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Siembrate Siloé 2021

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Join a Town

Context

Siloé is the municipality where the project is located. It lies southwest of the city of Cali in Colombia. 80% of the territory developed through illegal urbanization, resulting in forced displacement from rural areas to cities between the 1980s and 2010s. The socio-political context of Siloé is quite fragile. State failures and a lack of health and education institutions prevent the guarantee of decent living conditions for its residents. These conditions of vulnerability, coupled with the absence of social cohesion, fuel waves of violence in the neighborhoods.

Due to local customs and low purchasing power, the inhabitants of Siloé do not have a balanced diet. A growing problem of overweight and obesity among children has been identified.

In 2018, the Join a Town association and its partner Fundacion DINOS created an urban agriculture program with the installation of a vertical community garden in the municipal library where 120 students and a group of elderly people were trained.

This project aims to provide training in agriculture, management and
entrepreneurship, aimed at recovering and appreciating the ancestral agricultural knowledge of the community's elders, as well as developing family vegetable gardens.

  • Country: Colombia
  • Location: Cali
  • Sector of intervention:
    Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
  • Guild Endowment: €8855
  • Project cost: €15,275
  • Project leader: Join a Town
  • In partnership with: FUNDACION DINOS
Funder(s):
• La Guilde

Project objectives

  • Restore and expand the community vegetable garden with the participation of children and families.
  • Create easy and affordable access to fruits and vegetables through family vegetable gardens.
  • To establish a micro-ecosystem of agricultural entrepreneurship through tools and training in processing and marketing products.
  • Addressing the problem of food insecurity.

Activities

  • Initial training on seed types, planting/transplanting and diseases.
  • Vegetable garden renovation, fence installation, soil renovation, composting…
  • Training in management, governance, and advanced urban agriculture techniques.
  • Transmission of design techniques for floor, drawer and vertical gardens for families wishing to install them at home.
  • Entrepreneurship training courses covering reflection, structuring and production.
  • Training in planning, communication and setting up a market.

Direct beneficiaries

  • 160 vulnerable people from the La Estrella en Siloé community, i.e. 40 families with an average of 4 people per household, including 20 seniors, 40 children, 100 young people and adults.

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