Centro COMParte: social economy & peace in Bogota

Cultural area – COMParte tu ritmo(Share your rhythm)

During the last few months we have been developing the project COMParte tu Ritmo (Share your Rhythm), an initiative with the objective of reducing the racial segregation among the women in the neighborhood of Santa Rosa, San Cristobal district. It is driven by the mutual acknowledgement of the cultural differences and symbolic encounter around the role each woman plays in society and in her family.

Thanks to classes of aerobic rumba, patchwork workshop and relaxing experiences, more than 20 women share their Rhythm. All these activities participates in building friendships and acknowledging the similarities we Share in our daily life about work and family related obligations. The fact that the women Share their personal experiences help them to acknowledge their own person as well as others, and creates an environment more respectful and tolerant.

Share your Rhythm have also represented the opportunity to Revive the community park, a place notorious for being the local meeting point for micro trafficking and drugs consumption. It is to say that its re-appropriation by the women has allowed the kids re-claim the space as well. In this way,we have also organized a community event with food, dance and football as the opportunity to further social integration.

Entrepreneurship Area

More than 30 persons engages in the entrepreneurship program, an initiative in which we have managed to get the support of 4 educational institutions working. We are all working together to support the small-businesses projects of the attendees who want in addition to earning their own money, generate employment through fair trade for the rest of the community. The micro-entrepreneurs participating have begun to attend training to get a clearer idea of what their future businesses will be like. This process includes benchmarking, brand creation, marketing plan and a financial viability study.

Our objective is to support these initiatives and keeping on promoting the creation of sustainable projects and social business. Thank you to everyone who helped.Please keep showing your support to our project and visit our social networks to be updated day by day of our progress. Links: Proyectar Sin Fronteras Centro COMParte PSF Col

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EVENT / A SEIS MANOS
ART, PEACE BUILDING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND FOOD SECURITY

On the 25th of May, we organised a charity in the restaurant A Seis Manos. The artists supporting our social initiative Olingo and the members of our network of productors Sembrando Confianza were with us to present our projects.
Not only were they able to have a place to promote their products but also got the opportunity to talk with the consumers and explain them the reasons for their commitment to this Agroecological Network. The launch of the new collection of Bolsas Olingo was a real success, and so was the exhibition of DJLU and Garavato’s works.

We would like to thank you all for following us during this event, and for your faith and support in our project!

PSF PARTICIPATES IN EVENTS
LAUNCH OF THE AGROECOLOGICAL MARKETS NETWORK

The agroecological markets network of Bogotá Región invites you to its great launch and to discover the various proposals fostering a better city. In only one place you will find a broad offer of fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, breads, snacks, coffee, chocolate, canned food and jams, personal care products and much more. You can find us this Saturday, 10th June, to discover the different organizations that are part of the network.

SEMBRANDO CONFIANZA
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

We started a new cycle of workshops on environmental education with girls from the Hogar Esperanza foundation in May. We developed this Project thanks to the Aquarela Foundation, to provide the participants with an insight of nature and food culture. We are going to grow aromatic plants, tomatoes, lettuces and eatable flowers. Themes like art, kitchen and nutrition will also be studied. In this context, a pedagogical tour will be organized in a Sembrando Confianza network productor’s finca so as the girls can know the food origin and enjoy a day of agroecology.

SEMBRANDO CONFIANZA
NEW ORCHARDS IN SANTA ROSA

Two months ago, the Environmental Education and Food Security team started to recover space for urban agriculture along with the gully Los Toches, in Santa Rosa district.
The gardens extend over the whole block and will be completed by a greenhouse. Our challenge: empower the participants, showing that with effort and dedication we can get a productive orchard without spending money.

All the material used comes from reused wastes: old couches thrown down the drain, used tires, debris, plastic bottles, among other things. While building new orchards we succeeded to clean the site, which will serve to achieve other permaculture workshops with the community. We are fostering a stronger and more supportive network of Urban Farmers in a district that used to suffer communal living issues.

If you are interested and wish to support us, do not hesitate to reach us by mail or on our Sembrando Confianza facebook. All the help is appreciated!

Links:

• Sembrando Confianza
• Proyectar Sin Fronteras
• Centro COMParte