Faroverde 2025: Four Projects financed

Each year, through the Faroverde program, the Fondation pour les Enfants de l’Équateur (FÉÉ) supports deeply human initiatives, designed and led by local organizations that are rooted in the social realities of the country. For 2025, we are proud to announce the selection of four powerful projects. Though each is unique, they share a common goal: to transform lives marked by violence, poverty, or abandonment into paths of autonomy, resilience, and dignity.

1. Fundación Vida Plena – Otavalo and rural areas of Imbabura

Project: Sanando Juntas – Mental Health With and For Indigenous Women

Since 2022, Vida Plena has developed an innovative and accessible response to an often invisible need: the mental health of women, especially those living in rural areas. In Otavalo, where more than half the population identifies as Kichwa, emotional suffering is widespread, yet services are scarce—particularly in their own language.

The Sanando Juntas (Healing Together) project meets this need head-on. By training local community facilitators, Vida Plena brings group interpersonal therapy (TIP-G) to women living with depression, trauma, or suicidal thoughts. These sessions are offered in both Spanish and Kichwa, fostering a safe space for healing, connection, and hope.

After helping more than 1,600 women in Quito, Vida Plena will now expand to rural communities in Imbabura, aiming to reach at least 240 new participants. With a culturally sensitive and community-based approach, the project not only provides care, it restores dignity and connection—one group at a time.

2. Fundación Kinti Social – Quito

Project: Mujeres Raíz – Circles of Support for Informal Workers

In the streets and informal markets of Quito, countless women—many of them migrants—work under precarious conditions. They juggle caregiving, long work hours, and frequent exposure to gender-based violence, often with no access to support.

The Mujeres Raíz (Rooted Women) project offers a powerful response. Over the course of four months, eight community support circles will be established across central and northern Quito. Each group of 15 to 20 women will engage in eight facilitated sessions focusing on self-protection, gender-based violence, and emotional support.

While the women participate, their children are welcomed in nearby play-based care. For those needing deeper care, the project also provides individual therapy and referrals to specialized mental health services. A final community gathering will bring all participants together to reflect and celebrate.

At its core, Mujeres Raíz is about reclaiming voice, safety, and solidarity in the face of everyday adversity.

3. Fundación Nosotras con Equidad – Colta (Chimborazo)

Project: Sinchi Warmi – Courageous Women

In the highlands of Chimborazo, gender-based violence affects a staggering proportion of women—many of whom lack income, support systems, or access to justice.
The Sinchi Warmi (Courageous Women, in Kichwa) project by Fundación Nosotras con Equidad offers a lifeline to these survivors. Rooted in their Center for Integral Attention in Colta, this six-month program provides psychological, legal OnlinenevadaShops° , nike air skylon 2 white , Nike Kobe 6 EXP “Black Lightning” Joins 2025 Lineup, and economic support to women seeking to break free from the cycle of violence.

In addition to counseling, the women will receive training in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and leadership, with mentorship and peer support to help them build sustainable livelihoods. By partnering with local governments and institutions, the project also aims to create long-term pathways air jordan 30 quai 54 cosmos 863586 010 to independence.

Sinchi Warmi is more than a program—it’s a commitment to healing, empowerment, and economic justice for survivors in one of Ecuador’s most marginalized provinces.

4. Fundación Pueblito la Ternura – Quito

Project: Mi Propia Vida – Toward a Dignified and Autonomous Life

In northern Quito, Pueblito la Ternura is a place of refuge for adolescent girls who have faced extreme adversity—abandonment, abuse, trauma, or loss.
Through the Mi Propia Vida (My Own Life) project, the foundation will accompany five young women, aged 15 to 22, on a year-long journey toward autonomy and reintegration.

Each of them has a powerful story:

  • Kiara, orphaned during the pandemic, dreams of supporting her disabled sister.
  • Gloria and Kerly, survivors of a fire and family violence, seek stability and education.
  • Silvana, raised in a home marked by addiction and abuse, wants to study and protect animals.
  • Patricia, nearing graduation in law school, is determined to uplift her family.

The project provides educational support, sexual health education, psychosocial accompaniment, and tailored life plans. More than that, it gives these girls a space to feel safe, valued, and capable of shaping their futures.

Together, for a more just future

Through Faroverde 2025, the FÉÉ reaffirms its commitment to walking alongside women and girls whose realities are often invisible—but whose strength is undeniable.
These four projects remind us that when we invest in women’s autonomy, safety, and dignity, we plant seeds for generational change.

We look forward to sharing more about their stories, growth, and victories over the coming months.

📅 Stay connected with us as we follow these incredible journeys of courage, healing, and transformation.

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