01 May

Posted at 10:30h in Current Projects

The Wayuu is an Amerindian group that numbers approximately 400,000 and inhabits the semi-desert Guajira Peninsula straddling the Colombia-Venezuela border, on the Caribbean Sea coast. Here, the Wájaro Foundation is helping to develop a regional association of Wayuu pastors and leaders from different denominations and churches from across the Wayuu territory. The aim of the association, known as ASPEWA, is to strengthen the local church and to seek the wellbeing of the Wayuu community…...

01 May

Posted at 10:28h in Current Projects

Based on the best data available, there are nearly 100 different indigenous groups throughout Colombia. However, there is much information that is out of date or simply wrong, and a lot of current data that is in diverse hands and is simply in need of consolidation. One of the goals of the Wájaro Foundation is to join hands with others in the accumulation and mapping of the data concerning indigenous communities throughout Colombia. Some of the information we are gathering is regarding: The up-to-date names of indigenous communities and their current locations Relative data concerning groups; their population numbers, root...

01 May

Posted at 10:22h in Current Projects

The Pro-Indigenous Christian Consortium of Colombia is comprised of Christian churches, national and international missionary agencies, and non-governmental organizations that support a network of Christian indigenous leaders from different regions around Colombia. Through indigenous and non-indigenous joint efforts the aim of the consortium is to support, strengthen, equip and mobilize the indigenous church and it leaders.  The consortium, though in its initial phased of development, is made up of 25 member organizations, churches and mission agencies engaged in different kinds of work all across Colombia. The Wájaro Foundation is one the consortium’s newest members and see its participation as a strategic...