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 New Grants
Centro de Articulação de Populações Marginalizadas (CEAP)
$210,685 over three years, to establish a small grants fund for basic infrastructure and programmatic support to low-income community base groups in Rio de Janeiro. The award will finance office equipment, support fund-raising activities and promote grassroots networks. An estimated 4,500 residents and 950 community leaders will better the local quality of life through improvements to the basic infrastructure of community programs. (BR-795)
www.alternex.com.br/~ceap/home.html
Centro Integrado de Estudos e Programas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CIEDS)
$213,100 over two years, to strengthen 25 of the most marginalized communities in Rio de Janeiro by offering technical assistance and training to 200 representatives of 50 community base groups; providing neighborhood base groups with small grants; and strengthening business, local government and civil society partnerships. An estimated 400,000 low-income individuals will benefit from the projects and services financed by this award. (BR-794)
www.cieds.org.br
Criola
$171,000 over three years, to improve the quality of life of 50 artisan producers by increasing access to the market, refining the quality of their products and building their managerial capacity. McKinsey AND COMPANY, INC., and Sebrae are providing consulting and training services. (BR-796)
www.criola.ong.org
Sociedade Afrosergipana de Estudos e Cidadania (SACI)
$362,000 over five years, to establish three income-generating projects for extremely low-income rural communities in the Brazilian Northeast. Through this project 540 individuals and their families will have access to equipment and technology for income generation from brick production, broom making and artisan crafts. (BR-799)
União de Negros pela Igaldade (UNEGRO)
$182,000 over two years. In collaboration with the São Paulo municipal government and Fundação Palmares, a federal foundation, UNEGRO will develop a community training program for 200 at-risk youths. The program will include courses on leadership and job-readiness, sponsorship of community service projects, and support for income-generating activities. (BR-800)
Viva Rio
$314,200 over three years, to establish three technology-based business centers, provide technical assistance to six women-headed cooperative business ventures in greater Rio de Janeiro, and evaluate the impact of the business center program through a comprehensive beneficiary-led evaluation process. (BR-798)
www.vivario.org.br/
Supplemental Grants
Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV)
$20,638 over one year, for a local development project to improve the quality of life of 1,280 low-income individuals on the outskirts of the city of Cuiabá. The additional resources will be used for the purchase of land, security services to protect the land, and transportation costs. Cuiabá's mayor and the Federal University of Cuiabá are contributing toward salaries, operational costs, transportation, marketing and soil testing. (BR-779-A1)
www.icv.org.br/
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