USADF Welcomes Ambassador Fatima Veiga During Ceremony:

WASHINGTON - July 7, 2010 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 7, 2010  – The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) welcomed the Cape Verde Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Fátima Veiga, for a ceremony recognizing seven USADF funded projects in Cape Verde this year.

USADF Lloyd Pierson opened the ceremony, stating “Cape Verde is a great proponent of development. USADF is providing assistance for the most marginalized in Cape Verde and is doing so in a way that is changing the lives of people.”

The seven community groups which USADF awarded grants to this year are:

Associação Comunitária para o Desenvolvimento de Baleia (animal husbandry)
Associação Comunitária para o Desenvolvimento de Campo Baixo (animal husbandry)
Associação das Mulheres Batucadeiras de Alto Gouveia (animal husbandry)
Associacao dos Agricultores para o Desenvolvimento Agricola e Comunitáia da Zona de Hortelao (animal husbandry)
Associação dos Trabalhadores para Defesa e Conservação da Biodiversidade  (animal husbandry)
Associacao Juvenil Comunitaria Para O Apoio E Agricultura Pecuraria De Relvas (food security and animal husbandry)
Associacao Unidas da Maos Dadas para Desenvolvimento de Capela e Portal (food security)

During the ceremony, Ambassador Veiga spoke about the USADF program in Cape Verde. She noted “The USADF grants are making a tremendous impact in Cape Verde. I am proud of the program and I look forward to a continued presence of USADF in our country.”

USADF Regional Director for Cape Verde Rama Bah ended the ceremony by saying, “I am pleased to note that ADF funding is now going to the most deserving and often forgotten rural women and children in Cape Verde.  I applaud the good stewardship of the program by Estrategos Consultores Associados, Lda. and the invaluable support of US Ambassador, Marianne M. Myles.”

USADF began working in Cape Verde in 1986.  The current portfolio consists of 21 projects, worth $3.8 million.  USADF provides resources, training, and economic opportunity to marginalized populations in Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal, Santiago, Santo Antao, and San Vicente.  In FY 2010, USADF added 7 projects to the portolio, committing $714,146 (CVE 57,554,770) to some of the country’s poorest and most marginalized communities. Each USADF project is responsive to the community’s ideas and encourages sustainable income generating activities and job creation.

For more information about the Cape Verde portfolio, please visit the country’s quick source page at http://www.adf.gov/USADF-QuickSourceCountryPortfolioPage-CapeVerde.htm.

The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is a United States Government agency dedicated to expanding access to economic opportunities to the most marginalized populations in Africa. Currently USADF operates in 20 African countries. Over the past 25 years, USADF has funded in excess of $200 million in African initiated and led development projects.  For more information on USADF, its programs and application guidelines, visit www.usadf.gov.

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