Hola! Wherever you are in the world, if you read this and you know about us: please join us with economical/humanitarian support to continue our work/service as a citizen based collective focus on bringing ONTIME, culturally appropriate and efficient solutions for our related ones down in Leticia, Colombian Amazon.
We all share a common life bond with the lungs of the world. This community based & handmade Colombian Amazon Relief Fund initiative is our way to sustain and nourish genuine reciprocity with the caretakers of the different ancient lineages that hold together the legacy of a wide range ancestral wisdom, these communities are highly vulnerable and they need our support A.S.A.P.
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How are we going to Invest the funds?
We understand that needs and situations vary from family to family. The support kits – which we will describe below – respond to a completed survey of the general needs that we have identified in the territory.
If we manage to meet the objective of this campaign, we would be benefiting between 100 and 150 people, located according to the profile of their particular needs (families in the city and families with or without access to planting their traditional gardens), and following the criteria of justice, opportunity and efficiency that guides us. This is our base budget, however part of our advisory council is made up of territorial liaisons and cultural managers from Leticia who are constantly updating us on the reality that is being lived in the territory; based on these weekly updates, we will manage the resources in order to supply the real needs in order of urgency.
Short and mid-term goals:
We are receiving contributions in kind and/or funding to send the following kits: Bio-security Kit, Nutritional Kit, School Kits, Food Sovereignty Kit, and Preventive Isolation Kit. Additionally, we will invest in the creation and dissemination of ethno-pedagogical materials.
TO CONTRIBUTE: https://en.vaki.co/vaki/sosleticia
Who is going to recieve the Kits:
-The Indigenous Guard of the communities of the kilometers and the river that are ensuring territorial control without the necessary equipment.
-Urban malocas (longhouses) that have dozens of affiliates and that support the crisis with traditional medicine approaches
-Malocas and families that are in transition processes and reinforcing their practices of food sovereignty and security.
-Neighborhoods in Leticia affected by the flood: Simón Bolívar, Xingú, Victoria Regia, Uribe Uribe and San José.
-The Elder’s Home of Leticia where several Indigenous grandparents live.
-Leticia’s private clinic and Puerto Nariño Health Center.
The kits include:
- Biosecurity Kit: long-lasting, sterilizable and non-disposable biosecurity supplies: alcohol diffusers, 3M respirators, washable surgical fabric masks, nitrile gloves, antibacterial soap, expectorant ointments and ¨Face-shield¨ face masks. $ 201,000 COP
- Nutritional Kit: Non-perishable foods of high nutritional quality and culturally appropriate such as: dried fish, fariña, honey, 7-grain pudding, chucula, energy bars (sampa), chontaduro flour, mother vinegar. $ 112,500 COP
- Food sovereignty kit: towards food preparation and gardening tools (chagras): shovels, machetes, palines, pikes, nylon, hooks, batteries, lanterns, stainless steel pots, strainers, shredders, knives, household items, kitchenware and basic grocery. $ 504,000 COP
- School Kits: for children and young people who are beginning to study in the malokas (houses of thought) in the company of their families: pens, markers, crayons, notebooks, pencils, erasers, glue, masking tape, scissors, books, pencil sharpeners, backpacks, boards, paper. $500,000 COP
- Preventive isolation kit: for families and communities that are entering the jungle as a measure of protection against the pandemic: tools for working the chagra (garden), waterproof hammocks, waterproof awning, backpacks, kerosene lamps, flashlights, batteries, tokay incense (mosquito repellent), tobacco and various items. $ 350,000 COP
- Bereavement Fund: for urgent support to families who have lost loved ones as a result of the pandemic.
- Ethno-pedagogical material: to generate campaigns that help expand and unify the information on the care necessary to prevent and manage the spread of the virus. Emanates from the deep respect towards the cultural practices, the cosmogony and the idiosyncrasy of Amazonian peoples.
- Support for sustainable ventures: with raw materials and equipment for local family enterprises focused on trades that encourage the creation and use of biosecurity and personal hygiene elements such as: hygiene, biosecurity and self-care. Support for circular economies through the purchase of local crafts and food.
- Support the creation of medicinal gardens and community apothecaries, uniting Amazonian ethnopharmacology with various intercultural contributions from western herbalism: tinctures, ointments, oleates, hydrosols, plasters, ointments and extracts of local plants. This in order to strengthen containment strategies from local medicine.
- Support for circular economy
Achievements to date:
So far, with the contributions and collaborations we have received, we have sent 3 shipments with some of the aforementioned elements: biosafety kits, nutritional kits, awnings and natural medicine, among other things. With the generous support of the Colcharter ambulance planes, several relatives in the territory of Leticia, and the accompaniment of the Traditional Indigenous Authorities, we have managed to deliver these resources to the San Rafael de Leticia Hospital, the Fundación Leticia Clinic, the Local Ancianato, the Health Center from Puerto Nariño, several families from the urban area and communities surrounding Leticia, among others.
TO CONTRIBUTE: https://en.vaki.co/vaki/sosleticia
