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Youth in Networks for the Prevention of Social Violence Young people in southern Honduras and in Tegucigalpa generally have few opportunities to develop leadership skills or influence the social and economic decisions that daily impact their lives and futures. Centro de Desarrollo Humano (CDH) supports the development of youth leaders and their organizations and networks, to promote civic engagement and participation in the development of their local communities. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Honduras. CDHs activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. This grant is part of the IAFs efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Building youth development and youth leadership Young people in Honduras have limited educational, employment, and social options, which contributes to high rates of migration. Asociacin de Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPES) and two other IAF community partners (OYE and ADETRIUNF) work together in this grant to provide small education and technical scholarships, leadership training, and microenterprise development, making it possible for young people to continue their education, to develop job skills and small businesses, and to contribute to the wellbeing and development of their communities. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Honduras. ADEPES's activities strengthen communities 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.
Manejo Integral y Sostenible de los Ecosistemas y Recursos Naturales en la Reserva El Jilguero (PRO-JILGUERO) Reduced water availability, soil fertility, and weather predictability threaten the livelihoods of 185 rural, predominantly indigenous, communities near the El Jilguero Reserve in La Paz, Honduras. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance and natural resource management. Our grantee partner, ASOMAINCUPACO, trains community-based organizations to manage and protect the watersheds of El Jilguero Reserve in coordination with local authorities and civil society groups. ASOMAINCUPACO's activities promote alternatives to irregular migration by encouraging greater citizen participation in local decision-making and the management of water resources that sustain smallholder farms and businesses.This grant is part of our support for greater prosperity, security, and democratic governance in Northern Triangle communities, consistent with the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
Promotion of Organic Agriculture in Communities of Danli, and El Paraiso 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. 1
Social and Economic Inclusion of Women and Youth in Small Enterprise Development in the Dry Corridor border region of Honduras Small businesses in the Dry Corridor of Honduras face precarious environmental conditions and lack access to capital, increasing incentives for people to seek income and employment in other places including migrating to the United States. The Fundacin Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Departamental de Valle (ADED VALLE) trains and provides financial capital to small businesses and farmers associations to improve production and insertion into value chains.
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 CDCs activities encourage small business growth, local entrepreneurship and market development to ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. 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.
Empowering leaders and families to conserve and protect ecosystem services of the Montecillos Biological Reserve and improve food security Communities in and near the Montecillos Biological Reserve face challenges of living and farming in and adjacent to protected areas with increasing environmental limitations on water and soil resources. Centro de Enseanza Aprendizaje de Agricultura Sostenible El Socorro (CEASO) encourages families to use the Finca Humana (Human Farm) approach to establish a more reliable food supply and provides technical assistance in ecosystem restoration and agroforestry and sustainable farming. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. CEASO'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.
Sustainable tourism a tool for improving the quality of life in or around the protected areas of the Honduran Caribbean Small businesses in the tourism sector on the North Coast lack marketing skills and access to credit and often struggle to compete against larger tour operators. The Asociacin Pro Comunidades Tursticas de Honduras (LAPROCOTURH) strengthens its member network of local tourism providers and offers technical assistance credit and a single marketing system to facilitate tourism arrivals. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. LAPROCOTURH'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 Women and Youth in Small Enterprise Development in the Dry Corridor border region of Honduras Small businesses in the Dry Corridor of Honduras face precarious environmental conditions and lack access to capital, increasing incentives for people to seek income and employment in other places including migrating to the United States. The Fundacin Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Departamental de Valle (ADED VALLE) trains and provides financial capital to small businesses and farmers' associations to improve production and insertion into value chains. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ADED VALLE's activities encourage small business growth 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.
Empowering the collective Voice of Honduran Youth Young people in the community of El Progreso face threats of violence on a regular basis and have few opportunities to continue their education and find employment. The Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE) is increasing economic opportunities for youth through short-term technical training small scholarships for students to complete secondary school or begin higher education youth microenterprise training and opportunities in civic engagement and the arts. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Honduras. OYE's activities strengthen communities 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.
Improving coffee production and processing by a cooperative in Yoro 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.
