Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program (ACIP)

Post Date

January 7th 2011

Application Due Date

February 18th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-514-11-000001

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Community Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $61400000

• Award Range:

  $56400000 - $61400000

Grant Description

The purpose of this five-year $61 million program is to improve the socio-economic status of Afro-Colombians and indigenous persons in target areas of Colombia. Afro-Colombians constitute approximately 10.62 percent of Colombia’s population of 45 million, and the Colombian government legally recognizes 82 indigenous communities who constitute 3.4 percent of the population. Both populations are among the most marginalized groups in the country and suffer from exploitation, inequality, poverty, discrimination, racism, exclusion, displacement, violence, massacres, a lack of security, humanitarian crises, feelings of invisibility, and break down in social structures and identity. 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 is being developed for the sole purpose of improving the lives of Afro-Colombian and indigenous persons.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  Colombia USAID-Bogota

• Agency Contact:

  Nubia Farfan
  A & A Specialist
  Phone 011571-383-4138

• Agency Mailing Address:

  USAID e-mail address

• Agency Email Address:

  nfarfan@usaid.gov