WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014An additional $112,000 in fiscal year 2020 grant funding has been awarded to Guam through the U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Office of Insular Affairs\u2019 Technical Assistance Program. The funds will provide training and capacity development for non-profit organizations in Guam and repair the captive-breeding facility for two of Guam\u2019s indigenous birds that are now extinct in the wild. The new funds are on top of the nearly $3 million in Technical Assistance Program fiscal year 2020\u00a0funds announced for Guam earlier this year.<\/p>\n
A total of $80,000 will be used by the Guam non-profit\u00a0organization Ma\u00f1e\u2019lu, the Micronesian Resource Center One-Stop Shop,\u00a0to sponsor and expand leadership training and education opportunities necessary to strengthen the capacity of nonprofit organizations in Guam that work closely with freely associated state and Chamorro populations, including their own staff.\u00a0Two such non-profit organizations that work with\u00a0Ma\u00f1e\u2019lu\u00a0are Victim Advocates Reaching Out, which works to provide crisis response to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and\u00a0West Care Pacific Islands, which trains youth-serving organizations about trauma-informed care, teen coping, and positive youth development.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A total of $32,000 will go to the Guam Department of Agriculture to be used to repair and replace fencing around the captive-breeding facility for two of Guam\u2019s indigenous birds: the Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia\u00a0owstoni), or the ko\u2019ko\u2019 as known in Chamorro, and the Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), or sihek. The fencing will keep out snakes and feral animals to help ensure continued breeding of these two rare birds, indigenous to Guam, that no longer exist in the wild.\u00a0(PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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