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.
On Thursday, June 2, at the Lipaya headquarters, we had a training and awareness activity with the liaison of the Women’s Secretariat of Barranquilla on the Prevention of Gender Violence. For the Foundation it is important to provide the community these training and reflection spaces for them to identify when their rights have been violated, learn the care routes offered by these institutions, and improve their quality of life.
At the Soledad headquarters, we highlight the work of the group of volunteer parents who actively support the dining services and are observers of the projects that are developed in their community; this is a strategy of the psychosocial program that allows families to be empowered, creating a sense of belonging and self-management within the process of social transformation.
On Saturday, May 28, we celebrated at the Lipaya Headquarters of the Foundation Mothers Day. On this day we share a special breakfast, dynamics, and games. We highlight this date because mothers play a fundamental role in raising children, especially the mothers of our beneficiaries who are strongly committed to their healthy development and their participation in the different projects we work for them. Happy Day to all the mothers part of our beautiful community.
The “Educating at Home Workshops’’ are training spaces that seek to generate pedagogical and socio-emotional tools for parents to strengthen the process of accompaniment that they give to their children when performing academic homework. During this week we worked on some effective communication exercises to improve coexistence within the family and maintain an environment conducive to learning and sharing experiences.
The nutritional workshops are part of the intervention axis of the Food Security project, which seeks to improve the eating habits of the beneficiaries and their families through an educational and pedagogical process that includes a variety of healthy menus, using quality products at a low cost.
The beneficiaries of the Higher Education program at the Lipaya Headquarters are dressed in blue, this color is the new symbol of their role as society game-changers. These young people work with and for their community, supporting different activities of the Foundation. By becoming aware of the importance of their role and participation in society, our leaders will act as social agents that seek and promote the transformation of the reality of their community.
Every Saturday at the Mi Ciudad Con Vida Foundation we promote different recreational activities where children and young people strengthen their social and emotional skills. In the psycho-affective project through art, children express how they live their emotions, as well this is a space for formative dialogue where they learn to identify and manage their different emotions.