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El Salvador
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Asociación Cooperativa de Ahorro, Crédito y Agrícola Comunal de Paraíso de Osorio (COPADEO)
$313,457 for a three-year earthquake recovery and economic development project in cooperation with municipal governments in the departments of La Paz, Cuscutlán, San Vicente and Cabañas. Nine hundred small businesses, the majority in areas devastated by the quakes, will benefit from a revolving loan fund. A new training center will assist clients. COPADEO will modernize its information systems and training materials and, by building capacity in 30 other credit organizations, strengthen the credit sector's support for small businesses. (ES-204)
Asociación Fundación para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Comunal de El Salvador (CORDES)
$317,580 to implement a three-year economic development project in partnership with two community-based organizations and four municipal governments. CORDES plans to organize 300 milk producers, provide training and technical assistance for 50 of them, buy new herds, improve milk quality, and create a facility for marketing directly to processing plants. (ES-203)
www.geocities.com/lia_hernandez/Perfil.html
Comité de Repobladores de Cuscatlán (CRC)
$349,408 for a three-year economic development and environmental preservation project with 10 rural communities and the municipal government of Suchitoto in the department of Cuscutlán. With the award, CRC will improve agricultural production, set up a business to market produce, operate a credit fund and support local democratic practices. (ES-205)
Fundación Promotora de Productores y Empresarios Salvadoreños (PROESA)
$346,456, over four years, for a community-based rural economic development pilot project in partnership with Asociación para el Desarrollo de Productores y Comercializadores Centroamericanos (ADEPROCCA) and the municipal government of Guazapa in the department of San Salvador. Activities include construction of 20 diversified agriculture demonstration plots and creation of an agro-industry. Improved food security, better business skills and more decentralized governance will directly benefit 100 families. (ES-206)
www.fundacionproesa.org
Fundación Salvadoreña de Apoyo Integral (FUSAI)
$100,000 for a one-year project to disseminate the "Counterpart Fund for Local Development" model created through previous grants to FUSAI (ES-174) and the Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE, ES-175), which both worked in consultation with the municipality, private sector and community organizations. The establishment of a regional network on multisectoral alliances will allow several hundred representatives of various entities to participate in educational fora, seminars, conferences and courses. Thousands of people will be able to access additional information through publications, Web sites and Internet conferences. (ES-207)
www.fusai.org.sv/socios_fundadores.html
Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM)
$313,700, over two years, to strengthen civil society organizations, upgrade technical skills, create jobs and diversify agricultural production. FSM will provide the training and technical assistance necessary to organize local development councils, diversify agricultural production and establish micro-enterprises in the municipalities of Meanguera, Jocoaitique and Arambala, thereby benefiting 750 people. (ES-202)
Supplemental Grants
Asociación Coordinadora de Comunidades Unidas de Usulután (COMUS)
$100,000, over one year, for training, technical assistance and low-income loans to improve the production and marketing of 160 small-scale farmers hit hardest by the earthquakes of January 2001 in the communities COMUS serves, and to raise their families' income and living standard. (ES-182-A3)
Fundación Campo (FC)
$10,000 to conduct post-earthquake relief efforts in food security and housing for 39 of the communities participating in the Corredores de Desarrollo project. (ES-187-A3)
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