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 New Grants
Colegio de Biólogos del Sistema Tecnológico, A.C. (COBIOTEC)
$297,000 over three years. COBIOTEC will establish a technical assistance and training program for 80 rural producers in methods applicable to Mayan organic forest gardens, management of community businesses and loan procedures. In partnership with local businesses and governments, 400 low-income people in rural Mayan communities in Quintana Roo will expand forest gardens, strengthen producer organizations, improve family food and nutrition, and increase household incomes. (ME-445)
cobiotec.org/
Fundación de Apoyo Infantil Guanajuato, A.C. (FAI Guanajuato)
$445,000 over three years. FAI Guanajuato, in association with businesses and local governments, will benefit 8,680 people, primarily mothers, children and their elderly relatives, who live in extreme poverty in 63 participating communities in the isolated municipalities of Xichú, Tierra Blanca and Atarjea, Guanajuato, by increasing their food supply and improving nutrition through better use of remittances, totaling more than $290,000, received from migrant family members working in the United States. (ME-446)
Investigación y Educación Popular Autogestiva, A.C. (IEPAAC)
$359,000 over three years. IEPAAC, in partnership with two corporations, la Red Comunitaria Huun Much Kaabilo Ku Meyaajo?ob, S.C. de R.L., and la Caja Comunal de Sihó (two associations of participating community groups), will establish revolving loan funds to support agricultural and micro-enterprise production. This project will also expand environmentally sustainable practices, increase income, and establish community stores to benefit approximately 1,080 low-income people in rural Mayan communities in Campeche and Yucatán. (ME-443)
www.laneta.apc.org/iepac/iepaac/
Unión Nacional de Museos Comunitarios y Ecomuseos, A.C (Unión Nacional)
$204,280 over three years, to strengthen the grassroots development role of community museums in 15 Mexican states, especially in supporting the development of artisan crafts (weaving, ceramics, embroidery, jewelry-making, woodcarving and fashioning assorted handmade children's toys) in indigenous and peasant communities. The Unión Nacional will create community museum stores; organize artisan fairs, exhibits and workshops; and conduct training in fundraising, strategic planning and leadership development. (ME-447)
Supplemental Grants
Acción Ciudadana para la Educación, la Democracia y el Desarrollo, A.C. (ACCEDDE)
$286,000 over three years. Working in 10 municipalities in rural Jalisco, ACCEDDE will further strengthen the capacity of community organizations and municipal authorities to jointly plan, mobilize resources and promote collaboration that will improve economic and social conditions in these communities. Additionally, ACCEDDE will provide credit and marketing services to 4,500 agricultural producers and their 120 producer organizations. (ME-407-A1)
www.accedde.org/
Fundación Comunitaria Oaxaca (FUNCOM)
$200,000 over two years. The award supports a matching grant fund for grassroots community programs working to improve the quality of life for more than 20,000 low-income people by mobilizing $50,000 from Oaxaca's private sector; raising $159,000 from FUNCOM and public and international sources; and strengthening FUNCOM's progressive approach in fostering intersectoral development through active, committed participation by government, business and local communities. (ME-415-A1)
Fundación para la Productividad en el Campo, A.C. (APOYO)
$200,000, over two years. This award further supports APOYO's innovative models that provide credit to 5,200 low-income rural producers. APOYO will mobilize financial contributions (including $200,000 in remittances) from Mexican-Americans for agricultural production projects in their communities of origin. Expanding income-generating opportunities in poor communities in Mexican states with the highest migration rates should reduce the flow of migrants to the United States. (ME-431-A2) In addition, APOYO used $4,945 in supplemental funds to send four representatives to an IAF-sponsored conference on the use of remittances for local development in the Latin American and Caribbean region, held March 19, 2001, in Washington, D.C. (ME-431-A3)
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