Guardians of the Mojana: Regeneration from a youthful perspective.
Colombia
Restoration, Education, CommunityCO
Colidérate
Colombia
Community Group, NonprofitColidérate is a community-based organisation working on peacebuilding and the integral protection of life, supporting processes in rural, Afro-descendant, Indigenous, and community territories across Colombia. Our work is grounded in the idea that human wellbeing and the wellbeing of ecosystems are deeply interconnected. Through participatory methodologies, territorial storytelling, community education, and collective care processes, we strengthen social fabric, local capacities, and sustainable relationships with the territory. We believe that regenerating the connections between people, their communities, and nature is also a way of regenerating ecosystems and building more just, resilient, and collaborative futures.
Project story
In San Marcos, Sucre, Colombia, communities live among wetlands, flooding, and changing water systems that affect both ecosystems and daily life. In response to these challenges, we support the Agroanfibio research group at San Marcos School, a collective of young people developing community-based water monitoring and environmental learning processes grounded in their own territorial experience.
They are amphibious youth: they grew up alongside the wetlands and waterways, while also developing interests in robotics, programming, and community science. Our goal is to strengthen their capacities so they can combine technology and local knowledge to protect wetland ecosystems and contribute to solutions for the future of La Mojana.
The funds will support workshops, monitoring tools, educational materials, and community gatherings. One of our greatest challenges is the lack of resources and opportunities for rural youth to continue developing environmental initiatives within their own territories.
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Guardians of the Mojana: Regeneration from a youthful perspective.
Colombia
Restoration, Education, Community
CO
Colidérate
Colombia
Community Group, NonprofitColidérate is a community-based organisation working on peacebuilding and the integral protection of life, supporting processes in rural, Afro-descendant, Indigenous, and community territories across Colombia. Our work is grounded in the idea that human wellbeing and the wellbeing of ecosystems are deeply interconnected. Through participatory methodologies, territorial storytelling, community education, and collective care processes, we strengthen social fabric, local capacities, and sustainable relationships with the territory. We believe that regenerating the connections between people, their communities, and nature is also a way of regenerating ecosystems and building more just, resilient, and collaborative futures.
Project story
In San Marcos, Sucre, Colombia, communities live among wetlands, flooding, and changing water systems that affect both ecosystems and daily life. In response to these challenges, we support the Agroanfibio research group at San Marcos School, a collective of young people developing community-based water monitoring and environmental learning processes grounded in their own territorial experience.
They are amphibious youth: they grew up alongside the wetlands and waterways, while also developing interests in robotics, programming, and community science. Our goal is to strengthen their capacities so they can combine technology and local knowledge to protect wetland ecosystems and contribute to solutions for the future of La Mojana.
The funds will support workshops, monitoring tools, educational materials, and community gatherings. One of our greatest challenges is the lack of resources and opportunities for rural youth to continue developing environmental initiatives within their own territories.
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Colombia