The Social Manager of the Island, María del Pilar Celis, invites all children of the Insular Department of San Andres, Old Providence and Santa Catalina, to paticipate in a recreational, cultural and sports activity, that will take place at the Coral Palace on 30 October between two and six o’clock in the afternoon.

“We want to give the children of the island fun and recreation with music, dance, raffle, surprises, games, sports and much more”, said First Lady of the Archipelago.

The activity will be supported by the Secretariat of Social Development, Sports, Culture, Education as well as the National Armed Force, National Police, Grupo Aéreo del Caribe, Defensa Civil, Red Cross, ICBF and Cajasai.

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•    Children learn island customs while playing


“Play is one of the best tools to stimulate learning; this is why the Secretariat of Education launched the ‘Recreational Adventure’. A new pedagogical strategy designed to strengthen the skills of children, mainly, those belonging to the most vulnerable sector of our department, where we want to go with great impact to build a more equitable society”, as noted by the Secretary of Education, Silvanus Henry Bent.

The Recreational Adventure is an initiative that promotes island’s oral tradition based on the creation of stories in which children participate through interpretations.

“This process goes on until December, and the great news is that it was proposed by the children, thanks to the process we have been working on with them. We have given them different topics to develop and they chose to learn more about traditions of the department. This is a positive indicator and reflects that the children are taking advantage of these learning programs while they play”, as stated by Diana Cadena, coordinator of the initiative.

Friday, 30 September, approximately one hundred bags with televisions, computers, recorders and cameras were evacuated, among other electronic and electric waste, collected in different sectors of the island and taken to the Green Point during the San Andrés + Limpia campaign.

“This is the third evacuation of this kind of waste; we continue to work for our island. We will continue these actions to fulfill the community’s dream of having a more sustainable archipelago” as stated by Jenyffer Villalba Archbold, Secretary of Public Services and Environment.

Thanks to the collaboration of the ARC Cartagena ship of the National Armed Forces, the waste will be collected by the Asociación Nacional de Industriales (ANDI), who will be responsible for the disposal of these 400 kilograms of waste.


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•    Activities were completed with parades and cultural events

A few talks and activities were carried out in San Andres in the framework of the Plan Andino para la Prevención del Embarazo en Adolescentes. Initiative of the Ministries of Health of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela, grouped through the Organismo Andino de Salud. Activities which are carried out from 19 to 30 September under the name Semana Andina de Prevención de Embarazo en Adolescentes.

Sexual violence under fourteen years of age, the role of parents in the construction of children and adolescent sexuality, clandestine abortion and the voluntary pregnancy interruption, are the topics to be addressed by skilled speakers, invited by the Secretariat of Health.

•    Local artists says yes to peace in Colombia.

The Governor of the department, Ronald Housni, is inviting the community of the island to the concert for peace that will be held on Monday, 26 September at the Coral Palace square starting at 2:00 p.m.

As a symbol of integration and a gesture of support for the signing of the peace process that will take place in Cartagena, the Ministry of Culture has invited the capitals of each department to simultaneously do the same. The archipelago will be supporting this national event through the Secretariat of Culture, as recognition to the importance of building peace in Colombia.