Colombia
To better the quality of life of women farmers and recycling workers in the city of Pasto and to improve their technical, political and resilience capacities through a comprehensive strategy of training, technical assistance and networking. This is our overall objective in Colombia, through collaboration with local entities and associations.
Strengthening food sovereignty, family economy and resilience to external events of indigenous women, Pasto de Nariño.
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"Mundukide helps us to improve our peasant farmers with native seeds to increase the capital of the fund, increase savings and invest it in our peasant farmers and crops."
Aura Chalapud, (Resguardo San Juan de Ipiales):
"Through Mundukide, we have gained the technical and trade knowledge of the world of recycling, although we still need support to continue our process and strengthen ourselves as a collective"
Maribel Tutistar, (Pasto Recyclers’ Alliance):
"We would like to consolidate with the Pasto Recyclers’ Alliance (ARP) and their participation in the provision of the recycling service. Because that, we could increase the number of recyclers participating as members of this alliance. Therefore, consolidate ARSOC (south-western recyclers’ association) and through it create alliances similar to the ARP in the capitals of the southwest."
Asier Elorza Ugarte, Cooperative in Colombia
Economic strengthening of the “Pastos” women of Colombia
25 September 2023
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17 May 2021
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655
655 beneficiaries
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6
6 cooperatives assisted, 211 members, 77% women
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74%
715 people trained, 74% women
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2nd
2nd level cooperative created by uniting 4 associations
Data from 2021. If you need more information, you can access reports and publications
Areas of activity
Nariño
The department of Nariño is in south-western Colombia on the border with Ecuador. Our work is centred in the capital, although specific activities take place in other cities in Nariño such as Ipiales and Tumaco. According to 2017 data, 40.2% of the population was living in poverty, and 14% in extreme poverty.
At Mundukide we decided to work in this area for several reasons. It is one of the departments in Colombia most affected by the internal armed conflict; it has low levels of human development; it is geographically close to other departments with potential such as Cauca and Putumayo; and because of possibilities in the future of a bi-national project between Colombia and Ecuador.
In Colombia we are working with two different beneficiary profiles: members of the COEMPRENDER cooperative and members of the Indigenous Women Farmers Association (Asociación de Mujeres Agricultoras Indígenas, AGROMINDALAE).
Why we're here?
1.Cooperative advice
If there’s one thing we know about in our area, it’s how to start up a cooperative. Through cooperatives, the people in the local communities where we operate boost the area’s socio-economic development.
2.Training people
We train people so they can change their world. Therefore, training is the cornerstone of Mundukide’s projects. People learn at school, but they also learn at work, in the family and from the community.
6.Women
60% of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls. According to United Nations data, they constitute two-thirds of the almost 800 million illiterate people (a figure that has not changed in the last two decades), they earn an…
8.Environmental sustainability
Our commitment to the environment is a cross-cutting theme in all areas of our work.
The recycling workers project includes three well-defined lines of work:
- Training in political, regulatory and technical skills to adapt to the new Colombian legal situation governing the management and use of solid urban waste.
- Technical assistance and training for members and workers of the cooperative COEMPRENDER.
- Coordinate recycling workers politically through networks so they can function as a cohesive group able to influence public and private actors with decision-making powers in the area of urban solid waste use and management, and raise public awareness on the culture of recycling.
Another project under way in Colombia, in conjunction with the AGROMINDALAE Association, aims to improve the situation of women farmers by improving the quality and marketing of agro-ecological products.
Some of Colombia's leading restaurants are now choosing to use traditional Andean ingredients that had all but disappeared. These products were grown using a system of farming called chagra. The recent demand has led to the revival of this type of agriculture. To ensure sales, the crops must be of the highest quality and it is essential to know where and how to market them.
Mundukide provides training and technical assistance in agro-ecological production to women who grow crops of this type. We also promote networks that connect farmers with the restaurants that demand their products.
Colombia
- Capital: Bogota
- Language: Spanish
- Area: 1.142.748 km²
- Population: 50.372.424 hab.
