As part of the 1,000th construction project carried out through the partnership between TECHO Softys, two bathrooms, two water towers, and two SCPALL sanitation solutions were installed this weekend in a community space in the municipality of Gachancipá, Colombia.
These solutions were designed to support the work of community caregivers: women who, through neighborhood organizations, care for children in their communities and maintain care spaces that are essential to the collective well-being.
Community centers are a safe place for children to be cared for. They also allow women who provide care to do so outside their homes, where they have more space and can therefore take in more children, helping other mothers to go out to work or study with peace of mind.
Water and hygiene solutions—such as restrooms, SCPALL units, and water towers—ensure something as basic as it is essential: a clean, safe place with access to water. This not only improves the daily lives of caregivers but also safeguards the health, privacy, and well-being of the entire community.
An initiative that was launched by the women of the neighborhood themselves and, with the support of TECHO Softys, helped make it a better place to raise children. Because major transformations don’t happen out of nowhere. They don’t happen on their own.
Written by Lucía Carabelli