Promoting caregiver's mental health
We promote mental health and early childhood development in families affected by armed conflict, displacement, forced migration, and other adverse environments.
Brief (Coming Soon)What Motivates Us
Over 11 million people in Colombia have been forcibly displaced or forced to migrate from Venezuela, including over 1.5 million children aged 0-5. These traumatizing environments have a detrimental effect on the mental well-being of families and their ability to establish healthy emotional connections, threatening early childhood development.
What Motivates Us
Over 11 million people in Colombia have been forcibly displaced or forced to migrate from Venezuela, including over 1.5 million children aged 0-5. These traumatizing environments have a detrimental effect on the mental well-being of families and their ability to establish healthy emotional connections, threatening early childhood development.
Our Approach
Through a psychosocial, community-based, and group model, this program offers opportunities for introspection and tools to enhance mental health, strengthen healthy emotional bonds within families, and empower parenting teams. Prioritizing mental health is crucial to cultivating secure and healthy attachment relationships that enable children to thrive despite the challenging environments in which they are born and raised.
Our Approach
Through a psychosocial, community-based, and group model, this program offers opportunities for introspection and tools to enhance mental health, strengthen healthy emotional bonds within families, and empower parenting teams. Prioritizing mental health is crucial to cultivating secure and healthy attachment relationships that enable children to thrive despite the challenging environments in which they are born and raised.
Who We Work With
Our program is designed for parents or primary caregivers of infants between the ages of 0-5 residing in communities impacted by armed conflict, forced migration, displacement, and other challenging contexts.
Who We Work With
Our program is designed for parents or primary caregivers of infants between the ages of 0-5 residing in communities impacted by armed conflict, forced migration, displacement, and other challenging contexts.
We are an interdisciplinary team based at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Los Andes. We are currently present in seven Colombian departments. We are committed to contributing to social change and building a more peaceful and just society.
(L-R) Andrés Moya, Founder and Director - Blasina Niño, Technical Director - María Alejandra Palacios, Executive Director
Front Row (L-R):Gina Diaz, Yenisse Araujo (Supervisor), Karen Leones y Ana Chiquillo - Back Row (L-R): Wendy Palencia, Silvia Castro, Karen Marrugo, Cindy de la Cruz, Bealis Racine, Edna Camargo, Keyla Acosta y Kelly Flores
(L-R) Adriana Guevara (Supervisor), Yeimy Rodríguez, Constanza Rodríguez, Norma Villalba, Paula Andrea Melo y Marilú Beltrán (Facilitators).
(L-R): Anabel Toscano, Edilma Blanco, Arleth Guerra y Sandra Vertel.
(L-R): Diana Paz, Josefina Ortiz (supervisora), Linda Sevillano, Ericka, Yolima Vallecilla, Carolina Hernández, Leidy, Yuli Becerra y Adrian Taborda.
Front Row (L-R): María Paula Morales, Daniela Lombana (Supervisor), y Yeimi Buriticá. Back Row (L-R): Leidy Ararat, Nini Torres, Karen Mancilla, Yineth Viafara y Leidy Moya
Front Row (L-R): Sara Torres, Isabella Caro y Kevin Steven Mojica - Back Row (L-R): Felipe Ruiz, Ánika Lizarazo y Mariana Bonet
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lower likelihood of critical anxiety symptoms
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lower likelihood of critical depression symptoms
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lower likelihood of critical levels in early childhood socioemotional development
