Education to empower girls and women

This month of March we recognize WOMEN around the world for that tireless struggle and the contradictory situation that we face every day, for the simple fact of being born as women.

We recognize those women, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, of our children who life has treated them hard, who out of necessity turn to prostitution and abandon their children, who never had the opportunity to study, who were “sold” to get married. or to work, we know that in many cases, children are abandoned because these are situations that they are repeating because they were also abandoned.
We are convinced that EDUCATION for a woman is the most worthy way to change her future and that of her family.

In many countries around the world, such as COLOMBIA, a large percentage of women assume a great disadvantage from childhood, both in education, in employment, in remuneration, and in job offers, leading to conditions of poverty from generation to generation, deficient health care, having to bear the burden of an entire family (children, nephews, grandchildren) due to abandonment by parents and husbands. It is generally concluded that women bear the weight of the effects of the ever-widening gap between rich and poor, with the real danger that the situation will worsen, which is why it is urgent to take special measures to promote equality of opportunities.

"TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER A WOMAN IS TO IMPROVE A SOCIETY"

WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, HELP US CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF EMPOWERING AND EDUCING VULNERABLE GIRLS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND MOTHERS IN MEDELLIN - COLOMBIA

During the last couple of months, we have focused on carrying-out, as well as further developing and enhancing our signature Your Voice, Your Purpose, personal transformation retreats for women. To date we have successfully put through the first three editions of our retreat in a local mountain refuge, healing eco-hostel we have partnered with. As we have embarked on this journey of taking our workshops and most importantly our Cocinando Sueños program and methodology to a fully immersive model, we have observed women going out of our retreats with a greater connection to their true selves and most importantly deeply committed to continue working on their personal development.

According to Nora, one of our participants, she feels like a recharged and revitalized, better person; almost like a whole new person post-retreat. She mentioned the workshops, the ambiance, the mountains, the river, were absolutely wonderful. Participants also highlighted having the workshops take place outdoors surrounded by mountains and rivers really made a difference in their learning experience and mostly in the way they lived the retreat. Being connected with nature allowed them to fully live the experience and evolve and advance in their personal development journey. In addition, students reported the unique combination of spiritual psychology workshops with body movement outdoor activities allowed them to fully experience a mind- body-soul evolution. Finally attendees reported they were able to advance in such a short period of time thanks to the unique semi-personalized model and methodology, as well as the retreat facilitator's unique ability to listen and guide them in their empowerment and mostly spiritual and personal development journey.

All in all, we are honored to say we feel immensely fulfilled by the impact our new nature immersive, semi-personalized workshops and retreats are having on those we serve. We are joyful to see women and men (recently a couple of men who wish to connect more with their feminine energy as well as further support and connect with women in their empowerment and well-being journey) with a greater sense of wellbeing and most importantly thriving while making their dreams come to life.

As we approach the end of the year, financial sustainability continues to be a challenge for us. We are working on further developing our sales and fundraising skills, as we reach out to potential mentors coming from a background of women empowerment nonprofits. We are very grateful for the support we continue to receive from our donors, sponsors, volunteers and partners.  We very much look forward to continuing to receive your generous one time and recurring donations and support such that we can significantly increase our impact.

As we move forward, we look forward to incorporating all the takeaways from our first three retreats and keep the momentum and have our next retreat towards the end of the year or towards the beginning of the year 2024 at the latest.