Ampliadas las oportunidades de negocio de mujeres y jvenes y su integracin a procesos de gobernanza para la conservacin de la naturaleza y medios de vida en 6 municipios de la Regin Golfo de Fonseca. Communities in six coastal municipalities in the Valle and Choluteca regions of Honduras face particularly high rates of food insecurity and out-migration as a result of deteriorating environmental conditions and the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The IAF supports community-led approaches to expand economic opportunity and unlock private, public, and community resources for grassroots development. Our grantee partner the Comit para la Defensa y Desarrollo de la Flora y Fauna del Golfo de Fonseca (CODDEFFAGOLF) works with organizations of women and youth to strengthen leadership and education, establish small businesses, and effectively engage the private and public sectors on natural resource management in southern Honduras. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America, and part of the IAF's Women Investing in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Social and Economic Inclusion of Young Entrepreneur s in Pespire Social and Economic Inclusion of Young Entrepreneur s in Pespire
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.
Constructing food and nutritional security through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) with radios of the Indigenous Roundtable of Honduras. Rural communities in Honduras face food insecurity, extreme poverty and nutritional levels low enough to cause high rates of childhood stunting. Asociacin Red de Desarrollo Sostenible-Honduras (RDS-HN) partners with community radios to provide educational and hands-on learning to improve the availability and use of nutritious traditional foods. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to unlock private, public and community resources for grassroots development in Honduras. RDS-HNs activities support smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security, promote alternatives to migration and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive. This grant is part of a broader IAF initiative focused on supporting economic prosperity, democracy, governance, and alternatives to migration, consistent with the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
Manejo Integral y Sostenible de los Ecosistemas y Recursos Naturales en la Reserva El Jilguero (PRO-JILGUERO) Residents in 185 rural, predominantly indigenous, communities near the El Jilguero Reserve in La Paz, Honduras, face real threats to their livelihoods, and thus their ability to stay in their communities, from reduced water availability, decreased soil fertility and unpredictable weather patterns. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance and natural resource management. Our grantee partner, Asociacin para el Manejo Integrado de las Cuencas de La Paz y Comayagua (ASOMAINCUPACO), trains community-based organizations to manage and protect the watersheds of El Jilguero Reserve in coordination with local authorities and civil society groups. ASOMAINCUPACOs activities promote alternatives to irregular migration by encouraging greater participation in local decision-making and environmental management that can sustain livelihoods. This grant is part of our support for greater prosperity, security, and democratic governance in Northern Triangle communities, consistent with the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
Improving coffee production and processing by a cooperative in Yoro Cooperativa de Servicios Agropecuarios 25 de Julio (25 de Julio) located in the municipality of Victoria Yoro will help its members improve their income by developing the cooperative's administrative skills conducting training offering credit in partnership with a community savings-and loan-association increasing coffee production pooling harvests to sell in volume and reaching new markets. The work will benefit 105 Hondurans directly and another 550 indirectly.....
Estrategias de desarrollo local, incluyentes y participativas para alcanzar autonoma econmica y emocional de las mujeres emprendedoras, y la proteccin del medio ambiente en la microcuenca de Hondura, Santa Rosa de Copn The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase of both economic vulnerability and violence against women and girls in Honduras. The IAF supports community-led approaches to reduce violence, promote human rights, and to unlock private, public, and community resources for grassroots development. Our grantee partner Agencia de Desarrollo Estratgico Local de Santa Rosa de Copn (ADELSAR) works in partnership with civil society organizations and municipal representatives to respond to violence against women and create economic opportunities through awareness raising, access to services, capacity building on human rights and empowerment, and job skills and enterprise development.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America, as well as the IAF's Women Investing in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Empowering the collective Voice of Honduran Youth Organizacin para el Empoderamiento de la Juventud (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.
Strengthening Farmers Linkage to the Avocado Value Chain in Yoro, 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 Fundacion para la Investigacion 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. FIPAH's activities also promote women and youth's 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.
