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La Isla de los Niños
Isla de Tierra Bomba, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
Channel
Support to the children and families from a isolated community by the pandemic on Tierra Bomba Island in Colombia
Material
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Minimum | Optimum |
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Basic food basket
Making packs which contains next products for be delivered to 55 families during one month:
Rice 4kg
Potatoes 4kg
Yucca 2kg
Yam 2kg
Milk powder 2kg
24 egs
Lentils 2k
Chickpeas 2kg
Sugar 1 kg
Milk 4l
Flour 2 kg
Soap
Toothpaste
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$ 1,053 | |
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Mask materials manufacturing
Purchase of fabrics, elastics and spare parts for the sewing machines operated by the mothers of the foundation's children in the foundation's workshop
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$ 316 | |
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Extra protrein and vitamin for the kids
For their correct physical and intellectual growth, children need proteins and vitamins. Once the basic needs of the basket are covered, we would like to add things like:
-Minced meat
-Chicken
-Dairy products
-Fruits and vegetables
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$ 1,053 |
Task
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Minimum | Optimum |
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Bank fees
Supposing we achieve € 2,300 bank transfers
2300 x o.8 = 18.4 (€ 20)
We will assume the costs if they are high and in the other hand, if they are low we will use the difference to buy mask materials manufacturing
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$ 21 | |
| Total | $ 1,074 | $ 2,442 |
We are Amigos del Mar (Friends of the Sea) and we are more than a foundation, we are a community formed by 55 families from Tierrabomba Island, plus hundreds of collaborators and volunteers from around the world which want to make a better world through sport, education and ecology.
On the last ten years, Foundation Amigos del Mar, has coordinating several social programs, included educational reinforcement, water sports training, recycling, entrepreneurship, beach cleanings, students sponsorship and international volunteering. Since the beginning of the pandemic, all of those program have been replaced for a single mission: To bring groceries and hygienic materials to the population
More than half of the Tierra Bomba homes are in extreme poverty conditions, and a few less in a moderate poverty. Although the island is located beside the touristic Cartagena de Indias, it has not basic services as aqueduct, natural gas or sewerage and its electric system is strongly unstable. Furthermore, the town is suffering erosion due to sea level rise. There are more socio-historical deficiencies that afflicted the life-quality of a population which economy is mostly informal-subsistence economy (fishing, boat transportation, tourism and peddling). On a familiar level, many cases of abandonment of the home by one or both parents are detected.
Since last march, Tierrabomba population is confined and no one is authorized to enter or leave the island. Due to dictated confinement and tourism interruption, people from the island haven't any kind of economic activity, and they are totally dependent on outside assistance to get the basic products for subsistence.
With the support of the Colombian army and the Cartagena police, we have a supply route to the island from the mainland of Cartagena. Now, we need help to go shopping at the market.
Amigos del Mar is also a creative community that creates murals, photography, art recycling and recently we launched into the world of cinema creating our first short film written, directed and starred by ourselves and filming fully on the island. We want to share it with you.
WE OFFER:
We are not exactly thinking in receive donations, Los Amigos del mar have been working hard in our first movie “Children Island” and we are very proud about the result. For that, we offer you the chance to see this work in exchange for a little economic support that will be used to help the families of the kids that perform on the movie and their friends from the foundation.
So if you support us, you will receive a digital ticket, with an access code that will allow you to see the movie as many times you want during June.
WE WANT:
-Raise funds for the basic food basket of 50 families for one month
-Raise funds for the purchase of necessary materials in the manufacture of masks
-To publicize the situation of children in the Tierra Bomba community
-Socialize the work of the Amigos del Mar Foundation
Like always, Amigos del Mar wants to help kids from Tierrabomba to build a better future. This time the challenge is bigger than ever. We count on you, our collaborators, sponsors and volunteers that have been there, sharing foundation's work, you that know in person the needs of the community and the potential from the childhood on the island.
Collaborate with your contribution and share this campaign with your contacts.
Support Children’s Island.
After ten years working in Tierrabomba, the foundation has a great experience, is an important figure in the community and has a good reputation in the zone. It's programs included the manage of a surf team that train several national and international champions, free training in exchange for schooling for kids and young, international sponsorship program, beach cleaning actions and recycling, international volunteer program and manage a hostel for volunteers and an educational space, La Escuelita de los Sueños (Little School of dreams), were the recycling workshops, surf team meetings and sewing workshop are located.
On the last months, due to the interruption of economy and people’s confinement, all programs are stopped and the Foundation’s work is focused in fundraising and food delivery.
Pedro Salazar (Colombia)
Entrepreneur and sportsman who ten years ago moved to Tierrabomba and saw clearly that his live purpose has to be work to improve kid's lives and transform the community.
Charlie Moore (England)
Audiovisual producer specialized in music industry from London. Since several years he travels for several months to Tierrabomba for share his knowledge and his work with Amigos del Mar.
Miguel Ángel Jordán (España)
Acting coach and cultural manager who has been working several years in the Spanish International Development Agency in Guatemala and Colombia.
The Amigos del Mar foundation has worked for ten years for the Tierrabomba community in the Colombian Caribbean sea in front of the tourist city of Cartagena de Indias. We focus our work on children and young people through three scenarios: education, environment and surfing, seeking to offer them a vision, values and tools that stimulate them to develop a life project and improve their community. The Amigos del Mar believe that sports, wildlife and education are the most important things in life.
We think global and act locally.
Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.
The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication.
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development.
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
