1. Mingueo Project A replicable model of sustainability Project Summary

2. Mingueo Model Identify needs, skills, knowledge, local resources & core group Identifying trainings (permaculture skills, business, leadership, facilitation, mediation & conflict Resolution) Native spirituality, reconnection with nature & seasonal celebration Holistic Well-being Self-evaluation & action in social, financial & environmental contexts

3. Integrating Values Appreciation Working Together Holistic Well-being Spirituality Learning

4. Mingueo Project aims to restore an ancient pre-Colombian tradition of community work and solidarity, and to maximize the use of local resources Local Resources Rural Communities Displaced Handcrafters Youngsters Women

5. Mission To improve the quality of life by creating sustainable communities with a holistic worldview that are strong in their connection to their local resources - financial, physical, mental and natural - by working together with solidarity and shared leadership skills.

6. Social Impact We aim to demonstrate the impacts of positive change by investing in projects based on “The Mingueo Model: design for Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability.” The benefits can then be seen in terms of return for individuals, communities, society and the environment.

7. The pilot project is in the city of Valledupar – Cesar (Colombia)

8. Area Map

9. Social Sustainability Inspiring ownership of the project by working and serving together Regular community building exercises ‘Cabildosabiertos’ Leadership, mediation, prevention and resolution of conflicts trainings Celebration through traditional arts, music

10. Economic Sustainability Appreciating and maximising the use of local resources STRO methodologies (Social Trade Organisation) NEF methodologies (New Economics Foundation) SROI principles (Social Return On Investment) Establishing an unique brand name/solidarity product and network for marketing it Skills training Creative business model Local currency/LETS system

11. Ecological Sustainability Ensuring eco-infrastructure in planning phase Permaculture farming Renewable resources Closed loop waste management Education and skills workshop

12. Spiritual Sustainability workshops to reconnect with nature and each other creating a ‘space of love’ for each family integration of personal, bioregional and planetary health via sacred space seasonal ceremony and community rituals (e.g. births, deaths, marriages, etc.)

14. The mountainous regions of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serrania del Perija are characterized by low temperatures with snow at high altitude peaks and precipitation of more than 2,000 mm a year.

17. Universal Education

18. Gender Equality

19. Child Health

20. Maternal Health

21. Environmental Sustainability

24. Children are specially at risk of contracting diseases from poor hygienic conditions

27. Communal “kitchen”

28. Candelaria (right.), displaced community leader

29. Displaced families dwellings

30. Indigenous people who in the past had a sustainable way of living, have been moved to the city where they become beggars

31. Rural Community in need of WATER!

32. Global warming is having a massive impact on this region, fewer rainy days and less production of food for farmers

33. La Vega, a rural community where more than 400 people could have work and food if they have access to 500 mof hosepipe and a small pump

34. Training in management of community development tools and integrated ecosystems are objectives of the project

35. Youngsters have seized a business opportunity - MANGOS, which are found everywhere in the city, to produce juices and other products to finance students through collegeand other community projects.

36. One of the many Mango trees in the city of Valledupar

37. Traditional music scheme, to teach underprivileged young people, will give them meaning and allow them to live away from violence

38. Promoting environmental conservation and eco-tourism

39. Eco-tourism and the regions natural resources

40. Nabusimake, indigenous town in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

45. Handcrafts

48. Supporting local economy, fair trade, skill sharing, and working with solidarity

52. http://www.neweconomics.org/ NEF/New Economics Foundation

54. For more information about the project http://www.projectmingueo.wordpress.com Photos and a documentary in progress: http://www.wherethereishope.wordpress.com Email:fabiolafuentesb@gmail.com