Successfully concluded the first phase of the “Somos Pazíficos” program in Huila

Publication date: 2024-12-27 09:34:38

More than 500 young people from Neiva, Aipe and Villavieja and cuentan with tools to promote a culture of safety and social cohesion.

2024-12-27 09:34:38

The positive results concluded the first phase of the “Somos Pazíficos” program, an initiative of Ecopetrol that seeks the youth of Huila to lead processes of social transformation and strengthen safe environments.

This project, developed in alliance with the Somos Capaces Association, has exceeded expectations by directly impacting 549 young people from Neiva, Aipe and Villavieja, who now have tools to promote a culture of safety and social cohesion.

In this first phase, focused on diversity and inclusion, young people participate in talleres sobre identidad, perspectives inclusivas, discurss and el vínculo between emotions, cuerpo and mente.

In addition, they led 120 multiplication projects, which impacted 1,825 people, including students and community members, reinforcing the values ​​of inclusion and respect.

It also declares itself to be a multicultural meeting, bringing together delegates from 14 countries, generating a valuable cultural exchange and new perspectives for the beneficiaries of the program.

“Ecopetrol is firmly convenient de que los young people are the energy that transforms in Colombia and training young people, creyendo in them and training ciudadanía vamos to contribute to having a better country and really achieve this participatory democracy of the fact that it speaks to us The Constitution”, he pointed out. Sandra Lucía Rodríguez, vice president of Territorial Transformation and HSE of Ecopetrol.

Paola Ibáñez, national coordinator of the Jóvenes Pazíficos program, revealed the impact of this first phase: “In this cycle, they work with young people from seis comunidades de Neiva, Aipe y Villavieja, achieving the transformation of the new leader’s vision, but also of the school environment. comunitario en el que se desenvuelven. This program was a bridge for self-conocimiento, respeto and the construction of more harmonious relationships.”

The next phase of the program, which will develop in 2025, will be focused on maneuvering and conflict resolution, with the objective of empowering young people to acquire new skills that allow them to strengthen dialogue and build from difference.