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Venezuelan migrants living with dignity in the city of 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 G?nero 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.
Incorporation and execution of project strategy Safe Streets and Houses in San Juan de Lurigancho" within the district`s network of police stations" Gender-based violence is prevalent in the metropolitan district of San Juan de Lurigancho Lima. Asociacin 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.
Inclusive Cities - A Task for All APRODEH will continue to support the social inclusion of Peruvians with disabilities, by working toward the application 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.
YOUNG QOLLAS HANDS, WEAVING GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT IN ATUNCOLLA- PUNO, PERU "MAQUI KAUSAY" Instituto de Investigacin para Desarrollo Rural, Agroindustrial y Medio Ambiente (IDRA PERU). IDRA PERU will develop the technical and organizational skills and market access of 225 members of 14 artisan associations, primarily women and young adults, enabling them to increase and diversify their production and improve their income. The project should indirectly benefit another 900 residents of the eight communities located around the archeological site of Sillustani, in the district of Atuncolla, Puno.
Minka Verde: Commercialization of organic fruits and vegetables Minka Trujillo (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 Minkas marketing arm, MINKA VERDE. Project activities will benefit another 1,700 indirectly.
Generating Schools of a Culture of Entrepreneur ship: Experience in 2 Public Educational Institutions at the Secondary level, in the Distri 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 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.
Desarrollo econmico de las familias cacaoteras de la Regin Piura Smallholder cacao producers in Peru face a number of obstacles in growing and processing their crops earning sufficient income to support their families investing in their land and creating long-term wealth including new international cacao export standards and pandemic-related challenges. The IAF supports community-led solutions to expanding economic opportunity in Peru. Our grantee Cooperativa Agraria Norandino (Norandino) is working with cacao producers in the Department of Piura to improve their productive organizational and marketing capacities by implementing innovative solutions for them to achieve cacao export standards. It will also work to expand the participation of women and youth in its member organizations. This grant is part of the IAF's Women INvesting in Growth and Security (WINGS) initiative to empower women as business and community leaders.
Improving the Health, Livelihoods and Living Conditions of Artisan Gold-Mining Communities in Canta Province, Peru Artisanal gold miners and their families in the province of Canta Lima face health and environmental challenges that contribute to poor living conditions. Centro para la Investigacin en Salud Ambiental (CREEH) provides technical assistance in practices that reduce exposure to mercury and that promote a safer environment overall. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to strengthen governance in Peru. CREEH's activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Enterprise Development Grant Centro de Investigacin y Promocin Social "Sara Lafosse" (CIPS "Sara Lafosse"), in cooperation with associations of dairy farmers and fishers and by training new entrepreneurs, expects to increase the incomes of 200 families in the communities of Huanquito Bajo and El Carmelo, in the district of Vir, La Libertad. It will also promote cooperation among the 22 public and private entities in the Association for the Joint Discussion of Local Development of the Coastal River Basins of the Libertad Region (AMEDIVAC), which will actively support the project.
Enterprise Development Grant 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
Formation of Small-Scale Producer Networks in the District of Laredo MINKA will provide training, technical and marketing assistance, and financial support to 150 farmers and to nine microenterprises that are developing into business networks to further the production and marketing of strawberries, mangos, avocados, dairy products and fresh vegetables.
Empowering domestic workers: decent work, recognition of rights and social and political advocacy against their marginalization Asociacin Grupo de Trabajo Redes (AGTR) will empower female domestic workers to negotiate better contracts and obtain better paying jobs. It will help them strengthen their vocational and interpersonal skills reinforce their knowledge about their labor rights and obligations establish a support network and provide them with job search assistance. It will also raise awareness of the rights of domestic workers and disseminate information on best hiring practices to employers and the public at large. The grant will benefit 3600 women directly and 44650 persons indirectly.
Pregoneras for equality against family and youth violence Gender-based and school violence is unfortunately common in Lima, Peru. Beyond the physical and psychological wounds it causes, gender-based violence stunts society by preventing women and girls from fully participating in the social and economic life of their communities. The IAF supports community-led solutions that expand the economic and social inclusion of historically marginalized groups. Our grantee Asociacin Las Pregoneras (Pregoneras) is a women-led association that combats gender-based violence by forging strategic local alliances, launching campaigns for violence prevention, and providing mental health care for women and youth. Pregoneras also works with adolescent students, parents, and teachers to address physical, psychological, and sexual violence in public schools.
