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There’s a lot going on in the Foundation, here’s an update about the most important achievements:

Urban Garden Network:

In May we had a very successful fundraising dinner in Marmoleo with the chef Pedro Fernández (The Chef is Back). The success of the event will be used to assemble the prints for greater production, for the purchase of technical inputs that our emerging gardeners need and for the work in the schools.

We’ll be organizing another Fundraising Dinner soon in Medellin, keep updated on our social media, so you won’t miss it.

SENA course:

This year the SENA - a public establishment with administrative autonomy, attached to the Ministry of Labor – is giving a 6-month horticultural training course in our garden. SENA “emprende rural/approach rural” is giving this course until October.

"Manglar de mi Corazón/Mangrove of my Heart":

Our project on the coast of Colombia "Manglar de mi Corazón/Mangrove of my Heart" is expanding. We started a program with the Corporation Maria Mulata that is called “Amigos del Manglar/Friends of the Mangroves”. Part of the program is the recognition of the mangrove environment by children through field trips and the formation and acquisition of knowledge about the importance of the mangrove through the creation of workshop. We already realised a recycling fair where the children built ecobricks and other useful objects.

As you see there is a lot happening, and we are very grateful for your support! If you are able, please consider become a monthly donor through Global Giving, which helps us calculate our projects and have a faster progess.

Thank you for your generous support!

We have great news! 

Our project on Community Incentives for Mangrove Protection, named "Mangrove of my Heart/ Manglar de mi Corazón", received a generous donation from a private donor to do some really cool things! 

This donation enabled us to connect with Pelagic Data out of San Francisco, California. Pelagic Data uses digital tecnology and data mangement to protect and improve the quality of fisheries all over the world. The first week of april, they will join us in Rincón del Mar to connect their activities and data collection process to our Mangrove Data, support local fisherman  in developing better practices, and thereby protecting local livelihoods and well being that depend on the health and wellbeing of local ecosystems. 

We also participated in the "Data Management for Ecosystem Protection" Conference in Montería, Córdoba the 14 of March, where E2E presented how communities are a an important part of ecosystem protection, and how we can connect data on environmental quality and human wellbeing to make sure that we attend to both in any kind of intervention. 

We are proud of the community´s response, involvement and how they have adopted the project and are making big strides for social change. 

Rincón del Mar is a resilient community that need more help than ever, and we are going to stand by them on their journey towards creating a resilient, united and sustainable community. 

We are working on mangroves, fisheries, community education and trash management. . .which is a lot! If you would like to sign up to out mailing list, just go to our website to get more news. 

We are also still lookign for support for this project-- we have reached several big milestones for fundraising, but are still looking for another $30,000 USD. GlobalGiving has facilitated connecting us withsom any of you- and we greatly appreciate your support. To continue making big changes in Rincón del Mar, we are asking you to become a monthly donor to the Rincón del Mar project. 

Any small amount helps, and what is pocket change for you can make a big difference in Rincón del Mar. 

Thanks again for all of your support and stay tuned for exciting updates.