{"id":283,"date":"2022-09-08T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mvpthemes.com\/zoxpress\/zoxpress-entertainment1\/?p=283"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T21:44:15","slug":"ayni-concurso-2021-valledupar-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayni.mascomunidad.org.ar\/en\/ayni-concurso-2021-valledupar-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing kitchens to overcome malnutrition and empower women in Valledupar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is malnutrition so high in a territory with great agricultural potential like Jewrwa, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta? This concern led representatives of the Arhuaca community and the Colombian Soydoy foundation to come up with a novel proposal, which was awarded among the three best in the 2021 Local Innovators Competition<\/a>. The solution includes the creation of new social fabrics that sustainably promote food security and place women as protagonists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures from social leaders, at least 7 out of every 10 people suffer from malnutrition in this mountain area of Valledupar. The town is home to 430 families who live off self-consumption agriculture, but with little variety of options for planting and eating. Thus, the project ensures that the community receives greater training in food safety to grow food and prepare various recipes that allow for better nutritional quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve this, they proposed the creation of \u201c\u00cdsuyas\u201d, which in the native language of Jewrwa means \u201cweaver\u201d. These are spaces of trust, healing and strengthening of the social fabric. \u201cConversations will be facilitated in the kitchens of homes, which will help build relationships of trust between women, increasing their support networks, through the exchange of experiences and knowledge,\u201d states the presentation of the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Female empowerment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe see that the role of women is important within families as responsible for preparing food and caring for gardens, but at the same time it appears to be of little relevance, visible and valued among the population. Our proposal is based on giving relevance to their role and taking it as a leverage point through the creation of spaces of trust, the \u00cdsuyas, in which there is active listening and sisterhood. It is about building social fabric around kitchens as a space for healing in order to combat food insecurity,\u201d he explained. Andrea Escobar<\/strong>, co-founder of Soydoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution also includes creating a hotbed and organizing events, such as food festivals, where families can share new recipes with the community. Another of the problems identified in Jewrwa is that there are not many ties of friendship among the population. And one of the foundation's conclusions is that this lack of support networks is one of the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen will be protagonists<\/a>s within the \u00cdsuyas and also as community promoters; They will be true agents of change to replicate the models in other Ahuarco towns. Our goal is to reach 300 women in 18 months through the reproduction of the \u00cdsuyas,\u201d Escobar said at the end of 2021. \u201cThis is an innovative and distributive solution that promotes systemic change through the role of women in Ahuarca community, and bases its sustainability on the empowerment they will have both in their families and those around them,\u201d added the social entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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