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From NED Annual Reports:
Asociacion de Afrocolombianos Desplazados
2017, $40,000
To strengthen the capacity of Afro-Colombian and indigenous organized
communities to advocate for their inclusion in the accord implementation
process. The group will assist the Ethnic Commission for Peace in ensuring
respect for the proposals included in the Ethnic Chapter of the accord during
implementation. It will carry out an advocacy campaign to raise awareness of the
accord’s Ethnic Chapter and bring together community leaders to discuss how they
can oversee the process at the local level.
www.ned.org/region/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia-2017/
Human Rights
2014, $50,000
Defending the Rights of Displaced Afro-Colombians
To contribute to the national dialogue on guaranteed rights for Afro-Colombian
victims. AFRODES will carry out workshops for Afro-Colombian leaders on the
framework for transitional justice in Colombia. The organization will also
facilitate strategy discussions among activists to enable them to share their
ideas for a post-conflict future, the results of which will be published.
2012, $42,000
To defend the rights and promote greater attention to the needs of displaced
Afro-Colombians. AFRODES will monitor the implementation of Colombia's "Victims'
Law" and provide recommendations based on the concerns of displaced
Afro-Colombian communities throughout the country. AFRODES will also brief
members of its national network about new procedures to seek reparations and the
restitution of lands under the Victims' Law.
2011, $40,000
To defend the rights and promote greater attention to the needs of displaced
Afro-Colombians. Following passage of Colombia's Victim's new Law, AFRODES will
work with the Ministry of the Interior to ensure that the law's administrative
regulations and procedures attend to the specific interests of Afro-Colombians.
Lastly, AFRODES will brief members of its national network about new procedures
to seek reparations and the restitution of lands under the Victims' Law.
Consejo de Redaccion
Project Title: Combating Disinformation in Colombia's Media Landscape in 2020
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Colombia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen journalists' knowledge about information verification
and promote greater collaboration between journalists and citizens on fact
checking. Through its fact-checking methodology, the organization will work with
journalists to expand its database and document elected officials' statements,
as well as monitor projects and the use of public funds. It will also develop a
national network of fact-checkers, including journalists and citizens, who will
contribute to an informed public debate. The group will publish its findings and
data on it its online platform, ColombiaCheck.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
Corporacion Centro de Pastoral Afrocolombia
Project Title: Strengthening Afro-Colombian Communities to Advocate for their
Rights and to Promote Peace
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen Afro-Colombian communities and its leaders to
advocate for their rights and to promote peace. The organization will carry out
strategic meetings and trainings for its members to discuss key issues related
to the community's rights and peace implementation. Together, the regional
groups will develop an advocacy strategy and identify opportunities to present
their joint proposals to local officials. Lastly, the grantee will provide a
training to youth to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge on human
rights and civic participation.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Corporación Manos Visibles
2017 - not funded
Democratic Ideas and Values
2014, $60,590
Creating an Afro-Colombian Leadership Network
To strengthen the capacity of Afro-Colombian leaders through the creation of an
activist network. The network will include women, men, and youth leaders from
six major cities on the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts who will participate in a
platform to exchange information, best practices, and strategies for community
empowerment. Manos Visibles will provide leadership training to activists
involved in the network to increase their potential to promote greater social,
political and economic development in these communities.
2012, $40,000
To strengthen the leadership capacity of Afro-Colombian women in the City of
Cartagena and the Bolivar Department. Manos Visibles will engage Afro-Colombian
women currently with demonstrated leadership capacity, and provide them with
advanced training to increase their potential to promote greater social,
political and economic development in the communities.
2011, $40,000
To strengthen the leadership capacity of Afro-Colombian women in the City of
Cartagena and the Department of Bolivar. Manos Visibles will engage
Afro-Colombian women currently holding leadership positions in civil society
organizations, local or regional government, or community groups, and provide
them with advanced leadership training to increase their potential to promote
greater social, political and economic development in their communities.
Audit of USAID/Colombia's Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program 1/15/2015 Office
of the Inspector General: "This memorandum transmits our final report on the
subject audit. In finalizing the audit report, we considered your comments on
the draft and included them in their entirety in Appendix II. This report
includes six recommendations to help USAID/Colombia improve the Afro-Colombian
and Indigenous Program."
Andreiza y Afrocolombia reciben reconocimiento de USAID 11/12/2014 Señal
Radio Colombia: "Nuestra compañera Andreiza Anaya y el equipo de Afrocolombia,
recibieron el galardón "Medios para la Inclusión" al Mejor programa radial, un
reconocimiento del Programa para Afrodescendientes e Indígenas de la Agencia de
los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID)."
