Fundación
Frailejones

Six programmes, one mission

We work with one single community: Pijao, Quindío, in the Coffee Cultural Landscape. Integral support for many generations of the same community, building the future from the ground up.

Tierra Programme

“Planting roots, harvesting the future”

School and family gardens for food sovereignty — 560 children learn to grow food in 14 school gardens across rural Pijao.

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Bonplandia Laboratory

“Exploring, discovering and transforming through science”

A free science and botany laboratory in the heart of Pijao, where 318 children from 14 rural campuses do real science alongside biologists from the University of Quindío.

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Pijao Node Programme

“Connecting learning that transforms lives”

A university house in Armenia where rural young people from Pijao can study without housing or basic needs becoming a barrier. A bridge between Pijao and the world.

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Future Nexus

“Connecting dreams with opportunities”

The extracurricular arm of the Pijao Node — tutoring, access to academic resources and learning in nature, including environmental education trips to the páramo.

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Classrooms for Peace

“Learning classrooms as pillars of hope and peace”

Infrastructure and equipment for Pijao's rural schools — roofs, furniture and energy where they are needed, so every classroom can be a pillar of hope and peace.

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Yoga Programme

“The body as the first territory of peace”

Yoga, breathing and mindfulness sessions in Pijao's schools — between 80 and 180 children and young people per semester learn to inhabit calm.

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Would you like to sow with us?

Your knowledge, your time or supplies that support our gardens become real opportunities for the rural communities of Pijao.