GENFAMI Foundation · Projects
Projects that enhance lives and territories
Learn about the projects of GENFAMI: prevention and intervention against gender-based violence, mental health and psychosocial support, sexual and reproductive health and peacebuilding, together with national and international allies.
Projects underway
What we are doing today
Active initiatives that strengthen institutional and community capacities, emergency response, and women's leadership in the territories.
Agenda Viva: Women, Territory and Peace
With the support of the Multilateral Fund – UN Women
- Tumaco and Barbacoas, Nariño
Strengthens the territorial capacity to implement the Agenda of Women, Peace and Security and the PAN 1325 in Tumaco and Barbacoas, through the participation and diverse leadership of women and institutional strengthening, contributing to a peace based on inclusion, human security and community and institutional trust.
What we are building:
- Two territorial networks of women—African descent and indigenous—have consolidated their own agendas aligned with the Agenda for Women, Peace, and Security.
- Territorial actions of the PAN 1325 formulated with local, state and departmental authorities, with a mechanism to monitor their compliance.
- A community model of intercultural healing that brings together traditional knowledge holders, community leaders, and mental health professionals.
- Human talent in health, IPS and strengthened government to provide comprehensive, dignified and culturally relevant care to women survivors of GBV.
- Focused prevention strategies for VBG in conflict and post-conflict contexts.
Town / City: Afrodescendent and indigenous women, victims of the armed conflict, women's networks and community-based organizations.
Local Rapid Response Mechanism - Buenaventura
With the support of the Multilateral Fund
- Buenaventura, Cauca Valley
It ensures safe and timely access to essential health and protection services for communities affected by armed conflict and climate crises in Buenaventura, and strengthens community resilience through community-based solutions for monitoring, prevention, and response to emergencies.
What we are building:
- Establishment of the Rapid Local Response Mechanism.
- Consolidation of protection spaces for children and attention to gender-based violence.
- Comprehensive response (protection and health) to emergency events.
- Strengthening community response strategies from the protection line.
Town / City: girls, boys and adolescents, women, victims of the armed conflict, Afro-Colombian, indigenous and rural communities, networks of women and grassroots community organizations.
Strengthening capacities for the comprehensive health care of VRSR
With support from Profamilia – Opción Legal · Ministry of Health
- 12 municipalities in 6 departments
Strengthens the technical, operational and behavioral competencies of health personnel for the timely identification, comprehensive care and activation of intersectoral routes in the face of cases of violence, promoting care focused on the surviving person, based on human rights, with a gender and intersectional approach.
Results and products:
- 300 professionals from the healthcare and administrative areas of the ESE have been trained.
- Toolbox with content to replicate the training process.
- 12 territorial reports with warnings and recommendations addressed to the Ministry of Health.
- Technical document with the proposal to strengthen the approach to violence in the health sector.
Territories: Arauca and Saravena (Arauca); Barranquilla and Soledad (Atlantic); Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario and Tibú (North Santander); Bogotá and Soacha (Cundinamarca); Riohacha and Maicao (La Guajira); Cartagena (Bolívar).
UMBI
Roots that guide and wings that care
- Tumaco and Buenaventura
- AI Chatbot in WhatsApp
UMBI is an initiative of the Genfami Foundation, an organization with experience in promoting the well-being of girls, women, and families and in protecting human rights. This strategy is part of the global Good Start Challenge project, focused on the needs of women in the Pacific region of Colombia.
Initiatives and platforms
Strategies with their own space
Courses, strategies, and platforms that you can explore in depth.
With the support of CARE
Take care of yourself
The «Take Care of You: Remote Psychosocial Care» strategy seeks to promote psychosocial well-being and strengthen coping strategies, self-care processes, early detection and mitigation of psychosocial and mental health risks among frontline healthcare workers, humanitarian action, and emergencies.