Integrating Afrodescendants in Colombia’s Post-Conflict Democracy 9/23/2014 Democracy
Digest: "The International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National
Endowment for Democracy cordially invites you to a presentation entitled “From
Internal Displacement to Inclusive Democracy: The Afro-Colombian Experience”
featuring Marino Córdoba Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for
Democracy"
NED Annual Report 2012 Colombia 6/1/2013 NED: "Asociacion de
Afrocolombianos Desplazados, $42,000. To defend the rights and promote greater
attention to the needs of displaced Afro-Colombians. AFRODES will monitor the
implementation of Colombia's "Victims' Law" and provide recommendations based on
the concerns of displaced Afro-Colombian communities throughout the country.
AFRODES will also brief members of its national network about new procedures to
seek reparations and the restitution of lands under the Victims' Law."
NED Annual Report 2011 Colombia 6/1/2012 NED: "Corporación Manos Visibles,
$40,000. To strengthen the leadership capacity of Afro-Colombian women in the
City of Cartagena and the Department of Bolivar. Manos Visibles will engage
Afro-Colombian women currently holding leadership positions in civil society
organizations, local or regional government, or community groups, and provide
them with advanced leadership training to increase their potential to promote
greater social, political and economic development in their communities."
Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program 3/31/2012 USAID: "Through Cooperative
Agreement No. AID-514-A-11-00004, dated August 30, 2011, ACDI/VOCA was awarded
the Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program (the Program) with a five-year life of
project (LOP) from August 30, 2011 through August 29, 2016. While the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Colombia has been working
with ethnic minorities for over a decade through its various sectoral programs,
this is the first time that a stand-alone program has been developed for the
sole purpose of improving the lives of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons.
The purpose of this $61.4 million program is to improve the socioeconomic status
of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons in target areas of Colombia."
Two
Colombian Generals Face Charges 6/8/2009 Consortium News: "In July, 2003,
just before Urapalma's USAID application, Colombia's national daily El Tiempo
reported that "the African palm projects in the southern banana region of Uraba
are dripping with blood, misery, and corruption." The region is where Urapalma
is active. The Nation article goes on to report that in 2003, the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights singled out Urapalma for collusion with paramilitaries in
these words: "Since 2001, the company Urapalma SA has initiated cultivation of
the oil palm on approximately 1,500 hectares of the collective land of these
communities, with the help of 'the perimetric and concentric armed protection of
the Army's Seventeenth Brigade and armed civilians'", i.e., paras. All of the
above, of course, has gone on by fleecing American taxpayers, courtesy of SOA
and USAID."
Why Afro-Colombians Oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement 2/29/2008 AfroCubaWeb: by
Marino Cordoba, founder of the Association of Internally Displaced
Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) - "Colombia, South America is an important for African
North Americans and other allies. Afro-Colombians comprise almost 40% of the
Colombian population of around 42 million people. These Afro-Colombians are
treated brutally by the Government and the Euro-Colombians. Now, the Colombian
President Uribe needs the support of the Congressional Black Caucus to pass the
Colombian Free Trade Agreement. So he accepts the proposal of some
Afro-Colombians to create this phony Commission for the Protection of the 16
million Afro-Colombians. More than a million Afro-Colombians have been displaced
from their homes and communities. Afro-Colombians are killed and forced into
exile if they resist the sale their land. The Colombian government provides very
few services and infrastructure for the Afro-Colombian community and Law 70 that
gives Afro-Colombian rights to their ancestral lands is not implemented and the
para-militaries under President Uribe is driving the Afro-Colombians from their
land. Congressional Black Caucus member Gregory Meeks of New York and member of
the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) deceived Congressman Bobby Rush of
Chicago and caused him to write a letter of support for the Colombia Free Trade
Agreement and have it signed by members of the Congressional Black Caucus."
www.usaid.gov/colombia/our-work
www.ned.org/region/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia-2017/
www.usaid.gov/news-information/fact-sheets/rio-afro-colombian-leadership-and-scholarship-program
www.ned.org/publications/annual-reports/2012-annual-report/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/colombia
www.ned.org/publications/annual-reports/2011-annual-report/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/colombia
oig.usaid.gov/content/audit-usaidcolombias-afro-colombian-and-indigenous-program
www.acdivoca.org/projects/afro-colombian-and-indigenous-program-acip/
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