Region: Latin America
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IM-Defensoras wins the prestigious Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
Hivos is proud to announce that the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) has received the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. IM-Defensoras is a network of some 350 women’s rights initiatives founded in April 2010 by Just Associates (JASS, Mesoamerica and global) and a number…
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CINERGIA keeps boosting film industry in Central America
To encourage filmmakers, the Audiovisual Promotion Fund for Central America and Cuba, CINERGIA, held its annual ‘Encuentros Cinergia’, a space for directors and producers to present their film projects to a jury through pitching sessions and private screenings. During the closing night of the encounter, CINERGIA awarded scholarships and grants for to the most promising…
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Biodigesters to improve milk production in Bolivia
Biodigesters provide a source of renewable energy and organic fertilizer that will be used in Bolivia to increase the production and quality of milk. With financial support from Hivos and the technical support of SNV, this project will benefit more than 900 dairy farmers who provide milk for ANDIL (Asociación Nacional de Industrias Lácteas), the…