YOUNG QOLLAS HANDS, WEAVING GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT IN ATUNCOLLA- PUNO, PERU "MAQUI KAUSAY" IDRA PERU will continue to develop the technical and organizational skills and improve market access for 315 members of artisan associations, primarily women and young adults who create and sell a variety of crafts from alpaca fibers, sheep wool, woven thread and reeds. This will enable them to increase and diversify their production and improve income. The project will indirectly benefit another 1,260 residents of the eight communities located around the archaeological site of Sillustani, in the district of Atuncolla, Puno.
Territorial Development and Job Creation in the Lurin River Basin, Lima CGDD will help to create jobs for and improve the income of 950 families in the Lurn River basin in the Lima region. (PU-564)
Promoting a culture of peace by strengthening constructive youth leadership through personal development and by developing a capacity for dialogue through art. Young people in low-income districts of Lima face high rates of violence and a lack of security. Prodilogo, Prevencin y Resolucin de Conflictos (ProDilogo) engages young people in the use of urban art, dialogue, and collaboration as strategies to prevent violence. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to enhance peace and security in Peru. ProDilogo's activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks.
Improving productivity and value added of small farming and family livestock for the producers of Sitacocha district- Cajabamba CIPDA ANDINO will help 370 farmers from the district of Sitacocha, Cajamarca, improve their production of quinoa, wheat, cattle, sheep and bees, and form microenterprises that marketing of organically- grown grains, dairy products and honey. (PU- 567)
Family Agricultural Production Support AHSF will work with two community associations to build and operate cassava- processing plants that add value to the members' crops, thereby increasing income. The plants will serve 610 families in 20 communities located along the banks of the Amazon River, in the district of Fernando Lores, Loreto, 60 minutes by boat from the city of Iquitos.
Enterprise Development Grant Taller de Capacitacin e Investigacin Familiar (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.
Minka Verde: Commercialization of organic fruits and vegetables Small-scale farmers in Santa Catalina Valley Peru face challenges in generating sufficient income to support their livelihoods. Minka Trujillo (Minka) improves farmers' production of organic foods for sale to consumers merchants and upscale restaurants through Minka's marketing arm MINKA VERDE. At the IAF we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. Minka's activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Enterprise Development Grant Asociacin Chico Latino (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.
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.
Agriculture/Food Production Grant CEPICAFE will help 880 members of 12 producer associations from the Piura, Amazonas and Tumbes regions of northeastern Peru raise their income through increased yields of organic cacao and through processing plantain chips for export.
Productive Capacity Development to Increase Productivity in Fresh Milk in Contumaz District - Cajamarca - Cajamarca - Peru Centro de Estudios, Desarollo y Accion Social (CEDAS); $26,240 over six months CEDAS will construct approximately 200 sheds to store feed for farmers working to increase their production and sales of milk and cattle.
Productive Capacity Development to Increase Productivity in Fresh Milk in Contumaz District - Cajamarca - Cajamarca - Peru Centro de Estudios, Desarrollo y Accion Social (CEDAS) will expand its services to four smallscale farmers' associations in 14 communities in the province of Contumaz.by incorporating new members and strengthening the capacity of the associations to produce, process and deliver milk and milk by-products.
Development of the fine aroma of cocoa in the partner organizations of APPCACAO with the active participation of women and young people. Smallholder cacao producers in Peru face a number of challenges to grow and process their crop, earn sufficient income to support their families, invest in their land and create long-term wealth. The Asociacin Peruana de Productores de Cacao (APPCACAO) is helping small-scale producers, members of three cooperatives, to raise their income and quality of life by improving their production of fine flavor cacao and strengthening their management and governance practices to ensure greater participation of women and youth. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. APPCACAOs activities support smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Productive Capacity Development to Increase Productivity in Fresh Milk in Contumaz District - Cajamarca - Cajamarca - Peru Centro de Estudios, Desarrollo y Accin Social (CEDAS) will help 200 dairy farmers from the district of Contumaz, Cajamarca, improve their income by increasing their production of milk and cattle and through the formation of microenterprises focused on milk production and marketing.
