
Know Flor María Rincón's story


23,118 people
have received access to water and/or sanitation services (WASH).

33,199 people
have participated in SABC activities.

38 communities
in rural and urban areas have benefited.

21 community systems
of water supply have been built and improved.

972 women & 344 men
community members, Aguas de Tumaco officials, teachers and students, have received training as Agents of Change through 48 trainings.

1,275 replicas
of SABC interventions have been performed in communities by Agents of Change where 18,065 people have participated.
115 entrepreneurs have been supported through 474 WASH activities that include:

On-site and virtual training on technical, sales and customer service issues.

Specialized technical support.

Seed capital delivery.
38 SABC activities, have been designed and implemented 148 times to promote the adoption of behaviours such as:
- payment of water fee
- hand washing with soap and water
- the safe treatment and storage of drinking water at home
These processes involve:

Know Marlene's story

Marlene is a born leader, curious and committed. Her village is located more than 30 kilometers from the urban center of Tumaco, municipality of Nariño, Colombia.

Marlene has been part of the community action board, in which inhabitants of the village organize themselves to manage issues of common interest, and of the community organization for the optimization of the aqueduct, a process financed by ConvidArte in alliance with the local operator Aguas de Tumaco S.A. E.S.P.

Her goal was to reactivate a family dream and have a positive impact on her community: she would strengthen the hardware store in which her three children collaborated and in which the family had invested resources and labor. By contributing to the sustainability of the WASH system, Marlene made her community more autonomous.

Access Component Goals:
In addition to infrastructure development, this component includes the creation and strengthening of community water and sanitation committees and the promotion of women's leadership.

ConvidArte's SABC activities inspire and activate the adoption of the following behaviours and sustain their practice:
ConvidArte's SABC activities include:

Inspire:
Theater plays followed by reflection forums.

Activate:
Playful-pedagogical workshops, co-creation of audiovisuals and other artistic strategies.

Sustain:
Co-creation of short films, humor and musical clips, fotonovelas, murals and an annual festival.

The Capital Component, in synergy with the other components, promotes the local economy by strengthening the local WASH value chain:
Some of the partners collaborating in Component C with the PLAN Foundation in the implementation of Agua para ConvidArte Tumaco are the Mayor's Office of Tumaco, Aguas de Tumaco E.S.P. and Cordeagropaz.







As part of the training, the members of the committee address topics that provide them with tools to manage their systems in a sustainable and durable way:





On the other hand, the capital injection for MSMEs in ConvidArte is based on technical, social, economic, environmental and commercial criteria.

These take into account the coherence in the formulation of the business plan, knowledge of the business environment, economic viability, value proposition, sustainability, gender equality and presentation of the initiative.

After an analysis and evaluation of the information provided, the initiatives with the greatest viability are selected to benefit from cash contributions for specific purposes.
