Equión neighbors accessed institutional and community offerings

In order to promote reliable human connections and create spaces that favor access to the offering of institutional programs and services for the benefit of communities, Equión held the Institutional Fair and Community Meeting: Together Transforming Lives.

Neighbors from the surrounding paths of the operation, from the El Morro district and the Rincón del Soldado sector in Yopal, and some paths from the municipality of Nunchía, gathered in the same space with the operators of the Company's social investment programs, as well as with local, regional, and national public entities, including: SENA, ICBF, Banco Agrario, National Army, National Police, MinMinas, Social Prosperity, Victims Unit, Casanare Governor's Office, Yopal Mayor's Office, Ombudsman's Office, Colpensiones, IFC, and National Savings Fund.

The Fair took place within the framework of Equión's social investment program, Building Development (operated by the Casanare Chamber of Commerce), whose objective “is to work with institutions and Community Action Boards to build territory around training processes, connections, and information exchange,” stated Diego Mendoza, leader of Strategy and Social Investment at Equión.

Odilia Cataño, a neighbor from the Vijagual path in Nunchía, expressed: “this is the first time I visit the fair and I liked it very much. I found out about Banco Agrario, I was interested in the loans, the way we in the countryside can also work and get ahead. Likewise, I found the study opportunities that SENA offers for us or for our children.”.

This meeting aims to bring institutions closer and reduce the lack of knowledge that some community members have about the services and benefits they can access by being in contact with government entities. Simón Lombana, from the Rincón del Soldado path, Yopal, highlighted the opportunity to participate in the Fair, “it caught my attention, I thought about coming to pay attention to know what they were promoting and I found it very good because all the government entities are here and one gets guidance on any situation regarding what one needs, you are not making appointments or wasting time, everything is at hand,” he said.

Equión thanks the availability and openness of the different entities and local authorities that responded to this call, to the attendees from the paths, and to the llanero artist Walter Silva, for their interest in sharing with the communities a message of recognition for the work in the fields, of respect, trust, and motivation to dream and advance in the transformation of their lives.