Strengthening women`s competitive capacities in agricultural production in the community of Callatiac The standard of living among women and young people in Callatiac, Cusco, is low due to barriers to participation, environmental challenges and food scarcity. Critas Arquidiocesana del Cusco (Critas Cusco) promotes social and economic inclusion and works to increase food supply and family incomes through improved production and sale of vegetables and animals. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. Critas Cuscos activities promote smallholder agriculture and food production to enhance food security and ensure meaningful opportunities for communities to thrive.
Inclusive Cities-A Task for All Asociacin Pro Derechos Humanos (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.
Partnership and promoting economic development with four rural municipalities in the valley of Pachachaca, Apurmac. Centro de Estudios y Desarrollo Social - APURIMAC (CEDES- APURIMAC), $198,212 over two years CEDES-APURIMAC will provide training, technical assistance, credit and marketing services to more than 900 farm families and their municipal governments as they undertake a coordinated program to develop organic agriculture.
Strengthening of the management capacities of the Cultural Affirmation initiatives that improve the socio-cultural, economic and environmental conditions of communities in the buffer zone of the Cordillera Azul National Park Asociacin No Gubernamental Rural Amaznica Andina Choba Choba (Choba- Choba) helps communities recover traditional practices related to land management, conservation and agriculture, including the diversification of crops. The organization will continue to incorporate new beneficiaries and consolidate project results, ensuring sustainability. It will also continue to develop the project's intervention strategy so that it becomes institutionalized in the project area and will strengthen the local management committees as democratic participatory spaces that support cultural and economic development.
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. 0
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 Perus 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.
Enterprise Development Grant Innovaciones para el Desarrollo Sostenible (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.
Education/Training Grant 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.
YOUNG QOLLAS HANDS, WEAVING GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT IN ATUNCOLLA-PUNO, PERU "MAQUI KAUSAY" Instituto de Investigacin para Desarrollo Rural, Agroindustrial y Medio Ambiente (IDRA PERU), $170,000 over three years IDRA PERU will develop the technical and organizational skills and market access of 225 members of 14 artisan associations, primarily women and young adults, enabling them to increase and diversify their production and improve their income. The project should indirectly benefit another 900 residents of the eight communities located around the archeological site of Sillustani, in the district of Atuncolla, Puno.
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.
Technical and productive improvement of organic banana production and strengthening of sanitary, educational and social aspects in the eight towns where APPBOSA operates Cooperativa Agraria APPBOSA-Asociacin de Pequeos Productores de Banano Orgnico Samn y Anexos (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 17200 Peruvians will benefit indirectly.
Host communities and Venezuelan migrants:Meeting and integration spaces to improve lives in San Juan de Lurigancho"" Nearly one million Venezuelans have fled to Peru in recent years, 85 percent of whom have settled in Lima and Callao. The influx of Venezuelans has put significant pressure on local receiving communities, including those with already high unemployment. At the IAF, we support community-led approaches to increasing social and economic inclusion. Our grantee partner, Accin y Desarrollo, provides Venezuelan migrants in Lima with psychosocial support and provides both migrants and locals with entrepreneurial and job skills training and access to credit for start-up businesses. Accin y Desarrollo also works with host communities to build more secure, inclusive, and peaceful communities through intercultural activities and solidarity campaigns. This grant is part of the IAF's commitment to support displaced Venezuelans and communities impacted by the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis.
Reuse of Solid Waste in North Lima, promoting an Environmenta l Culture and Entrepreneur ship ALTERNATIVA, Centro de Investigacin Social y Educacin Popular (ALTERNATIVA), $85,700 ALTERNATIVA will continue to provide support to 12 recyclers' associations and help them to strengthen and consolidate their microenterprises.
Instituto de Medio Ambiente y Gnero para el Desarrollo (IMAGEN) - Initiatives by Women-led enterprises with agro- ecologicial focus IMAGEN will provide training, technical assistance and resources to improve women-led agro-businesses that cultivate certified organic aromatic and medicinal Andean plants and process them into products for domestic and international markets. Approximately 350 individuals in Cuscos Paruro province will directly benefit. (PU-544)