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 New Grants
Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible (CCMSS)
$78,500 over one year, to develop Mexican national capacity for training and certification in sustainable forest management for 13 regional forestry organizations, allowing families in impoverished forest communities to reach international markets for sustainably harvested timber. (ME-390)
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Enlace Ecológico (EECO)
$33,500 over one year, to conduct technical and economic feasibility studies and environmental impact assessments, and to encourage community participation in the planning of a wastewater treatment plant in Naco, Sonora. (ME-392)
Espiral Consultoría, S.C. (Espiral)
$82,479 over one year, to coordinate the planning and design of a grassroots intermediary financing institution, and to provide technical planning assistance to nine regional development organizations through a cooperative agreement with the IAF. (ME?391)
Fundación DEMOS, I.A.P. (DEMOS)
$106,000 over one year, to support the Asociaciones Unidas para el Desarrollo y Acción Social de Tijuana, A.C. in Tijuana, Baja California, in establishing a community foundation, and to capitalize a small-projects fund for four major Mexican border cities. (ME-393)
Supplemental Grants
ANADEGES del Sur Pacífico (ANADEGES)
$118,900, to administer a rotating credit fund, grant 80 new credits to over 50 peasant organizations in Oaxaca and Chiapas, and provide technical assistance in project management. (ME-325)
Asesoría Técnica a Comunidades Oaxaqueñas (ASETECO)
$142,936, to provide technical assistance in enterprise administration to forest communities and women's productive projects in several regions of Oaxaca, and to expand an environmental education project for primary schools in the Sierra and Valley of Oaxaca regions. (ME-365)
Asociación Mexicana de Arte y Cultura Popular, A.C. (AMACUP)
$42,000, to provide technical assistance in the design and marketing of artisan products for some 21 organizations comprising over 1,500 artisans, and to prepare proposals for funding from multilateral institutions. (ME-370)
Asociación Mexicana de Uniones de Crédito del Sector Social (AMUCSS)
$70,000, to design and provide training in computer systems to improve the accounting and administrative efficiency of this association and its peasant-run credit unions; and to open savings and loan facilities in three of the credit unions, serving approximately 900 small-scale farmers. (ME-363)
Asociación para el Desarrollo Cultural de Comunidades Indígenas de Oaxaca, A.C. (ADCCIO)
$86,268, to develop ecotourism attractions in local culture, archaeology, and ecology in 13 indigenous communities in Oaxaca, and to support ADCCIO's participation in the conference "Ethnic Identity, Community Museums, and Development Programs" in September 1995 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. (ME-284)
Centro de Apoyo al Movimiento Popular Oaxaqueño (CAMPO)
$122,538, to continue supporting the sustainable regional development, agroecology, and artisan production activities of over 20 community organizations of indigenous peoples in Oaxaca. (ME-369)
Centro de Estudios para el Cambio en el Campo Mexicano (CECCAM)
$128,844, to conduct research on Mexican agricultural policies and evaluate four peasant enterprises in basic grains marketing, fertilizer distribution, export marketing, and forestry; and to establish a permanent seminar for policy development on Chiapas that will disseminate research results through publications and public forums.(ME-367)
Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional (CEDRAC)
$84,943, to provide organizational training and technical assistance to a pheasant- and deer-raising project and to a micro-irrigation project for organic fruit and vegetable production in the municipality of Sotuta in Yucatan State, benefiting over 800 Mayan families. (ME-329)
Coordinadora Estatal de Productores de Café de Oaxaca (CEPCO)
$91,500, to consolidate the government-chartered credit union that was organized under the original grant, providing training and financial services to over 50,000 small-scale coffee farmers in Oaxaca State. (ME-362)
Despacho de Orientación y Asesoría Legal, A.C. (DOAL)
$37,000, to provide legal services and training in legal and fiscal rights and responsibilities to at least 20 grassroots support organizations. (ME-290)
Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación, A.C. (Enlace)
$121,500, to continue operation of a small-loan fund for ethnodevelopment projects promoting environmental sustainability, income generation, and the recuperation of traditional production methods, benefiting over 5,000 indigenous families in some 30 communities in southern and central Mexico. (ME-389)
Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural Maya, A.C. (Instituto Maya)
$76,515, to complete socioeconomic analyses of regional economic problems with peasant organizations in four regions of Guerrero State, and to publish a book on peasant organizations and economic opportunities in Guerrero. (ME-326)
Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo Rural Maya, A.C. (Instituto Maya)2
$34,000, to continue administering an In-Country Fund that supports training, informational exchanges, and technical assistance among rural grassroots and other development organizations. (ME-337)
Organización de Ejidos Productores Forestales de la Zona Maya, Quintana Roo (OEPF-Zona Maya)
$82,250, to assist a forestry organization of 17 Mayan communities in central Quintana Roo to improve silvicultural practices, seek certification to gain access to "green" markets, and incorporate agroforestry practices. (ME-361)
Red Nacional Mexicana de Organizaciones Campesinas Forestales (Red NOCAF)
$71,710, to set up a consulting office to provide technical support services in sustainable forest management to 15 community forestry organizations throughout Mexico. (ME-377)
Servicios para el Desarrollo, A.C. (SEDAC)
$44,356, to provide training/technical assistance to over 1,000 Ñahñu (Otomí) farmers in rural microenterprise production and marketing, and to provide administrative and technical assistance to a network of over 50 grassroots development organizations in Hidalgo and other low-income rural communities in Mexico. (ME-273)
Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Susana Sawyer" (SSSSS)
$68,958, to provide training in productive and marketing projects and in accounting procedures for savings and loan operations to a federation of over 30 women's community-based organizations in southern Sonora. (ME-357)
Sociedad de Solidaridad Social "Zanzekan Tineme" (ZANZEKAN)
$96,500, to conduct hydrological studies, reforestation activities, and natural resource management training for watershed restoration in eight Nahuatl communities in Guerrero, and to take a marketing and fundraising trip to Europe to promote artisan production. (ME-349)
Unión de Comunidades Campesinas Marginadas (UCOCAM)
$30,000, to continue technical assistance/training to strengthen the organizational capacity of UCOCAM member-communities; and to continue supporting agricultural diversification to lessen the dependence on coffee production of nearly 600 Mazateca people in northern Oaxaca. (ME-347)
Unión de Comunidades del Valle, A.C. (COVAC)
$43,000, to continue organizational support and training in housing construction, reforestation, vegetable farming, and microenterprises-including a cement-block factory-to 140 Nahñu (Otomí) farming communites in Hidalgo State. (ME-331)
Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Norte del Istmo, A.C. (UCIZONI)
$33,942, to continue training/technical assistance in agroecological methods of producing basic grains and coffee, more intensive methods of animal husbandry, and marketing of crops to 17 indigenous communities in the isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca State. (ME-302)
Unión de Ejidos La Selva, R.L. (LA SELVA)
$40,000, to continue a training and technical assistance program for 1,200 Tojolabal and Tzeltal peasants, to produce 20,000 sacks of organic coffee on 1,500 hectares, and to consolidate the Unión's existing markets for organic coffee in Europe and the United States. (ME-356)
Unión de Ejidos y Comunidades de Cafeticultores del Beneficio Majomut (Majomut)
$41,500, to provide organizational support and training in salable timber and fruit production techniques, benefiting 1,000 Tzotzil and Tzeltal Mayan coffee-growers in Chiapas State. (ME-384)
Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas Autónomas (UNORCA)
$70,002, to continue providing technical assistance for small-scale economic projects and seed-money to set up 15 savings and loan operations, benefiting a network of women's community organizations in 13 Mexican states. (ME-345)
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