updated: 7 February, 2008
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AFRICA

CAMEROON

Réduction de la dépendance alimentaire et amélioration des revenus de cinq groupes Baka dans l Arrondissement de Yokadouma

  • Organization: Appui a l’Auto Promotion de la Femme de la Boumba et Ngoko (AAFEBEN)
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Baka of Yokadouma located in the east of Cameroon.
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

KENYA

Rehabilitation and protection of Kireita Forest

  • Organization: Kireita Forest and Wildlife Conservation Association (KFWCA)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Lari Community of the Kiambu District in the Republic of Kenya.
  • Grant amount:  US$19,300

NIGER

Renforcement des capacités et affirmation des valeurs culturelles des communautés pastorales Peuls Woodabee

  • Organization:  La Fédération Nationale des Eleveurs du Niger (FNEN Daddo)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Woodabee, Fulbe, Mbororo of the Region of Zinder, (FNEN Daddo)
  • Grant amount:  US$24,000

UGANDA

Local chicken rearing and multiplication

  • Organization: Northern Uganda Women and Children’s initiatives (NUWECHI)
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Acholi people of Kitgum, Pader and Gulu
  • Grant amount: US$19,200

 

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

BANGLADESH

Livelihood Security of Jumia (swidden people) bringing diversification in cultivation

  • Organization: Community Advancement Forum (CAF).
  • Indigenous peoples group: Communities of the Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh
  • Grant amount: US$ 26,900

CAMBODIA

District level networking of Kui Communities in northern Cambodia for livelihoods development

  • Organization:  Organization to Promote Kui Culture (OPKC)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Kui communities of the Chhep, Chey Sen, Rovieng, Tbeng Meanchey, and Choam Khsan districts, Preah Vihear province and Sandan and Prasath Ballang districts, Kompong Thom province
  • Grant amount: US$21,800

INDIA

Indigenous Jenukuruba community empowerment and natural farming for sustainable livelihood

  • Organization: The Nisarga Foundation
  • Indigenous peoples group: The Jenukuruba community of the Mysore District in Karnataka
  • Grant amount: US$22,000

INDIA

Participatory learning, institutional design and collective action

  • Organization:   The Raigarh Ambikapur Health Association (RAHA)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Oraon tribe of the four districts of northern Chhattisgarh in central India
  • Grant amount: US$25,000

INDIA

Revival and revitalization of the historical heritage and cultural identity of the Santals in Jharkhand and adjacent state of West Bengal

  • Organisation:   All India Santal Welfare and Cultural Society (AISWACS)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Santal Tribal communities of the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal
  • Grant amount: US$25,500

MONGOLIA

Improved livelihood of Tsaatan through biotechnological method

  • Organization: Thenkhleg Khugjil Organization
  • Indigenous peoples group: Tsaatan community Tsagaannnuur soum of Khuvsgul aimag
  • Grant amount: US$17,900

PHILIPPINES

A Study on the Giant Earthworm and its Impact to the Survival of the Cordillera Rice Terraces

  • Organization: Montanosa Research and Development Center, Inc. (MRDC)
  • Indigenous peoples group: The Indigenous Peasants of the Cordillera Region
  • Grant amount: US$ 22,800

PHILIPPINES

Capacity building for indigenous communities through alternative health care delivery systems

  • Organization: Dapon Indigenous Peoples Centre, Incorporated
  • Indigenous peoples group: Indigenous communities in the municipality of Kasibu covering Didipio, Muta, and Malabing Valleys. Nueva Vizcaya
  • Grant amount: US$25,000

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Increasing Community Resilience to Natural Disasters through the Use of Traditional Coping Strategies on the Weather Coast Guadalcanal Communities in the Solomon Islands

  • Organization:  International Solomon Island Development Trust (SIDT)
  • Grant amount: US$19,000

VIET NAM

Améliorer Le Revenu des Ménages A travers Le développement et la conservation de Kaki sans pépin de Bac Kan

  • Organisation: Association scientifique pour le développement rural du Viet Nam (PHANO)
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Indigenous Farming communities in the District of Cho Don, Province de Bac Kan
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

ARGENTINA

Gestión territorial por las Comunidades Indígenas del Noreste de Salta República Argentina

  • Organization: Fundación para el Desarrollo en Justicia y Paz (FUNDAPAZ)
  • Indigenous peoples group: Indigenous communities of the  Northeast of Salta –Argentina
  • Grant amount: US$16,500

BOLIVIA

Mejora de los medios de vida de las mujeres aymaras de la Provincia Los Andes mediante la cría de gallinas nativas

  • Organization: Centro de Capacitación y Promoción para la Mujer Andina Bartolina Sisa (CEPROMA B.S.)
  • Indigenous peoples group Aymara
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

