📋 Tender Overview
Activity Id:
53632
Project Number:
N/A
Implementing Partner:
Cooperative for the Production and Special Services of Andean Camelid Producers
Activity Start Date:
N/A
Activity End Date:
N/A
Country:
Peru
Country Code:
PER
Region:
Western Hemisphere
Funding Agency:
Inter-American Foundation
Managing Agency:
Inter-American Foundation
Fiscal Year:
2024
Current Dollar Amount:
$260,000
International Sector:
General Environmental Protection
USG Sector:
Environment
Description:
Website Alpaca herders in the rural highlands of Ayacucho and Cusco face a low standard of living and have few opportunities to increase income with this type of work. Cooperativa de Produccin y Servicios Especiales de los Productores de Camlidos Andinos (COOPECAN) provides technical assistance to improve alpaca herds and increase the quality and quantity of wool fiber while providing training in leadership skills to cooperative members. At the IAF, we support community-led solutions to expand economic opportunity in Peru. COOPECANs activities strengthen communities through education and training and build peer-to-peer learning and action networks. Amendment FY20 This amendment provides COOPECAN with an additional six months and $30,956 to address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including preparing and distributing emergency food rations to about 300 of its members and their families, sharing guidance on COVID-19 prevention through radio spots in Spanish and Quechua, and providing technical assistance on alpaca herd management via radio. As a part of the amendment, COOPECAN is mobilizing an additional $1,390 in counterpart resources to the grant agreement. Amendment FY21 This amendment provides COOPECAN with an additional 24 months and $248,945 to expand technical assistance to an additional 200 cooperative members, increase its working capital fund, and make its commercial-scale alpaca fiber processing plant fully operational. As a part of the amendment, COOPECAN is mobilizing an additional $557,158 in counterpart resources to the grant agreement. Amendment FY24 This amendment provides COOPECAN, a cooperative owned by 1,200 small alpaca farmers, with two years and an additional $260,000 to invest in environmentally friendly and ethical alpaca-raising methods so farmers can earn a higher and more stable income. COOPECAN will support members in obtaining their Responsible Alpaca Standard (RAS) cer
