This project is carried out by the Adelarte association which intervenes with volunteers in Colombia to improve the conditions of schooling of Wayuu children.
The ethno-educational center in which Adelarte intervenes is located in the extreme north of the continent. La Guajira, dry and arid peninsula, semi-desert is bordered by the Caribbean Sea and shared between Colombia and Venezuela.
Ecoliers du Monde has signed an agreement for 3 year of 2017 To 2020 in order to participate in this project.
Total budget paid by Ecoliers du Monde: 5500 euros.
Financial aid made it possible to buy the construction materials and the necessary equipment on site for:
The association Adelarte Works with local social organizations that maintain contact with communities and know their issues and traditions as well as the local situation.
Adelart intervenes directly on site with the help of young volunteers.
Forr to know more on Adelarte and on the complete project:
With 145 000 people, they represent 38% of the population of this department.
Ils live in difficult conditions since the vegetation is very poor and access to drinking water complicated due to Long dryness periods who accentuate with the El Niño phenomenon.
The Wayuu Indians are the only ones not to have been won over by the Spanish and live in a certain independence.
Their crafts are known by the manufacture of woven bags and belts.
