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 New Grants
Asociación Nacional Ecuménica de Desarrollo (ANED)
$376,425 over three years to promote collaboration and information-sharing across sectors and provide individuals and organizations with project assistance, credit and financial planning services. Working in Rurrenebaque with the municipal government, the development council, farmer groups and nongovernmental organizations, the grantee expects to mobilize at least $3 million in additional resources. (BO-487)
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Fundación Intercultural ATAR (Fundación ATAR)
$120,080 over three years, to improve production and marketing of cash crops through training, technical assistance and credit for approximately 370 families organized into five associations. The grant will allow these associations to form the Padilla Federation of Agricultural and Livestock Producers, which will work with municipal officials and help sustain economic development processes. (BO-484)
Organización Campesina Intercomunal “Diogracio Vides” (Intercomunal)
$119,925 over two years to increase income and improve food security in the provinces of Arce and Avilés through involving beneficiaries in the construction of irrigation reservoirs and distribution canals, diversification of production and marketing activities, and the operation of community credit funds. Long-term goals are increased civic action, stronger community organizations and better natural resource management. (BO-485)
The Fundación Horizontes (Horizontes)
and a consortium of three nongovernmental organizations, $197,350 over three years toward a program with the Network of Rural Elderly Persons and 13 municipal governments in Oruro and Northern Potosí to support elder-managed food security and income-generation projects, increase associations of the elderly, and improve services for the elderly at the municipal, departmental and national levels. (BO-486)
Supplemental Grants
Ayllus Originarios de Quila Quila (Quila Quila)
$84,425 for planned and new activities, including the preparation and irrigation of agricultural terraces, completion of a thermal bath complex and several small lodges, and installation of additional oven and processing equipment to expand gypsum production. Several community members will learn to extract quartz and process it for glass products. (BO-473-A2)
Mancomunidad “Heroes de la Independencia” (Mancomunidad)
$44,200 for a grassroots consultation process to define the terms of a legally-recognized entity that will administer a $300,000 credit fund (FONCASOL) created with community, IAF and other donor support. The fund will extend small loans for economic activities to members of 100 communities and six producer associations. Mancomunidad will also offer training for community credit agents and incorporate additional communities and organizations from the four municipal areas served. (BO-474-A2)
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