COMMIT and ACT
COLOMBIa
About Us
Commit and Act is dedicated to helping health care workers in Colombia and other parts of the world support people struggling with trauma especially women who are single mothers and are victims of domestic and gender-based violence as well as mental health difficulties. Health care workers are provided with training in an evidence-based therapeutic approach called Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). Our consultants, contractors and employees are also given ongoing supervision and support. We also conduct research on our projects so that we can refine and improve the services that we provide based on data and participants' evaluations.
Our Top Three Priorities
1. Training professionals (e.g., health workers, community leaders, police, teachers) to apply ACT and PROSOCIAL with individuals, groups, and families.
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2. Providing INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND COACHING SESSIONS to women who are single mothers and have experienced sexual violence or domestic abuse
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3. DONATE to the women the Workbook “Manual de Costura para Mujeres Rotas” (Workbook to put together women who have been broken) so they can deepen their inner work towards healing
Empower
Growth
The main goal of Project Colombia is to provide psychological relief from domestic violence to women in Colombia so they can be empowered to resume their lives and support their children. At this time we are helping a group of 355 women from Chia, Cundinamarca, a town an hour away from Bogota, Colombia. The liaison of this project is Andrea Villarreal, a psychologist who has been in contact with this group for the past 4 years.
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This group is funded by generous independent donations and the high school volunteer hours that we offer. Below is an example of the fundraising event led by a high school student who participated in our "Young Leaders" Fundraising program in exchange for 35 volunteer hours.
“Soy habitante del municipio de Chía, madre autónoma de tres hijos y por elección personal me encargo de la crianza y cuidado de mis hijos, dos de los cuales están diagnosticados con trastornos y quienes necesitan apoyos extracurriculares y terapeuticos. Mi labor de madre me ha impedido acceder a un trabajo formal por lo que mis recursos monetarios son restringidos. Tengo un emprendimiento donde vendo productos botánicos artesanales que yo misma fabrico con plantas que también, yo misma cultivo. La salud mental en mi familia ha estado deteriorándose y contacte a la profesional en Psicología Andrea Villareal. La atención desde la psicología se hizo necesaria para aprender herramientas y lograr afrontar varios retos personales y otros que se presentan con el crecimiento y las necesides de mis hijos. Recibo apoyo psicoterapeutico y es así como por un bajo costo recibo atención y solución a mi salud mental lo que se refleja en bienestar para mis hijos y mejoría en la forma de cuidar de mí, sentir mis emociones y tomar decisiones en mi vida.”.
(Miembro Minga Mujeres)
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Commit and Act is an organization made up of volunteers and employees on several continents. Members of local chapters in Sierra Leone (Commit and Act Foundation Sierra Leone), Germany (commit and act eV.), and the United States (Commit and Act US) chapters work together to drive change and create a better world. The U.S chapter is supporting the Colombia Project.
To learn more about Commit and Act and how our international volunteers collaborate remotely from all around the world, please visit our main website!
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