Grantee Profile
Afluentes
Grants to Afluentes
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$150,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 2 years)
Population & Reproductive Health
MEXICO, MEXICO — Afluentes will incorporate comprehensive sexuality education for rural youth in Mexico, in collaboration with the public school system serving young seasonal migrants. The project centers on Guerrero and Sinaloa, states of origin and destination of seasonal agricultural migrants. A distance-learning training course will be designed and given to 200 teachers. The course includes theoretical and practical didactic methodologies and community engagement strategies to address reproductive health issues with rural indigenous students. The grant represents pioneering work in Mexico to reach seasonal migrant youth with this information through the education system.
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$92,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
Population & Reproductive Health
MEXICO, MEXICO — To research sexuality education needs of young seasonal migrant workers.
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Afluentes $242,000 between 2010 and 2013.
