Improving the Livelihoods of Miskito Indigenous Peoples in La Moskitia

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The development objective is to promote socio-economic productive activities to improve the livelihoods of Miskito indigenous peoples in Selected Territories in Honduras. Specifically, the project would work with Miskito communities seeking to target at least 1,800 Miskito indigenous peoples in the four selected territories. The primary target beneficiary group is the Miskito indigenous peoples of both genders and of all ages living in the rural and municipal communities of Honduras’s La Moskitia region within the Department of Gracias a Dios. The area of execution will be population of four territories: Katainasta, Auhya, Yari and Finzmos. It is expected to benefit about 2000 people. The project will follow a Community Driven Development (CDD) approach, aiming to provide matching grants to beneficiary communities to promote productive activities, targeting agricultural production (such as beans, rice, tomatoes), livestock rearing (poultry), and production of tools and equipment to improve fishery practices. The Project will contribute to the development and strengthening of the production capacity of the Miskito indigenous communities by (a) financing community-level sub-projects in order to improve the productivity, safety and environmental sustainability of already existing economic activities in agriculture and fisheries along with lesser-developed activities such as agroforestry and poultry farming; (b) improving the capacity of the Miskito communities by providing training and technical assistance; and (c) implementing a local-level Monitoring & Evaluation system to oversee sub-project activities. The Grant components are three: (1) Miskito Community Investments; (2) Capacity Building of Miskito communities and Local Awareness; and (3) Monitoring and Evaluation, and Project Management. Subprojects under Component 1 will be small scale in nature (with an average size grant of US$25,000), and will be subject to eligibility screening in accordance with criteria laid out in the project’s ESMF, which will exclude any activities that may result in significant negative environmental or social impacts.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank

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Raw Materials, Forest Products and Packaging, Consumer Products, Commercial, Government