1 · After / Pijao, Quindío
From fire to nest
On August 10 the earth shook in Pijao, and the next day the fire came. Dozens of farmhouses were lost. Today, in minga, we are building homes that breathe, produce and care.
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2 · The minga
First, the people come
In a minga (a community work day) the land is cleared, the sancocho is shared and trust returns. There is one every Saturday, and five people showing up is already a win.
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3 · The roof
A house the region knows how to build
A firm foundation, real protection from damp, a guadua bamboo frame, bahareque earth walls and clay tile. With a porch to welcome the neighbours and a postigo shutter to look out without being seen.
4 · The land
Around it, a forest that feeds
The land produces again in layers, from the ground to the canopy: vegetable garden, coffee, plantain, fruit trees and native trees that protect the water.
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5 · The nest
A nido is more than a roof
Water, sun, food and community in one place. This is how every house we build together grows.
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under construction
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with a shared sancocho
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meals served
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raised
The Nido Alliance
Living, producing and healing in one place
Nido Pijao brings together the living-home model of NIDO | Hogares Vivos, the psychosocial care of Corporación Espejo de Agua, the technology of AHO!, the reach of Esto es Quindío and the strength of the minga. An alliance in formation, with open books.
NIDO's goal for its first phase: 40 nidos, about 200 rural people and some 40 hectares restored.
A dignified home
An earthquake-resistant farmhouse with solar power and clean water.
Efficient land
A family garden and regenerative crops that feed a family on little land.
A regenerated ecosystem
Native trees, protected water and biodiversity around every house.
A thriving family
A family that lives in, cares for and makes its nido productive, with a stable income.
Three ways to help
Today you can help raise a house
Donate
From anywhere, in dollars or pesos. Every gift is traced to a house.
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Join a minga
Every Saturday: hands, sancocho and good company. You don't need to know how to build.
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See the houses
What has been done, what has been spent and what is still needed for each house.
See the houses
So far
What's been done, counted
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under construction: House 1 in Pijao
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with a shared sancocho
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meals served at mingas
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raised for Pijao (≈ )
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Who does what
Each in its own lane
NIDO | Hogares Vivos
The building model, materials and agronomy. La Finca de Ellas and Ancestral Organics, from Filandia.
Espejo de Agua and AHO!
This platform, transparency, donations, field coordination in Pijao and the psychosocial care of Heal and Sow.
Esto es Quindío
Brand, events and live communication, and the Solidarity T-shirt.
Sancocho Club
The cooking pot at every minga: One Pot, One Roof, from Portland.
La Semilla
Building, agroecology and bird knowledge shared at mingas.
With
NIDO | Hogares VivosCorporación Espejo de AguaAHO!Esto es QuindíoSancocho ClubLa Semilla