as beans, corn, peanuts, and sesame. This cooperative agreement is part of a public-private partnership between the IAF and Laudes Foundation to support grassroots communities pursuing livelihood opportunities in the northeast of Brazil.
Support for restructuring and consolidation of new local supply dynamics and strengthening food security and local economies of the northwest region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares (CETAP) will promote the expansion of agro-ecological farming systems with family farmers and improve the distribution and marketing of organic products in the northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul. CETAP will facilitate the connection between these family farmers and low-income urban groups interested in processing the organic produce into value-added products for local markets. These activities will generate employment and income for family farmers, and low- income urban groups.
JOVEM EMPREENDEDOR PROTAGONISTA SOCIAL Young people in the lowest-income communities of northeast Brazil face limited education and employment opportunities. Grupo de Informtica, Comunicao, e Ao Local (GIRAL) offers youth from disadvantaged rural communities in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, training in communications and enterprise development to generate income. As part of IAFs work to support community-led approaches to creating opportunities for youth in Brazil, GIRAL is developing an entrepreneurship and leadership training program and providing seed capital for rural youth in Pernambuco to generate income by either starting or growing their microenterprises. GIRAL also provides young people with leadership opportunities to contribute to the social and economic development of their communities.
Points of Light: Strengthening the entrepreneurial community initiatives A Casa Verde Cultura e Meio Ambiente (Casa Verde) will work with indigenous, quilombola communities, and small farmers resettled by Brazil's program of land reform, to improve their productive capacities, reinforce their traditional practices, and conserve biodiversity in the states of Gois, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul. This project will directly benefit 1,000 families and indirectly another 3,500 families.
Environment Grant Cooperativa de Trabalho, Prestao de Servios, Assistncia Tcnica e Extenso Rural (COOPTER) will work with communities in Araguacema and Couto de Magalhes, state of Tocantins, to draft and formalize agreements regulating fishing in the lakes along the Araguaia River, to develop plans for managing stocks of pirarucu (arapaima gigas) and to improve processing. The income generated and the more reliable food supply developed will benefit 245 fishers directly and 980 other area residents indirectly.
Community Solidarity Enterprises Ao Moradia will work to advance the economic inclusion and socio-economic development of vulnerable families in eight communities on the periphery of Uberlndia, Minas Gerais, by providing women heads-of household and young adults training, technical assistance and financial support, including loans.
Implementation of processing unit and improvement of organic coffee production in the Chapada Diamantina Cooperativa de Produtores Orgnicos e Biodinmicos da Chapada Diamantina (Cooperbio) will work with its members to improve the organic production and agroecological practices of its smallholder farmers in the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia, Brazil. The activities will focus on production, processing and marketing of specialty coffees and increasing crop diversity with local fruit trees. This project will benefit directly 260 people, and indirectly 2,000 people.
Implementation of processing unit and improvement of organic coffee production in the Chapada Diamantina Cooperbio will work with its members to improve the organic production and agroecological practices of its smallholder farmers in the Chapada Diamantina region of Bahia, Brazil. The activities will focus on production, processing and marketing of specialty coffees and increasing crop diversity with local fruit trees. This project will benefit directly 260 people, and indirectly 2,000 people.
Center for Family Farming Comunidade Organizada para Preservao e Recuperao do Meio Ambiente (COPEMA) will develop a network of community gardens on uncultivated public- and privately- owned land on the southwest periphery of Granja Portugal, a district in Fortaleza, with the immediate goals of assuring a more reliable food supply and improving nutrition and health. The gardens are also expected to generate jobs and additional income, especially for unemployed women, and to improve the urban environment. Some 240 residents should benefit directly and another 1,000 indirectly.
Participator y Democracy and the Challenge of Participatio n and Social Control Instituto Brasil Central (IBRACE) will train farmers, residents of quilombola and indigenous Brazilians resettled as a result of land reform in the northeastern region of the state of Gois to contribute to the discussion of public policies on rural development, conservation and social services, and to monitor the programs derived from the policies. One hundred individuals should benefit directly and 80,000 indirectly. (BR-876)
Grassroots Participatory Social and Environmental Development CASA will channel small grants to grassroots groups and nongovernmental organizations throughout Brazil for social development and environmental conservation. The IAF will finance 30 projects and CASA will raise $1.6 million to fund the remaining 320 projects. This is expected to increase the engagement of Brazilians in the challenges directly affecting them and to improve environmental programming and policy-making.
