BARICHARA INITIATIVE: Rural Lab

The rural world, where everything begins, is an organic laboratory where we can characterizephenomena and especially where it is possible to intervene judiciously in order to collectively improve the living conditions of its inhabitants and their environment.

Based on this observation of rurality, we launched the local Rural Lab initiative in Santa Helena, Barichara, Santander, Colombia. It is about creating a space for social experimentation that aims to design, test and implement tools to improve the sustainable and resilient practices of local inhabitants. In this way, social actors participate in the creation of proposals and solutions to local problems, always through changes or innovations that improve specific aspects of their communities. Evolutio International is currently seeking funding for this local initiative which aims, among other things, to protect the environment and guarantee access to drinking water in a rural Andean region.