The National Batuta Foundation and GeoPark promote musical training for 80 children and adolescents from Putumayo.

In order to strengthen protective spaces for girls, boys, and adolescents in Putumayo, the National Batuta Foundation and GeoPark, through its subsidiary the new Amerisur, announce the continuation of the symphonic string music training project that benefits 80 minors from the municipality of Puerto Asís, which will be developed through a hybrid educational model of in-person and virtual classes.

This project will be carried out with the conviction that musical training strengthens culture as a key axis of territorial transformation and creates a space for girls, boys, and adolescents in Puerto Asís to fully enjoy their fundamental right to education and recreation. The initiative also represents a lever for social transformation by promoting essential values of peaceful coexistence, such as respect, solidarity, and teamwork.

With this alliance, the Foundation will also be able to strengthen its Talentos Batuta program, through which it facilitates access to higher musical education for young people from low-income backgrounds linked to the Youth and Children's Orchestra System.

María Claudia Parias Durán, Executive President of the National Batuta Foundation, stated that: “Creating this path of opportunities is the best way to rebuild the social fabric and generate real social transformations in Colombia. Together with strategic allies like GeoPark, through its subsidiary the new Amerisur, we will continue to strengthen the skills of children and youth in Putumayo for their social and productive development.”.

For GeoPark, this agreement represents the opportunity to continue contributing to closing gaps and fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically to:

Quality education: by promoting learning opportunities through music as a means to create protective spaces for children, girls, and adolescents and their families.

Gender equality:by contributing to the empowerment of girls through training and the creation of protective spaces that prevent any form of violence against them.

Reduction of inequalities: by training and promoting educational opportunities for children, girls, youth, and adolescents.

Luisa Vargas, Neighbor Relations Manager at GeoPark, stated: “We are very pleased to continue this project, which makes possible the realization of the musical training and growth dreams of the children, girls, and adolescents in our neighboring communities in Putumayo. At GeoPark, we are committed to leveraging projects that allow us to generate transformation opportunities in the territory and contribute to the consolidation of a more equitable and inclusive society.”.

The implementation of musical training programs in Putumayo is part of the National Batuta Foundation's commitment to generate learning opportunities and strengthen protective environments for children, girls, adolescents, and youth.