Health and Rights of Venezuelan migrants in Brazilian border regions Displaced Venezuelans in the Brazilian border states of Roraima and Amap often struggle to find employment and earn a living. They also have limited access to information about available health services for preventable diseases and COVID-19 prevention. Fundo Positivo (Positivo) is improving health conditions and reducing the incidence of illnesses among Venezuelan migrants and at-risk Brazilians by increasing their access to health care and training community health promoters. Positivo is also improving the relationship between migrants and receiving communities by involving Venezuelan migrants in promoting health care services and offering migrants and other community members training sessions on entrepreneurship and professional development opportunities. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to increasing vulnerable populations' health and economic inclusion.This grant is part of the IAF's commitment to support displaced Venezuelans and communities impacted by the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
The Redes da Mar we want: Institutional strengthening to strengthen civil society in Mar. The IAF is contributing to building a thriving community philanthropy ecosystem to fund grassroots organizations by supporting civil society organizations' evolution into community philanthropy organizations. The IAF is also supporting organizations to test new ideas in Latin America and the Caribbean, such as permanent endowments. Our grantee Redes da Mar (Redes) promotes community-led development in one of the largest low-income favelas on the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Through this grant, Redes will improve its grantmaking craft by awarding grants to community organizations that work on institutional reform, gender-based violence, and economic entrepreneurship along with other initiatives that improve the wellbeing of largely Afro-Brazilian residents. It will also raise funds for its growing endowment from national and local Brazilian foundations and individual donors.This grant advances the IAF's strategic initiative to expand the resources available for grassroots development by promoting locally-rooted community philanthropy.
Sowing Sustainable Agriculture: historical and cultural rescue of traditional seeds in Jaguaribe Valley - CE Access to native seeds is essential to the sustainability of smallholder farming and the livelihoods of rural families in the semiarid region of Brazil. Associao Escola Famlia Agrcola Jaguaribana (AEFAJA) works with smallholder farmers along the Jaguaribe River valley, in the state of Cear, Brazil, to strengthen food security and resilience to drought by rescuing seeds native to the region, constructing community seed banks, and creating a seed exchange network. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. AEFAJA's activities promote smallholder agriculture and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Education/Training Grant Centro de Educao Popular (CENEP) will promote the use of medicinal plants indigenous to the Curimata territory in the Brazilian Northeast and work with communities to expand on practices that apply them effectively to health care and conservation. The project is expected to benefit 350 Brazilians directly and another 2,500 residents of 10 municipalities in the state of Paraba.
Preservation of Quilombola Identity The Associao Quilombola Do Povoado Patioba (AQUIPP) will provide training to young people on cultural identity and Afro-Brazilian heritage. Project activities will include a series of workshops that strengthen Afro- Brazilian cultural heritage and the setup of a computer lab with internet access for digital inclusion and improvement of professional skills of young people as they enter the job market. This project will benefit 200 Quilombola youths directly and 1,000 indirectly.
Support for restructurin g and consolidatio n of new local supply dynamics and strengthenin g food security and local economies of the northwest region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul Centro de Tecnologias Alternativas Populares (CETAP), $280,935 over three years Parallel to the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20),CASA will organize a workshop for 40 representatives of grassroots organizations to debate issues raised at the conference, share experiences and use social media to create an on-line
Fazer Sertanejo Communities and smallholder farmers in the semi-arid region of northern Minas Gerais struggle to maintain production in drought conditions, and have limited access to processing and marketing of fruits and sugar cane. Centro de Agricultura Alternativa do Norte de Minas (CAANM) provides farmers with technical assistance to improve sustainable agricultural practices, identify new markets, and develop a participatory certification system for organic products. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. CAANM's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Workshop of Ideas Ateli de Idias will improve the earning potential of microenterprises, increase its microcredit fund in order to reach more borrowers, bring banking services to individuals currently excluded from the formal financial system and further develop its ability to serve the community in Vitria, Esprito Santo.
Knowledge in Practice: sharing agroecological knowledge throughout Latin America Smallholder farmers in Latin America can benefit from adopting an approach to food production that considers the environmental, social, and economic impacts on communities and contributes to food security. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Brazil. Our grantee partner, Centro de Estudos e Promoo da Agricultura de Grupo (CEPAGRO), works with grantee partners throughout Latin America to develop a collaborative network of farmers and a learning platform to share training opportunities and best practices in sustainable agriculture. CEPAGRO is also supporting the organic production and waste management activities of two local organizations in Santa Catarina, Brazil, organizations that IAF grantee partners from across the region can visit for on-the-ground experience and peer-to-peer learning.