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CARSI Carries NGO’s Forward
posted (October 9, 2019)
Today 3 organizations received grants from the US embassy's Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). The grants are valued at $750,000 US dollars total and they focus on "strengthening the partnership between government and civil society organizations and; improving government services to respond to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons especially vulnerable and marginalized populations."

The was handing over ceremony was held this afternoon at the US Embassy in Belmopan and we found out more about the organizations and their projects.

The embassy says that since 2008, CARSI has provided more than $42 million in funding for similar programs in Belize.

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