Empowering leaders and families to conserve and protect ecosystem services of the Montecillos Biological Reserve and improve food security CEASO will empower families in approximately 12 communities located in and near the buffer zone of the Montecillos Biological Reserve. The project will establish a more reliable food supply through training in agroforesty and agroecological production using the Finca Humana (Human Farm) approach. CEASO will also help to restore natural ecosystems through the establishment of community and individual tree nurseries benefitting 1100 people directly and another 9000 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 1,092 Hondurans indirectly.
Promoting opportunities for families made vulnerable by forced migration in three municipalities of Women and young people in the Santa Brbara department are especially affected by lack of economic opportunity, growing violence and insecurity, and irregular migration. Organismo Cristiano de Desarrollo Integral de Honduras (OCDIH) works with youth, indigenous, and womens' organizations to promote shared learning, planning, and investment with key public and private decision-makers to promote economic development and build a culture of peace at the local level. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Honduras. OCDIH's activities encourage civic participation to enable marginalized groups to defend their rights, propel their own development, and demand government accountability and transparency.This grant is part of the IAF's 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) 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.
Empowering leaders and families to conserve and protect ecosystem services of the Montecillos Biological Reserve and improve food security CEASO will empower families in approximately 12 communities located in and near the buffer zone of the Montecillos Biological Reserve. The project will establish a more reliable food supply through training in agroforesty and agroecological production using the Finca Humana (Human Farm) approach. CEASO will also help to restore natural ecosystems through the establishment of community and individual tree nurseries, benefitting 1,100 people directly and another 9,000 indirectly.
Environment Grant Fundacin Comunitaria Puca in Honduras, 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.
Potenciando La Inclusin De Las Personas Con Discapacidad mediante el Desarrollo Inclusivo con Seguridad Alimentaria, Salud y Educacin en el marco del respeto a los Derechos Humanos. Children with disabilities in Honduras face long-term health, educational, and economic exclusion. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased income loss and food insecurity for these children and their families in the municipalities of Pimienta, Potrerillos, and Villanueva. The IAF supports community-led approaches to improve food security and expand social and economic inclusion. Our grantee the Asociacin Centro Intercomunitario de Atencin a Personas con Discapacidad 'Solidaridad (CIS) will partner with parents of children with disabilities to expand inclusive education, improve access to health services, and expand economic activity for persons with disabilities and their families. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America, and is part of the IAF's broader COVID-19 response strategy.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant APRHOFI will work with 120 farmers to increase fruit and vegetable production by introducing modern production techniques. It will also improve its storage and processing center and will expand its marketing program.
Promoting opportunities for families made vulnerable by forced migration in three municipalities of Santa Barbara, Honduras Women and young people in the Santa Brbara department are especially affected by lack of economic opportunity, growing violence and insecurity, and irregular migration. Organismo Cristiano de Desarrollo Integral de Honduras (OCDIH) works with youth, indigenous, and womens organizations to promote shared learning, planning, and investment with key public and private decision-makers to promote economic development and build a culture of peace at the local level. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Honduras. OCDIHs activities encourage civic participation to enable marginalized groups to defend their rights, propel their own development, and demand government accountability and transparency. This grant is part of the IAFs efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
COCAOL Organized Producers of Organic Coffee of OlanchoCOCAOL Productores Organizados de Caf Orgnico de Olancho Coffee farming in Honduras employs thousands of people each year and often represents a family's entire annual income over the course of a few months. The current economic crisis in Honduras due to the combined impacts of COVID-19, two hurricanes, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has made it nearly impossible for small coffee farmers to invest adequately in production. Farmers investing less in coffee could lead to lower yields, lower incomes, more food insecurity, and higher out-migration in the region. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities that retain jobs and create productive alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee Cooperativa Cafetalera Olancho Limitada (COCAOL) helps coffee farmers in Olancho to produce high quality shade-grown organic coffee for export through training and financial assistance. COCAOL will improve ways to generate income on site, like producing organic fertilizer and selling coffee plants, to become more financially sustainable. The organization will also work to protect the nearby Sierra de Agalta National Park to ensure sustainable water supply for coffee growing and nearby populations.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.