La Guajira – PROJECTS

The Immediate Need of the Wayúu People: FOOD!

This is the problem: 4,770 Children Dead in 8 Years
in
La Guajira! 

This is unacceptable. We must do something!

In process now:
Classes in Aquaponics for Wayúu Leaders

  • Classes began Nov. 3, 2019.
  • Engineer Andres Martinez teaches aquaponics to a student.
  • A group of young Wayúu leaders are learning the agricultural science of aquaponics.
November 3, 2019: Day 1 of the Wayúu’s Aquaponics Course in Santa Verónica.
ACUAPONIA COLOMBIA School, Andres F. Martinez, Agricultural Engineer

Women Here and Now has organized an aquaponics course for the Wayúu in Santa Verónica, Atlántico, Colombia. This is important because aquaponics and hydroponics can touch the roots of the food problems of the region, namely malnutrition and hunger that predominate in La Guajira area of Colombia. These sad realities also extend to Venezuela, where conditions are aggravated due to the social turmoil that exists there at this time. Our goal is to see our project of developing aquaponics and hydroponics spread throughout the various Wayúu clans of Colombia and Venezuela. Classes began November 3, 2019.

  • A family home is surrounded by desert.
  • The land is dry and inhospitable.
  • We help the mothers.
  • La Guajira is bordered by the Caribbean Sea.
  • Father Jeffry met with the woman who leads the Wayúu people.

https://www.elheraldo.co/la-guajira/4770-ninos-muertos-en-la-guajira-es-una-barbarie-corte-553890