We Promote Change in Adverse Environments
300,000 +
boys and girls displaced by the conflict
100,000 +
children who have migrated from Venezuela
11 000 000 +
people have been victims of displacement and forced migration
We are a community psychosocial support program that promotes mental health and early childhood development. We aim to disrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty and trauma resulting from armed conflict, displacement, forced migration and other adverse environments.
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By promoting mental health and secure attachment in families exposed to adverse environments, we build a protective shield and contribute to the well-being of this and future generations.
Why?
The first five years of an individual’s life are crucial for their overall development. Exposure to adverse events, combined with a lack of healthy relationships, produces toxic stress, which in consequence affects children’s mental health, brain architecture, cognitive skills, and socio-emotional development. This creates a mechanism that promotes the transmission of poverty and inequality.
Why?
The first five years of an individual’s life are crucial for their overall development. Exposure to adverse events, combined with a lack of healthy relationships, produces toxic stress, which in consequence affects children’s mental health, brain architecture, cognitive skills, and socio-emotional development. This creates a mechanism that promotes the transmission of poverty and inequality.
How?
We implement a community-based and group psychosocial model that promotes the mental health of parents and primary caregivers of young children ages 0-5. Our approach fosters secure attachment bonds and strengthens parenting teams to create a protective shield for early childhood.
How?
We implement a community-based and group psychosocial model that promotes the mental health of parents and primary caregivers of young children ages 0-5. Our approach fosters secure attachment bonds and strengthens parenting teams to create a protective shield for early childhood.
For Whom?
Our program is designed for families with children ages 0-5 who have been affected by armed conflict, displacement, forced migration, and other adverse environments.
For Whom?
Our program is designed for families with children ages 0-5 who have been affected by armed conflict, displacement, forced migration, and other adverse environments.
“I learned to apologize to my children; I never realized they felt the burdens I carried. I learned to apologize to them because they are not to blame for anything. I learned to think and carefully consider my steps before taking them. They are my mirror, and if I want better children, I have to start by changing.”
Participant from Bogotá, 2015
"Our program is designed for families with infants aged 0 to 5 affected by armed conflict, displacement, forced migration, and other adverse environments."
We have an evidence-based program, which has been demonstrated at various stages to be relevant and acceptable. It has a positive impact on mental health and child development and has the potential to scale. Our program is currently operating in seven departments of Colombia, and we are continuing to expand.
Learn about our stages2 972
mothers, fathers, and primary caregivers have participated in the program
3 864
infants supported through their caregivers
43
35 community monitors and 8 regional supervisors trained and empowered
-46%
lower likelihood of critical anxiety symptoms
-26%
lower likelihood of critical depression symptoms
-68%
lower likelihood of critical levels in early childhood socioemotional development
Nariño
Year of initiation: 2018
1,169 participants
1,520 children
9 community facilitators
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Year of initiation: 2022
444 participants
577 children
8 community facilitators
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Year of initiation: 2022
1.052 participants
1.368 children
10 community facilitators
Montería
Year of initiation: 2023
96 participants
125 children
5 community facilitators
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Year of initiation: 2015 and 2023
137 participants
178 children
7 community facilitators
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We will begin operations in 2024
Cultivating Transformation through Evidence
Discover the evidence supporting our program.
Learn MoreFuente externa
Enero 2024
“Sin una paz sostenida habrá más niños con problemas de salud mental”
Una entrevista de La Silla Vacía a Andrés Moya, director de Semillas de Apego.
Fuente externa
Diciembre 2023
Protección de la primera infancia afectada por la violencia
Semillas de Apego se une a Sesame Workshop (Plaza Sésamo), para impactar el bienestar de madres, padres y cuidadores, y el desarrollo de la primera infancia en entornos afectados por el conflicto, el desplazamiento forzado y la migración.
Fuente externa
Julio 2022
Sesame Workshop destaca a Semillas de Apego
Semillas de Apego ha sido destacado por Sesame Workshop en una publicación sobre desarrollo de la primera infancia en contextos de emergencia.
Fuente externa
Agosto 2023
Reconocimiento HundrED
HundrED destaca a Semillas de Apego como una apuesta por la primera infancia innovadora.
Fuente externa
Agosto 2023
Semillas de Apego en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas
Andrés Moya, director y fundador de Semillas de Apego, participó en la asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.
Fuente externa
Diciembre 2021
Por su impacto, Semillas de Apego gana el premio "Dejar Huella"
Recibimos el reconocimiento "Dejar Huella" de la Universidad de Los Andes en la categoría "proyectos de impacto".
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If you're interested in working with us, we encourage you to explore our job openings. We look forward to hearing from you.
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