MUJER & CC - Rural Women Mobilise Processes of Adaptation to Climate Change in Colombia

About this project

The main objective of the project is to increase the resilience of families and their productive units, with an agro-ecological approach, reducing climate vulnerability by initiating a pilot process of community climate monitoring and the implementation of a basket of adaptation and mitigation technologies involving: biodigesters, productive roofs, septic tanks, water reservoirs, rainwater harvesting, composting and productive diversification to improve food security and quality of life, especially for women. It contributes directly to overcoming poverty by increasing the resilience of poor rural communities, especially those vulnerable to climate change. It especially engages women, who are the most marginalised among the excluded population, to position them as community leaders with management and advocacy skills. To achieve the objective, we will strengthen the organisational, technical, climate monitoring, productive and market capacities of rural families linked to the Association of Rural Women of San Gil and the Ecomercado for climate change adaptation and food security. The strategy proposed for the achievement of the objective includes the components of training from the Agroecological Peasant School with its dialogue of knowledge; technical assistance with agroecological promoters with the farmer-to-farmer methodology and learning by doing; seed capital for the implementation of the basket of low-cost technologies and organisational strengthening. The sustainabili…

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Christian Aid · International NGO

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Colombia

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Environmental policy and administrative management

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CORAMBIENTE

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Christian Aid

Published by Christian Aid to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Mar 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: GB-CHC-1105851-PRJ1738.

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