At the Mi Ciudad Con Vida Foundation, we do not forget the birthdays of our beneficiaries. This Saturday at the Lipaya Headquarters we shared and celebrated the birthdays of children and young people who have one more year of life up to the date. We are happy to always make our guys feel special!

This week at the Barranquilla Headquarters we had our first day of Vocational Orientation, aimed to young beneficiaries who are in their last year of secondary school. A scale of vocational preferences was applied to promote the construction of a life project and that our beneficiaries take into account their skills, interests, and aptitudes when choosing a technical,  technological, or professional carrer.

At the Barranquilla headquarters, the beneficiaries involved in the Huertas project begin to transplant  lettuce, tomato, radish plants, and other plants from the seedbeds into the soil and portable orchards. The classroom workshop begins to germinate and grow. Young people with gardens at home carry out the same activities in their yards. During these activities, children not only promote environmental support, but also encourage socialization, teamwork, and creativity.

The youngest children of the psycho-affective group worked on topics about the family, the types of family, as well as playful activities to emphasize on union, teamwork, and concentration. The activity was called “crossing the river”, in which the children had to carry a ball on a spoon to the finish line, while crossing some obstacles.

This Saturday the boys and girls of the Environmental Guardians project of the Lipaya Headquarters had a pedagogical visit to the Botanical Garden of Barranquilla. During this day the beneficiaries made a tour where they met different species of plants and carried out recreational activities in the green spaces of the garden. Promoting these activities encourages children to raise environmental awareness.

At the Lipaya headquarters, our beneficiaries part of the Environmental Guardians Group developed their creativity by creating recyclable pots, made with plastic bottles and painted in their preferred style. In them, they will plant seeds of tomato, carrot, paprika, radish etc.

This week at the Soledad headquarters, we had as special guests officials of the Police of Childhood and Adolescence, with the aim of presenting and developing recreational activities related to the protection of children. Through the program “Open your Eyes”, children, girls, and adolescents from all over the country learn the existing care routes can be activated in case they find themselves in a situation of vulnerability. 

On Saturday, June 11 at the Lipaya Headquarters, the children accompanied by our workshops and volunteers enjoyed a fun and recreational day in the park of the Lipaya neighborhood. Through games in these spaces, socialization, psychomotricity, creativity, and the integral development of the beneficiaries are promoted.

In Lipaya, on June 10, the community had the opportunity to buy clothing and food products at affordable prices.  The use of second-hand clothes contributes to the care of the environment, reduces your carbon footprint (CO2), prolongs the useful life of garments, saves money, and gives an original touch to your closet. In addition, through the link with the Food Bank, food suitable for human consumption is rescued, benefiting communities in need.