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Strengthening risk management and disaster resilience to organizational structures and families in the municipality of Alianza, Valle, Honduras. Extreme weather and accelerating natural disasters are affecting the region's most vulnerable places. These environmental challenges are pushing organizations to learn and adapt. The IAF supports community-based organizations to respond to medium and long-term priorities of communities affected by hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Our grantee Asociacin de Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPES) in Alianza, in the department of Valle, Honduras, is supporting disaster recovery and resilience efforts at the grassroots level. ADEPES will train community and school-based emergency committees on prevention, preparation, response and recovery from disasters, and contribute to the construction and functioning of an Early Warning System and flood mitigation structures to reduce loss of life and protect livelihoods in flood-prone communities.This grant advances the IAF's strategic initiative to address the root causes of migration in Central America through disaster recovery and resilience. It is one of a cohort of grants funded through the Partnership for Disaster Recovery and Resilience, which makes strategic investments that strengthen the capacity for action of local grassroots organizations in Central America and southern Mexico.
Improving the Quality of Life of Lenca Families Through Social Enterprises CODESSE-Intibuc will promote inclusion of youth in the activities of 18 of its member businesses, strengthen a business oriented toward persons with special needs, and strengthen CODESSE-Intibuc's management capacity through staff training.
Fomentando estrategias para lograr la soberana alimentaria en las comunidades de influencia de PROHMEDA, que contribuyan a mejorar su calidad de vida de manera sostenible. Coffee farmers in the department of Santa Barbara in western Honduras are increasingly vulnerable to adverse weather events and fluctuating market prices that can result in unpredictable labor markets, income shortages, and food insecurity. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity and improve natural resource management in Honduras that provide productive alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee partner, Proteccin Hondurea del Medio Ambiente (PROHMEDA), helps farmers boost their incomes and food security by encouraging them to diversify their crops, adopt sustainable agriculture practices, and better connect with markets. PROHMEDA's activities also bolster the community's efforts to counteract environmental degradation and protect watersheds. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Improving local governance of coastal marine resources in Omoa and Puerto Cortes, Honduras The deterioration of fishing areas off the Caribbean Coast of Honduras create pressure on fishers to engage in illicit activities such as illegal cross-border fishing or to migrate to the United States. The Centro de Estudios Marinos (CEM) works in ten fishing communities and with fishers' associations in fisheries management in the Puerto Cortes and Omoa municipalities to strengthen their organizational capacity and improve governance of coastal marine resources. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance and expand economic opportunity in Honduras. CEM's activities bolster efforts to protect coastal marine resources that communities depend on. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Networks Project Extreme weather and accelerating natural disasters are affecting the region's most vulnerable places. These environmental challenges are pushing organizations to learn and adapt. The IAF supports community-based organizations to respond to medium and long-term priorities of communities affected by hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Our grantee, Accin Cultural Popular Hondurea (ACPH) in La Lima, Department of Corts, Honduras is supporting disaster recovery and resilience efforts at the grassroots level. ACPH will work with local communities to design community-based procedures for prevention, preparation, and response to natural disasters, to reduce the loss of life and livelihoods while strengthening local actors' ability to work together for common solutions. This grant advances the IAF's strategic initiative to address the root causes of migration in Central America through disaster recovery and resilience. It is one of a cohort of grants funded through the Partnership for Disaster Recovery and Resilience, which makes strategic investments that strengthen the capacity for action of local grassroots organizations in Central America and southern Mexico.
Strengthening organizational and productive capacities of rural families and marketing of their products in the Valle de Sesecapa, Ocotepeque Rural producers in communities in the Ocotepeque department face multiple challenges to enter markets and improve income levels such as no access to credit and outdated farming methods. Asociacin del Trifinio para el Desarollo Sostenible (ATRIDEST) works with farmers using field schools to apply sustainable production strategies and with local community savings and loan organizations to improve collective marketing and access to credit. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ATRIDEST's activities promote smallholder agriculture and market development 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.
Certification of Community-based Water Technicians The increasing unpredictability and poor quality of local water supply for both irrigation and consumption negatively impacts the health and food security of many communities in Honduras and can push people to leave their communities in search of better living conditions in larger cities or across borders. To increase water access and quality for rural families in Honduras, the Asociacin Hondurea de Juntas Administradoras de Sistemas de Agua (AHJASA) trains and certifies 100 water technicians to provide technical assistance to approximately 300 community-based water system organizations. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. AHJASAs activities in training water technicians support local entrepreneurship while ensuring healthy families. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Youth Cultivating Talent on the North Coast of Honduras With few alternatives for employment and high rates of violence and migration on the north coast of Honduras, youth are susceptible to influences of organized crime. Empresa de Servicios Mltiples Artesanos y Guas de El Pino (ESMAG- El Pino) works with children, youth and adults to promote leadership and entrepreneurship skills and build environmental awareness. At the IAF, we support community led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ESMAG-El Pinos activities support efforts to protect the natural resources that communities depend on. 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 the collective Voice of Honduran Youth Organization for Youth Empowerment (OYE). OYE will further develop its print and broadcast products, including by improving the graphic design skills of its staff, as well as its programs in art and sports. Some 2,000 young Hondurans should benefit directly and another 6,000 individuals indirectly.
