WHERE DO THE FUNDS GATHERED BY
THE ACTIVITIES AT MAMORWA GO ?
Recovery of indigenous land
For a number of indigenous communities, land is much more than simply the place of their earthly life : it is linked with their bodies, with identity, health, spirituality, and sometimes even with their vision of the origins of the cosmos.
This is why the recovery of their lands is one of the main priorities of the 4 peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. These lands were taken from them during the Spanish conquest, forcing them to migrate and turn into a sedentary population. (To learn more about it)
To accomplish their mission as guardians of Mother Nature, the 4 tribes need access to the sacred sites of the línea negra which have, for some, become private properties. Today, the owners of these properties acknowledge that the lands belong to the indigenous people and are ready to sell them back.
The Mamos of Mamorwa participate, by collecting funds, in the recovery of the sacred territories essential to the spiritual healing of Earth and mankind.
Creation of an Arhuaco village
Once the territories constituting the Mamorwa site will be entirely recovered, the creation of one or more arhuaco villages is planned. The main idea being to increase the interactions with people who feel called there, in order to experience together and draw life lessons and wisdom : as a model of Humanity united by peace and a common responsibility and desire to take care of the living.
Functioning and maintenance of the Gunkerún Arhuaca school
A second project of land recovery and creation of a traditional village came to fruition in 2010, in the part of the Sierra Nevada bordering Pueblo Bello.
Thanks to the partial financing of the lands granted by the Colombian government, and to the rallying of external support, a school has been built there. Today, it functions with around twenty students, but also with teachers paid by the Colombian government along with an independent training program that aims to protect the arhuaco way of life and culture while also allowing an opening onto the world by the teaching of Spanish and English. The school is equipped with a canteen and all the infrastructure needed for the students to be in the best learning conditions.
A donation fund is necessary to cover all the school’s expenses tied to the learning process of traditional arhuaco handicraft, agriculture, music, as well as the maintenance and renovation of the premises.
Reforestation of the Mamorwa territories
The lands of Mamorwa are the results of decades of modern farming and monoculture that have led to an important deforestation. The idea is to resort to reforestation to support the return of the wild fauna as well as the health of the water springs present on the land.
Creation of the Mamorwa headquarters in El Molino, Colombia
The headquarters of Mamorwa in Colombia is in El Molino, in the department of La Guajira.
Creating it requires 8 000 €.