Jietka wayuú, It is formed by the citadel 150 builds homes in Manaure National Adaptation Fund for the victims of the cold wave of 2010 and 2011. Jietka means woman in wayunaiki and was the name chosen by the group of women beneficiaries to baptize the housing project.
these beneficiaries, They received from Corpoguajira fruit trees and shade that are resistant to soil salinity, the municipality itself.
The importance of planting these trees in arid and desert places have a threefold purpose: They contribute to adaptation to the effects of climate change as evidenced by high thermal sensations, conservation of ecosystem services and shade tree, conceived as a new scenario, which favors the strengthening of social relations that generate a better climate of cooperation in these heterogeneous citadels, multiethnic and multicultural.
For the new inhabitants of the citadel Jietka Wayuu, these trees received are the silent witness of the joy and satisfaction they feel about the fact that owners and therefore signed the commitment to care and create green areas together so that their homes have an added value.
In the form of alliance, Corpoguajira has led environmental education processes in citadels of Riohacha and Maicao, as is the case with established Comfaguajira, zonal operator of these constructions which have been addressed educational strategies to guide owners on issues such as solid waste disposal, rational use of water, climate change, inter alia, ensuring sound environmental management of the site as healthy living space for its residents.






























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