Strengthenin g Women's Business and Social Economic Development 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
Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management in Yauyupe G. GUIA ($193,135 over two years; counterpart committed: $65,014) in response to drought in southern Honduras, G. Gua will expand its work to three new communities, serving 100 additional families, to promote collective action towards the installation of infrastructure for water collection, irrigation and grain storage. In conjunction with five other IAF grantees in Honduras, G. Gua will develop strategies and implement practices aimed at helping farmers cope with climate change, focusing on improving food security, promoting health and reducing the pressures that contribute to migration.
Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management in Yauyupe Grupo Ginopeo Ambientalista (Grupo Gua) will provide training and related technical assistance in communities in the municipalities of Yauype and Maraita in southern Honduras to help farmers and their families apply conservation practices manage their water supply plant gardens and raise small livestock for sale and household use. The work toward improving the food supply income and the general quality of life is expected to benefit 190 Hondurans directly and another 1300 indirectly. ..
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.
Fortaleciendo la asociatividad y el valor agregado de la produccin de frutas de campesinas-os en el sur de Honduras. Many small- scale farmers in southern Honduras struggle to meet their families basic economic and food security needs in a region impacted by frequent droughts, limited employment options, and high rates of youth migration. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras that provide alternatives to migration. Our grantee partner, the Asociacin Persprense de Agropecuario Limitada (APRAL), is an association of small-scale farmers that is increasing its capacity to produce, process, and market tropical fruit, so that it can expand to national markets. By doing so, APRAL will generate new jobs and higher incomes for community members. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Mejoramiento de las Capacidades Productivas, Comerciales y Financieras en Sistemas de Produccin de Caf en las Zonas Aledaas a la Reserva Biolgica de Opalaca Independent small-scale coffee farmers in the Lempira and Intibuca departments of Honduras struggle to earn enough from coffee sales to cover investments needed to produce in successive seasons. Their income is increasingly limited by unpredictable climatic conditions and fluctuating world markets. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities that provide productive alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee Cooperativa Agropecuaria Nuevo Edn Limitada (COARENE) helps small-scale coffee farmers adopt organic practices and achieve certification through training and technical and financial assistance. Finally, the organization processes and markets their products to buyers that pay premium prices for high quality coffee. COARENE's activities also promote protection of the nearby Opalaca Biological Reserve whose forests capture, store and filter water for many downstream communities and provide shade to stabilize microclimate conditions, like temperature.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Strengthening organizational and productive capacities of rural families and marketing of their products in the Valle de Sesecapa, Ocotepeque Asociacin del Trifinio para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ATRIDEST). Support to ATRIDEST will help address the lack of employment opportunities, especially for youth, and extreme weather-linked food insecurity in the southwestern department of Ocotepeque. ATRIDEST will carry out project activities with 140 farmers in 10 communities to improve production by setting up farm field schools to share sustainable strategies, such as integrated pest management, drip irrigation and the use of organic inputs. ATRIDEST will also work with community savings and loan organizations (or CRACs for their acronym in Spanish) to support market-driven production initiatives for their farming and community members with a goal of increasing their productivity and income. ATRIDEST proposes to use a novel approach using field schools as a method for transfer of technology for CRACs, creating mutual benefits like connecting directly to markets. The project will directly benefit 400 farmers and another 6,300 indirect
Garfunas e Indgenas Emprendedoras y emprendedores Para El Desarrollo Econmico Local En Las Comunidades del Caribe Hondureo Garifuna communities descendants of African slaves and indigenous peoples face longstanding economic and social marginalization in Honduras which creates challenges for small businesses and contributes to high rates of migration in these communities. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities and provide alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee partner Gemelos Honduras works to strengthen incorporate and expand Garifuna microenterprises in the municipalities of La Ceiba and Jutiapa. Through technical assistance market development and small loans Gemelos Honduras strives to help the Garifuna people create viable enterprises that improve their livelihoods within their communities.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.
Improving Food Security 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.
