USAID Implementation Grant Program (IGP) Summaries ... - Microlinks

Grantee Katalysis
Local Partner Organizacion de Desarrollo Empresarial Femenino
Amount $853,467
Dates 09/1996-09/1999
The purpose of this IGP grant was to provide support to Katalysis North/South
Development Partnership, which then offered technical assistance to the Organization for
Women’s Enterprise Development (ODEF) with the aim of achieving full financial self
sufficiency, expanding outreach and downscaling to serve very poor women by the end of
the program.
Grantee Katalysis
Local Partner FAMA
Amount $861,004
Dates 10/1999-12/2001
The goal of this grant is to assist Familia Y Medio Ambiente (FAMA), located in
Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras, to successfully implement its business plan for reaching
full financial sufficiency while significantly expanding its outreach and pursuing its quest
for organizational efficiency. The grant was used to strengthen FAMA’s management,
administration and systems for delivering credit. Specific interventions were improving
information quality (i.e. MIS and reporting systems), building staff expertise, and hiring a
management information systems specialist and a microfinance specialist.
Grantee World Relief
Local Partner World Relief Honduras
Amount $1,000,000
Dates 09/1998-09/2002
The goal of this grant is to assist World Relief Honduras (WRH) to strengthen its
management information systems (MIS) and expand its outreach. Using the grant, World
Relief addressed institutional weaknesses in WRH and funded a significant expansion of
the program. The grant supported the following activities: overhauling the human
resources management, hiring several new specialists to improve and undertake
recruitment, expanding operations to new areas in Honduras, increasing the number of
branches from twelve to 20 increasing field staff from 61 to 102, and hiring finance,
accounting and MIS staff to upgrade systems needed to accommodate increased lending.
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