LAC OFDA Newsletter April 2011

CRUSA President Luis D. Escalante (left) accepts the small grant agreement from U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Anne S. Andrew (center) and USAID/ OFDA Senior Regional Advisor Tim Callaghan (right), during the launch of the USAID/OFDA-supported RDAP small grants program earlier this month. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in San Jose.

This month, the USAID/OFDA-supported Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) launched a small grants program to provide funding for disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

The first grant awarded under the new program provided $30,000 to the Fundación para la Cooperación Costa Rica-United States of America (CRUSA) to implement an early warning system for forest fires in small communities near La Amistad International Park, in Costa Rica’s southern zone. CRUSA will match these funds and work closely with Costa Rica’s Ministry of the Environment to implement the $60,000 DRR project.

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• OFDA LAC Newsletter April 2011 [160.57 KB | 2011-04-01]