Community Play Library-Transform Children's Lives

The activities at the Community Play Library in Quibdo, Department of Chocó, coordinated by Corporación Organización El Minuto de Dios (OMD), inaugurated in October, 2025, are expanding, benefiting approximately 200 youth living in the nearby community.

The components include:

Technology: 

The digital divide affecting marginalized youth is being addressed.  The computer equipment to complete academic tasks and explore and investigate areas of interest is in almost continuous use.

Culture:

In regions characterized by high levels of violence, culture contributes to construction of peace.   The instruments funded under the project are used in music classes and various organized musical activities.

 Artistic:

Artistic expression serves as a therapeutic tool to address the persistence of violence.  Students are using equipment and supplies for painting and other artistic endeavors.

 Sports, Recreation:

Physical activity promotes group integration, emotional discipline and strengthening of socioemotional abilities.  Despite the deteriorated state of the sports play area (cancha deportiva), structured recreational activities regularly take place.

Renovation of the cancha deportiva:

The technical analysis of the project is proceeding, which includes reviewing soil/land conditions, infrastructure requirements, logistical aspects of the works and finalizing the budget.  The project includes demolition and removal of the existing concrete slabs and the adjacent storage facilities, construction of a drainage system (critical due to the intense rains in the region), and the building of a newly paved play area.

OMD is in conversations with project partners to determine whether they will assume a portion of the project cost. 

We will share more details on the construction’s progress in our next progress report.