UPDATED EMBASSY AKAR PROPOSAL FOR FY 2007

UNCLAS DAKAR 000996 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR PRM, AF/RSA AND AF/W E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREF EAID SG SUBJECT: UPDATED EMBASSY AKAR PROPOSAL FOR FY 2007 AMBASSADOR,S FUND FOR EFUGEE FUNDING REF: STATE 027884 ¶1. EmbassyDakar is pleased to re-submit one project proposa to aid an organization that provides critical asistance to refugees in Senegal. The proposal focses on assisting landmine victims in the Casamane region. PROPOSAL ONE: HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL-INGUICHOR -------------- - ¶2. Post requests USD 20,000 to support andicap International (HI),a French organizatio focused on assisting handicapped people in particular. HI has been in Senegal since 1996 with a national program to intervene in medical and economic insertion of landmines victims. The majority of beneficiaries are returned refugees and persons who have been displaced by the 22-year-long conflict in the Casamance region of Senegal. In this proposal, HI is seeking funds to improve the living conditions of landmine victims, many of whom are unemployed farmers that are unable to return to their fields as they have been mined by rebel soldiers, through socio-economic activities such as keeping handicapped children in schools, creating income generating activities, providing medical health care, and making orthopedic apparel. HI focuses on vocational instruction whereby girls are given training in areas such as sewing and cooking, while men and women are involved in fruit and vegetable food processing programs. This project has never received USG funding. Post has the authority and the capacity to award a grant to the intended recipient agency. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT -------------- ¶3. For further information on these projects and any others, contact Political Officer Osman Tat at (221) 823-4296, ext. ¶2420. JACOBS