With the support of USAID
Integrate
The “Integrate: Strengthening Services for Dignity” strategy aims to raise awareness and train professionals, members of institutions, and social organizations in key knowledge, best practices, and to generate reflections on how to better carry out their roles with victims and survivors of sex and gender-based violence, with an emphasis on a migratory approach.
With the support of USAID
WHS - MLC
It is a commitment to the transformative leadership of women and girls in contexts of violence, migration, and conflict. A project that strengthens their voices, promotes their autonomy, and connects them to transform communities.
Career
Projects that have left a mark
A selection of projects developed with international cooperation partners and public entities in different regions of Colombia.
Strengthening institutional and community technical capacities for the prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV)
Strengthening institutional and community technical capacities in the departments of Chocó, Arauca, and Cauca for the prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV), especially sexual violence, against girls, boys, and adolescents in contexts of armed conflict.
Strengthening community and social organization initiatives to prevent the Sexual Exploitation of Girls, Boys, and Adolescents (ESNNA) in Nariño, Norte de Santander, Arauca, and La Guajira
It aims to strengthen social organizations and communities to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and child sexual exploitation through training, funding for local initiatives, and active participation of adolescents as leaders in protection and prevention processes.
Prevention and care of gender-based violence (GBV), with an emphasis on preventing human trafficking for sexual exploitation within the Local Migratory Governance System
Capacity building to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and human trafficking through training, educational kits, and support for women-led organizations.
CAFI Network Leadership in Colombia
Se busca fortalecer el nexo triple entre desarrollo, paz y acción humanitaria en Colombia para prevenir y responder a violencias basadas en género, priorizando políticas públicas, redes colaborativas y el bienestar de las sobrevivientes.
Strengthening psychosocial support tools and mental health first aid training for social organizations involved in the Global Survivors Fund's research in Colombia
The impact of armed conflict on victims and their reparation processes was explored, with a focus on mental health and psychosocial support. Its findings contributed to making survivors' voices visible and strengthening reparation responses in Colombia.
Remote strengthening of the capabilities of health professionals and technicians in gender-based violence, with emphasis on sexual violence.
This initiative strengthened the capacities of health professionals and technical personnel in 20 cities in Colombia, combining in-person training, virtual courses, and an intercultural approach with indigenous health promoters.
Technical and operational assistance to the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (ICBF) to strengthen institutional capacities and develop recommendations for the prevention and response to sexual violence situations, with a specific focus on cases occurring within the child protection system.
A comprehensive analysis of the child protection system was conducted, identifying risks and areas for improvement to strengthen prevention and guarantee the rights of children and adolescents.
Develop a regional strategy for Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and for the implementation of the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Prevention (SEA) Policy.
The initiative promoted participatory communication channels and practical tools to support communities' self-management in the face of gender-based violence.
Comprehensive assistance for PSEA victims - Comprehensive support services for survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse (EAS).
The project strengthened prevention and care against sexual exploitation and abuse through protocols, territorial diagnoses, and practical tools that are now a reference for UNICEF and its partners in improving the quality and sustainability of the response.
Services for the development of institutional training processes and community-based Information, Education and Communication (IEC) actions in sexual and reproductive health, with emphasis on gender-based violence and sexual violence.
The project strengthened care for survivors of gender-based violence, promoting community empowerment and access to protection and sexual and reproductive health services through institutional training and communication strategies.
Institutional and community training services in sexual and reproductive health, with an emphasis on rights, gender-based violence and sexual violence, maternal health, and STI/HIV prevention, to improve humanitarian assistance and the protection of vulnerable Venezuelan women, men, adolescents, girls, and boys.
Strengthened access to health services, protection, and prevention of GBV and STIs/HIV for the Venezuelan migrant population in vulnerable situations.
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health services and safe, confidential, and timely services for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), and access to sexual and reproductive health, creation of safe spaces, and empowerment of women in humanitarian contexts.
Project to ensure sexual health, support for GBV survivors, and protection for women, girls, and adolescents in humanitarian contexts.
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