U.S. Embassy

Today I had a meeting at the U.S. Embassy! The building itself was actually really ugly and industrial looking compared to all the other embassy's which are in old grand mansion like houses. The embassy house (where the embassy guests live I guess) was much more appealing, it is located just around the corner from the embassy on John F. Kennedy St! Anyway, for my work at Ciudadnos del Mundo my boss made an appointment for me to visit the embassy. In the past they have worked closely with the U.S. embassy when they have interns who are U.S. citizens. After a security check and getting a visitor badge I was taken to one of the resource offices that deals with U.S. related relations with Argentinean based NGOs. They let me use a database that keeps track of U.S. based philanthropic organizations based on their geographic area of interest and focus of grant giving. This database is a goldmine for any NGO seeking grant assistance. It allowed you to choose a geographic location (Argentina) and a area of interest (such as Immigration and Refugees) and then it would give you a rundown of all the donor organizations that give based on that criteria. It was a pretty amazing database! Good news: I found lots of organizations that offer grants to similar causes such as the work done here at Cuidadanos de Mundo. Not so good news: now I have to start applying for them all! (this is the picture of the embassy house, not the ugly embassy itself)