Venezuela/Columbia

In August of 2019 Legacy Motion implemented a collaborative project with DUNNA, a Colombian based NGO that evaluates, designs and implements creative alternatives for peace through restorative practices.  Venezuela is facing one of the largest humanitarian crisis’ of the century.  Over 5 million Venezuelans have been displaced by political unrest, violence, economic collapse, food shortages and dwindling healthcare services.  Colombia has taken in a majority of these temporary asylum seekers.  Legacy Motion, alongside DUNNA, is partnering with local organizations who are providing basic healthcare, shelter and meals to the men, women and children on the border town of Cucuta to find ways to improve the mental health of refugees through social innovation models for neurobiological balancing, psychosocial attention and peaceful coexistence.

In 2020 Legacy Motion and DUNNA have continued to collaborate even amid the challenges of COVID. Major projects that are moving forward include:

Peace Managers through Mind/Body Strategies, a program that will train up to 30 women survivors of violence who inhabit the Citadel Nuevo Occidente (Medellín) as peacemakers through a certification in trauma informed yoga teacher training in order to boost emotional recovery processes in their families and communities.

Care for Caregivers, a program that will research, address and devise mind/body strategies for Humanitarian Aid Professionals and Volunteers in Cucuta who might be suffering from Secondary Traumatic Stress, Occupational Burnout, and/or Compassion Fatigue. By encouraging stewardship and empowerment through self regulation we are promoting healthy and sustainable work environments even in the most difficult of situations.

Community Conflict Reconciliation, a program that contributes to community reconciliation based on mind-body strategies and restorative practices in Viotá (Cundinamarca) with people affected by the internal armed conflict (CAI) of Colombia by implementing tools to strengthen the social fabric in their communities.