AID grant no. 518-0119-G-3180-00 to Companeros de las Americas to support its Emergency Preparedness Program

The grant will finance a 2-month extension of the program"s Chief of Party during a critical period when the program is completing a 4-year commitment and laying the groundwork for extension and expansion. During the 2-month extension, the Chief of Party will: prepare the Deputy Project Manager to assume responsibility for the program; pursue negotiations for funding Partners" new Emergency Preparedness Program for Ecuador and Peru (1993-95); and assist in the oversight of U.S.-funded activities to help victims of the landslide which occurred on 3/29/93 in La Josefina, about 25 km from Cuenca in Central Ecuador.