By Nina Barrois | Communications Officer & Graphic Designer of PSF
A new year for Project Without Borders !
2016 is over and we would like to share with you the happiest moments of the year.
Thanks to your support, Proyectar Sin Fronteras grow stronger everyday and dedicates its energy to the development of a long lasting Peace.
Each year, challenges are bigger, and 2017 brings great ones. With your help and our program Centro COMParte, we will keep strengthening social, economic and environmental processes which allow the building of a better country and better city.
International Alliances
Alliances with the International Community have allowed us to generate a greater social impact for the population we are working with, as their support was not only economic but also human. During the last two months we were pleased to received the visit of some of our international allies.
Visit of the French Delegation, Mrs Ayrault and the French Ambassador
Mrs Ayrault, the French Foreign Minister’s wife, visited our foundation in Santa Rosa, San Cristobal. She was accompanied by the French ambassador. We were proud to present our projects of urban agriculture, education and economic reinsertion of vulnerable populations. Thanks to this visit, Centro COMParte was able to receive a donation of new computers from Airbus, Schneider Electric, y el Liceo Frances de Bogota.
Meeting with the French President Francois Hollande
The French President Francois Hollande and the ambassador of France in Colombia Jean Marc Laforet invited us to the reception organized on Monday 23rd of January in Bogota.
During his speech the President highlighted the work accomplished by our foundation for a long lasting Peace in Colombia.
He received gifts from the participants of our program and expressed his appreciation for the dedication and valuable contribution of the french youth in Colombia.
We are pleased to share with you this good news, and are thankful for your increasing support.
Visit of Bogota Accueil
The group of woman representing of Bogota Accueil visited Centro COMParte to know better the project of Creaciones COMParte, for which they were one of our main financial allies.
This resulted in an increase of the incomes of women of Santa Rosa’s neighborhood.
Visit of La Guilde
La Guilde is one of the main agency promoting the
Civic Service. They visited us and exchanged with us about the experience of the french volunteers from our team.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Thanks to the support of many donors and the foundation ProColombia, we were able to organise a wonderful Christmas party for the children of San Cristobal. Each child received gifts and clothes, and participated in the many activities of the day (dance, make up, games and more).
If was also for them the opportunity to visit another neighborhood of Bogota, celebrate Christmas together and with the volunteers who are part of their everyday life.
OLLA COMUNITARIA
Peace is something that we have to build together, and that's why we care about our social events for which everyone is welcome.
We recently organized a community meal in Santa Rosa. The children helped peeling the potatoes, the adults cooked and the elders told stories to the others.
Building strong relationships is the key of a long lasting peace, and the decrease of violence can only happen with a rapprochement of generations and people.
GREENHOUSE WORKSHOP
Our greenhouse is flourishing thanks to our little gardeners !
The team is getting bigger every week, and more flowers and plants are appearing as they take very good care of it.
Promoting ecology and a respectful approach to the planet is one of the main objective of our program, and now we can count on our small ambassadors.
With your donations we will soon be able to open 30 new gardens in San Cristobal, so the people can live in a greener and healthier environment.
Their Stories...
CIRO
The brand “Ciro” started with the dream of a man who, after living through the horrors of war, left the weapons behind him. He changed his identity by putting is name on the leather products he developed for his collection. Behind Ciro's products, there is not only the story of a man, but also the stories of each person of the community Ciro brought jobs to in his own workshop located in Santa Rosa. A place where forgiveness and empathy hold hands to build new stories and new paths.
JORGE
“Artesanias Marla” is the project of Jorge Garcia, a community leader who's part of the Katio aboriginal ethnic group, and took the decision to leave the weapons and start his own traditional craft project, not only for him, but also for the people of his community.
Jorge's products, filled with aboriginal culture, melt colors to represent suns, flowers, gods or rain, a thin equilibrium between the forces of nature, and a symbol of peace.
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