Breaking Frontiers from Ciudad Bolívar

Americares Colombia implements a community program component through which Community Health Workers provide health knowledge and skills to members of the host communities of Venezuelan and Colombian migrants in order to promote health and self-care in community settings. Once the educational cycle is finished, the participants receive a diploma as a symbolic recognition for the commitment during the workshops and become multipliers of knowledge within their families, neighbors and communities. These spaces are characterized by being playful, where people create bonds of trust and support networks that last over time, and where stigmas are reduced.