Day 11 – July 11

After a long day in the workshop where they made progress on the model, the different working groups moved to the different municipalities of the Region where they interacted with the communities, thus obtaining new feedback in order to obtain the prototype.
That's how the El Dorado Group traveled to the Guavio Alto village in Fusagasugá to test their model.

Interaction with the community allowed them to make progress in their work seeking better water treatment management; meanwhile, on Isla del Sol in the municipality of Ricaurte, the Sand Miners Group, together with local workers, did the same to improve the model and thus help mitigate the environmental damage suffered by the area.
Meanwhile, in the municipality of Pasca, the members of Asopromes interacted with residents of the Altos del Molino village in order to find improvements to their weeder. During the day, the group traveled to different places in the village, obtaining a large number of opinions about the work carried out.
At the end of the day, each of the 10 groups managed to obtain new ideas to improve the work done.

The arduous workdays have not diminished the enthusiasm of the participants; on the contrary, each day the challenge of achieving the best possible result makes them give their best in both individual and collective effort.

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