Sustainable tourism a tool for improving the quality of life in or around the protected areas of the Honduran Caribbean La Asociacin Pro Comunidades Tursticas de Honduras (LAPROCOTURH) will strengthen its network of 15 community-based tourism committee members located in or near protected areas on the North Coast of Honduras. LAPROCOTURH will create marketing alliances to increase visitation provide training technical assistance and access to credit to its members to improve small business revenue. It will also raise environmental awareness among communities where its members are located and about the benefits of protecting their natural resources. The project will directly benefit 500 people located in eight municipalities on the North Coast and another 1,800 indirectly.
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) Fragile forest ecosystems that support human populations are being destroyed by both market-driven coffee and subsistence farmers using short-term and outdated production practices. To ensure the integrity of the Puca Mountain Wildlife Refuge as a source of abundant, clean water for a growing population, the Fundacin Comunitaria Puca works with community-based organizations and local authorities to promote agroforestry and environmentally-friendly, appropriate household technologies. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Honduras. PUCA's activities promote alternatives to migration by protecting the natural resources that communities depend on and promoting greater participation in local decision-making. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Improving Food Security Honduran families in Corqun and San Pedro de Copn face ongoing challenges in meeting their family's basic food and nutritional needs. Organizacin para el Desarrollo de Corqun (ODECO-Corqun) provides technical assistance to improve food security through diversified kitchen gardens, increase access to clean water, and facilitate the development of community councils. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras. ODECO-Corqun'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 Capacity of Local Actors for Participatory Co-management and for Sustainable Management of the Puca Mountain Wildlife Refuge Fragile forest ecosystems that support human populations are being destroyed by both market-driven coffee and subsistence farmers using short-term and outdated production practices. To ensure the integrity of the Puca Mountain Wildlife Refuge as a source of abundant, clean water for a growing population, the Fundacin Comunitaria Puca works with community-based organizations and local authorities to promote agroforestry and environmentally-friendly, appropriate household technologies. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Honduras. PUCA's activities promote alternatives to migration by protecting the natural resources that communities depend on and promoting greater participation in local decision-making. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Fortaleciendo la asociatividad y el valor agregado de la produccin de frutas de campesinas-os en el sur de Honduras. Many small-scale farmers in southern Honduras struggle to meet their families' basic economic and food security needs in a region impacted by frequent droughts limited employment options and high rates of youth migration. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Honduras that provide alternatives to migration. Our grantee partner the Asociacin Persprense de Agropecuario Limitada (APRAL) is an association of small-scale farmers that is increasing its capacity to produce process and market tropical fruit so that it can expand to national markets. By doing so APRAL will generate new jobs and higher incomes for community members.This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
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 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 allow marginalized groups to defend their rights and propel their own development and advocate for government accountability and transparency. This grant is part of the IAF's efforts to address the root causes of irregular migration in Central America.
Garfunas e Indgenas Emprendedoras y emprendedores Para El Desarrollo Econmico Local En Las Comunidades del Caribe Hondureo Garifuna communities descendants of African slaves and indigenous peoples face longstanding economic and social marginalization in Honduras which creates challenges for small businesses and contributes to high rates of migration in these communities. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunities and provide alternatives to irregular migration. Our grantee partner Gemelos Honduras works to strengthen incorporate and expand Garifuna microenterprises in the municipalities of La Ceiba and Jutiapa. Through technical assistance market development and small loans Gemelos Honduras strives to help the Garifuna people create viable enterprises that improve their livelihoods within their communities.. This grant is part of a broader initiative to support economic prosperity security and democratic governance consistent with the U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America.
Consejo de Cuenca Ro Goascorn Rural residents of Concepcion de Maria in southern Honduras face frequent drought and food insecurity. In addition, the lack of economic, educational, or leadership opportunities for young people drives them to leave in search of a better life. The IAF supports community-led efforts to expand economic opportunity and strengthen community organizations. Our grantee the Asociacin de Comits Ecolgicos del Sur de Honduras (ACESH) strengthens the productive and organizational capacity of community-based farmer organizations to create grain and native seed reserves, diversify agricultural production, and improve access to food and seeds in periods of scarcity. ACESH also provides youth with training and leadership development, preparing young people to assume leadership roles in community organizations and efforts to protect natural resources.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 Entrepreneur s 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.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant Cooperativa Agrcola Esfuerzo Occidental Limitada (CAEOL) will work in 10 municipalities in two departments in western Honduras to help its member farmers adopt practices compatible with the responsible use of the environment, increase production and generate more income. As an organization, CAEOL will develop its administrative skills, expand its membership, find new markets and provide technical training. Seventy farmers will benefit directly and another 1,000 Hondurans indirectly.