The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is an independent agency of the United States government dedicated to improving the well-being and civic engagement of the organized poor in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IAF makes grants directly to grassroots groups throughout the region.
Changing Lives
In 1984, Grassroots Development Vol. 8, No. 1 contained a poignant and powerful poem from coastal Ecuador. "The Black Man s Question"
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