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News · 29 March 2017

Video: memory of Contribution Contract 104 between ICBF and ACIMVIP

A 16-minute video recording the memory of Contribution Contract 104 of 2017, signed on 29 March 2017 between the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) and ACIMVIP to strengthen family and community ties and food security for the good living of 90 families of the Inga People of Villagarzón, Putumayo, in accordance with the technical guidelines and operating manual of the Ethnic Territories with Well-being modality. According to the public procurement registry (SECOP), the contract, for 84,700,000 pesos, was executed between 29 March and 28 December 2017 and has been settled.

The video combines testimonies from authorities and women community members with footage of the activities. Carlos Andrés López Descanse, president of ACIMVIP, and Diana Silva Montealegre, psychosocial professional, speak about the process according to the captions; the governor of the Inga Blasiaku Reservation, Taita Vicente Jacanamejoy, and women from the San Miguel de la Castellana Reservation share their experience. The sequences show the family gatherings, workshops and mingas, with captions such as «Recognizing the roles of men and women», «Resources to use to cultivate trust», «Mutual care», «Gathering of families, territories for good living» and «Remembering ancestral knowledge for the good living of the family», as well as the strengthening of the chagra through cassava cultivation, typical Inga food and the celebration of the Atun Puncha of the Inga People of Villagarzón.

The closing credits thank the ICBF and acknowledge the authorities of the Chaluayaco, Wasipungo, Blasiaku, Albania and San Miguel Reservations and of the Cabildos Cachiacu Andaki, Nukanchipa Taita Kausadiru and Musu Waira Sacha Nucanchipa (now part of the Inga Indigenous Reservation of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi), as well as the team of the ICBF Putumayo Regional Office and the Mocoa Zonal Centre.

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