The Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) submitted a project proposal to Both ENDS under the GAGGA initiative, to be developed in Guatemala and Honduras. In addition, the Fondo Tierra Viva (FTV), a Honduran NGO with extensive experience in capacity building for grassroots advocacy groups in Honduras, submitted a project to Both ENDS. The proposals were approved and MAR Fund signed a grant agreement with Both ENDS for both initiatives, taking responsibility for administering the funds for FTV.

In November 2016, the Mesoamerican Reef Fund launched a call for project proposals under the GAGGA initiative, titled “Support and Strengthening of Women’s Groups in Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Justice in the Mesoamerican Reef (Honduras and Guatemala).” The aim of the call was to support projects by grassroots groups and non-governmental organizations in the priority coastal and marine protected areas of these two countries. Seven projects were approved — four from Guatemala and three from Honduras — all implemented from March 2017 to February 2018.

The projects focus on developing local actions for climate change adaptation, as well as building capacity to strengthen women’s rights to access environmental, social, cultural, and economic goods and services.

MAR Fund’s purpose is to contribute, through the GAGGA initiative, to the development and application of tools to strengthen climate change resilience strategies and to participate in and influence decision-making at the community, municipal, and national levels, in order to direct actions aimed at improving quality of life.