📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project is organized by the University of Cundinamarca and has the main objective of generating a culture in favor of the principle of solidarity and the ability to deal with problems from multiple perspectives in the process of social coexistence in the university community and interaction with international volunteers, the programs of Electronics, Social Sciences, Environmental Engineering, and in the artistic and musical field.
Some of its specific objectives are:
• Generate training experiences that motivate social practices for a healthy and respectful coexistence.
• Generate strategies for the transformation of the territory using technology and care for the environment, to improve the urban and rural community of the “Sumapaz“ region.
• Analyze the musical reality, musical notation, and possible proposals in the analysis of local music from an academic point of view.
• Support reforestation, awareness, and environmental management activities in the “Botello“ river, which will improve the availability of natural resources.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will participate in the following activities:
• Linguistic immersions in the Chair of Peace and its activities, participation in conversations related to research and pedagogy for peace, sharing experiences related to the topic of social and cultural practices for peace, participation in literary carnivals, among other activities.
• Recreational or environmental activities in different communities in affiliation with the university.
• Support in generating reports together with internship students.
• Help in the development of a proposal for the creation of an “Environmental Improvement Office“ at the university.
• Participation in educational robotics workshops with students from “Fusagasugá“ as a social inclusion activity.
• Participation in a basic programming course.
• Participation in an awareness workshop on energy consumption and the rational use of natural resources.
• Social work with the local community on musical themes and local music.
• Work with music teachers about local music, contributing to local and international cultural aspects.
• Support campaigns and awareness courses for the community on composting, care of water sources, and reforestation.
• Help plant trees in areas of interest for the conservation of bodies of water and conservation of native animal species.
• Design and implement initiatives that favor the learning of values of respect, empathy, and responsibility in the care of animals.
• Promote healthy relationships with the care and protection of animals through international volunteering.
• Involve families and the community in the development of initiatives that contribute to respecting and caring for the animal life of the environment through international volunteering.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay primarily at a university-owned sports complex. Sometimes excursions will be carried out in which some nights will be spent camping or in other houses. Food will also be provided during the project.
📍 About the location
“Fusagasuga” is a town that has a great natural wealth, where coffee cultivation stands out and how this city is framed by the "Cuja" and "Chocho" rivers and the "Quinini" and "Fusacatan" hills, which make up the valley of the "sutagaos". Nature reserves abound in this area.
To learn more about Fusagasuga you can watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_IKEro0-k
⚠️ Requirements
IMPORTANT: Due to the situation that still exists on COVID-19 we would like to remind you of the security measures that will be taken during the workcamp.
- All participants must have their vaccine against the COVID-19 virus.
- Each volunteer will have their face mask (that each one will bring to the camp) which will be used in the areas indicated by the health protocols, that is for example at a public space.
- The healthy distance will be practiced respecting in public places and only excepting people from the work team.
- And volunteer will pay attention and respect the additional instructions that the coordinator of the workcamp have implement regarding preventive protocols against COVID-19.
Please remember that these measures are as much to protect others as they are to protect us.
We invite volunteers to review in the same way the travel requirements to go to Colombia on the following website:
https://colombia.travel/en/covid-19-information
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is for volunteers who are interested in volunteering with topics related to the local community, environment, music, and animals. And who likes the outdoors, camping and discovering natural areas.