¿What is the purpose of this project?

The main purpose of this project is to provide environmental education to local stakeholders and to assess risks related to flooding and landslides in this watershed. In addition, the generation of additional income through the Social Business approach to communities provides them with better living conditions.

Results

• 25 people with a diploma in environment, risk management and regulation of the Manizales creek watershed
• Creation of the “Red de Amigos de la microcuenca” network
• Creation of a community tree nursery
• Construction of a drainage system for rain water, in the Manizales creek watershed, which substantially lowers the risk for population and companies.

Participating companies and institutions

Ecopetrol, Corpocaldas, Grameen Caldas and Corporación Aldea Global. Also, with support of Universidad Nacional sede Manizales and Actuar Famiempresas.

Management and sustainability of construction for erosion control with social engagement in the sextor “Baldosas del Norte”in the town of Neira, Caldas (Corpocaldas) (2004 – 2005).

¿What was the purpose of this project?

• To convey the importance of proper management for soil stability among organizations, institutions and NGOs
• Identify the potential for tourism of the area
• Generate revenues for the neighboring communities from eco-tourism projects

Achievements

• Consolidation of work groups – with a clear gender focus – in neighborhoods close to the construction work
• Training for communities in sustainability and management of construction works for erosion control
• Ecological tours and field trips and planning events with the community
• Demarcation and reforestation for the area “Baldosas del Norte”
• Creation of attractive employment opportunities for the local community
• Inter-institutional work between Corpocaldas, city administration, comunal action boards, base communities and Aldea Global
• Community engagement in revegetation.

Immediate Action Plans PAI are an instrument to guide was developed by the departmental environmental authority, Corpocaldas in 2008. Aldea Global, has been actively engaged in designing and managing a variety of actions around the PAIs since the design and creation of this tool, especially in the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Tolima.

¿What is the purpose of this project?

Under the slogan “Alliances for life” (“alianzas para la vida”), the PAI are created as a result of needs identified by social actors, where everyone of them is commited to an inter-institutional coordinated process, in association with strategic stakeholders linked to the territory.

¿In which PAI Corporacion Aldea Global has been involved?

• San Francisco watershed –Chinchiná, Caldas and Marsella, department of Risaralda
• Rio Claro and San Julián rivers watersheds, department of caldas
• Microwatershed of Manizales creek (Industrial zone, city of Manizales, Caldas).
• Guarinó river watershed, charca del Guarinocito (towns of Marulanda and La Dorada, Caldas;  and Herveo and Fresno, Tolima)
• La Miel river watershed, department of Caldas
• Town of Marmato, department of Caldas.

Actions taken

• Construction of de PAI for the Guarinó river (June – Sept. 2008)
• Formulation and management of PAI for 4 watersheds – Guarinó, Rio Claro, Manizales creek and Cameguadua, and 2 towns, La Dorada and Marmato, Caldas department (January – June 2010)
• Management of 7 PAI for the Caldas department in 2011.