BOLIVIA

Difusión de los acuerdos y convenios internacionales realizados a favor de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres

  • Organization: Red Nacional de Trabajadoras de la Información y Comunicación (RED ADA)
  • Indigenous peoples group: indigenous communities of Omasuyos, Ingavi, Los Andes, Pacajes, Caranavi, Manco Cápac, Murillo, Aroma, Camacho, Carabuco, Nor Yungas, Loayza, Muñecas, Inquisivi, Larecaja, Tomás Barrón districts
  • Grant amount: US$15,000

CHILE

Diagnostico agrosociocultural de las comunidades indígenas de la comuna de Río Negro y studio de prefactibilidad de declaración de área de desarrollo indígena

  • Organisation: Comunidad indigena Newen  Trawun
    IP Group: Mapuche
  • Grant amount: US$15,000

COLOMBIA

Fortalecimiento del control social para la apropiación territorial del pueblo Nasa de Sa’th Tama Kiwe

  • Organization: Asociación de cabildos indígenas Ukawe’sx Nasa Cxhab
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Nasa
  • Grant amount: US$12,400

ECUADOR

NUKANCHIK KAUSAY, Nuestra Vida

  • Organization:  CHINCHAYSUYU JATUN AYLLU LLAKTAKUNAPAK TANTARIY – Federación de los pueblos  Kichwas  de la Sierra norte del Ecuador, Chijalta ,FICI
  • Indigenous peoples group: Kichwa
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

EL SALVADOR

Despertando a la Mujer, Diosa desde los tejidos ancestrales

  • Organization: Instituto para el rescate ancestral indígena salvadoreño, RAIS
  • Indigenous peoples group:   mujeres indígenas salvadoreñas
  • Grant amount: US$16,200

GUATEMALA

Plantación de Sistemas agroforestales, con los representantes comunitarios de las asociaciones microregionales en el municipio de Ixcán del departamento de El Quiché

  • Organization:   Asociación Coordinadora Intermicroregional de Ixcán (ASCIMI)
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Maya
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

GUATEMALA

Fiscalización y monitoreo de los tribunales agrarios y levantamiento catastral. Un paso en la construcción  de la institucionalidad agraria

  • Organization: Coordinación nacional permanente sobre derechos relativos a la tierra de los pueblos indígenas, CNP-TIERRA
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Maya
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

GUYANA

Indigenous Rights Capacity Building for Indigenous Communities in Guyana

Organization :  Amerindian Peoples Association (APA)

Indigenous peoples group: indigenous people of  South Cummingsburg, Georgetown

Grant amount: US$20,000

HONDURAS

Integrando a las mujeres lencas a los procesos de desarrollo empresarial mediante el fomento de cajas rurales, agronegocios y microempresas rurales

  • Organization: Fundación para el desarrollo empresarial rural - FUNDER
  • Indigenous peoples group: Consejo nacional de mujeres indígenas LENCAS
  • Grant amount: US$15,000

MEXICO
      
Consolidación de Tour-Operadora de RITA SC "Constitución, Promoción, Difusión y Comercialización". Una alternativa para la venta o comercialización de entradas a los Parques Naturales de los 24 ejidos integrantes de RITA SC   

  • Organization: Red Indígena de Turismo Alternativo Sociedad Civil, RITA S.C.
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

NICARAGUA

Rehabilitación Productiva de granos básicos, en 9 comunidades del territorio de Mayangna Sauni Arung Ka 

  • Organization: Fundación Alistar-Nicaragua.
  • Indigenous peoples group: Asociación Mayangna Tunki Ban Ban Kaluduhna (MATUNBAK)
  • Grant amount: US$22,800

PANAMA

Recuperación del conocimiento tradicional de las mujeres Kunas de Panama

  • Organization: Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento Indígena (FPCI)
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Kuna
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

PERU

  • Fortalecimiento de los Derechos Indígenas de la Mujer Awajun: Revalorando sus derechos de Identidad cultural a través de la recuperación y producción de sus artesanías

    Organization: Federacion Regional Indigena Awajun del Alto Mayo, FERIAAM
  • Indigenous peoples group: awajun
  • Grant amount: US$22,400

PERU

Recuperación del conocimiento tradicional sobre biodiversidad alimentaría y medicinal en comunidades quechuas y ashanikas del Peru 

  • Organization: CHIRAPAQ, Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú
  • Indigenous peoples group:  Quechua and Ashanika
  • Grant amount: US$20,000

 

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Ms Antonella Cordone
Coordinator for Indigenous and Tribal Issues
Policy Division
International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD
Via Paolo Di Dono, 44
00142 Rome
Italy
Fax: 0039 06 5459 3065
Fax: 0039 06 5043463
Email: indigenouspeoples@ifad.org