Agriculture/Training Grant

$32.8K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Coalicion Indgena de Migrantes de Chiapas, A.C.
Country	Mexico
Start Date	Sep 10, 2016
End Date	Nov 11, 2021
Duration	1,888 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`48921-36`

Grant Description

Coalicin Indgena de Migrantes de Chiapas, A.C. (CIMICH) will work with 29 Comits Comunitarios Transnacionales, or transnational community committees (CCTs), in seven municipalities of the Chiapas highlands to help resettle indigenous Tsotsil and Tseltal migrants returning to their communities of origin and encourage their participation in municipal rural development councils and in initiatives to generate income.

The grant will benefit 550 Tsotsil and Tseltal Mexicans directly and another 1,450 members of their families indirectly.