Love, food, education for 100 children in Bogota

 Dear friends

Once again, we extend our gratitude and the joy of having you, to continue walking from the hope to the side of the children and their families.

What does this short report contain? This report reflects the work that we have carried out with 70 boys and girls for two months, and in late 2019 and early 2020, they celebrated the festivities together with their families and recharged batteries to continue this journey. We reiterate the impact achieved in the affective, nutritional and educational fields with them.

What have we done?

In affection. The bonds of trust and solidarity with Colombian and Venezuelan children continue to be strengthened, and also with their families; who after the holiday season express their joy at returning to the foundation. There have been 15 visits where the protagonists are women, mothers and grandmothers, caregivers of the children, with whom an approach is made, inviting to undertake a process of recognition and healing of painful victims who have lived and who, in general cases transferthem to the smallest, creating a vicious circle of guilt, victimization and pain.

Nutritionally. Thanks to your contribution, healthy snacks and lunches were provided to the children, prepared by the youth of the Cooking School. In total, about 900 snacks and 30 lunches were distributed. The young people have planned the development of two cooking workshops for the children, which will allow them to live a magical and amazing space,around the preparation of rich and nutritious recipes. It has also been considered to develop a strategy called "traveling basket", where children in a dynamic and playful way, learn about the nutritional benefits of the foods they eat.

In the educational. About 70 Colombian boys and girls and Venezuelan migrants have been linked to 7 initiatives, which are accompanied by 5 children's pedagogues. During the two months, about 60 face-to-face meetings have been held. Work tools and everyday learning continue to be multiple and diverse. The spaces are convened around play, plastic expressions, literature, exploration of the environment and urban agriculture, inviting children to relate from affection, dialogue, collaboration and respect. It is insisted on the accompaniment to the connection and permanence in the school, looking for that all the children are in school.

Children's voices 

“For the children and youth who are arriving from Venezuela, are these participation spaces also guaranteed? Because they are also being citizens, that is, they live here, they inhabit this city ”Children. (11 years oldEspiral de Papel

 "I like that different things always happen and we can share what we know how to do or think, it is like feeling that we all have a space, that no one is left out"Children (14 years old)Iniciativas Inquietos