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ONE GRANT WAS MADE TO PURCHASE LANDMINE-DETECTING EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO ELIMIATE LANDMINES IN THE CATATUMBO REGION OF COLUMBIA. THE SECOND GRANT WAS MADE TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT REGIONAL AND TERTIARY ROADS, AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS COCA CROP SUBSTITUTION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ALTERNATIVE LIVLIHOODS IN THE CATATUMBO REGION. THE FOUNDATION EXERCISES EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBLITY FOR EACH GRANT.THE FOUNDATION MADE ONE GRANT TO THE RWANDA DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA. THIS GRANT WAS MADE TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA'S WILDLIFE AND HABITAT CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS NATIONAL PARKS FOR THE PUPOROSES OF SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MITIGATING CONFLICT BETWEEN HUMAN LIVLIHOOD NEEDS AND WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION GOALS. THE FOUNDATION EXERCISES EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS GRANT.THE FOUNDATION MADE ONE GRANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME. AS A UNIT OF THE UNITED NATIONS, DONATIONS TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ARE EXEMPT FROM EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY AND NO STATEMENT IS REQUIRED. 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