Zdrowie i gospodarka · 6.07.2010
Administration for Native Americans
This notice announces that the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans (ANA) has awarded five single-source urgent grants to fund projects that are designed to mitigate the impact of the devastation caused by the tsunami that seriously damaged American Samoa on September 29, 2009. As a result of the devastating tsunami, 32 people were killed and 277 homes, schools, businesses, and transportation systems were destroyed. The event left the people of American Samoa traumatized and in need of assistance to re-start their lives. ACF/ANA is providing urgent financial assistance to four non-profit organizations and one local government agency to fund projects that will address a variety of recovery activities including the recording of accounts of the tsunami experience, developing a recovery plan, organizing youth cleanup activities, creating disaster preparedness programs, developing a community market, and building capacity through training of community members in traditional farming, handicraft making, and home businesses. All five grantees are located in American Samoa. The following projects are funded: Catholic Social Services ($72,454).