To continue contributing to the well-being of its neighboring communities, for the fourth consecutive year GeoPark has supported the visit of the Colombian Civil Air Patrol Medical Brigade to Tauramena and Villanueva in Casanare department.

GeoPark has developed the Land of Opportunities program since 2019 with Colombian regional development bank Findeter to promote economic growth in both municipalities.

GeoPark has been working together with local authorities in Colombia’s Putumayo department to protect the most vulnerable of its neighboring communities in a spell of harsh winter weather that has caused a social emergency. 

The program will teach communication tools, art, literature and other subjects to develop the interpersonal skills of 30 youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 from the Niños de María Foundation.

To continue to support teaching and better futures for children in the communities neighboring the Llanos 34 block, GeoPark has donated study kits benefitting 1,487 children from rural and urban public schools in Villanueva and Tauramena.

To contribute to the Colombian government’s national vaccination plan and protect the health of the people of Puerto Asis, La nueva Amerisur supported the implementation of a pilot vaccination plan by the local Mayor’s Office that aims to administer 8,000 vaccines in five days.

Since the public health emergency started GeoPark has worked hand in hand with local institutions in Casanare to contribute to the health and wellbeing of our neighbors.

To promote quality education and to ensure the continuity of the school education for children studying from home, GeoPark has donated more than 300 tablets to primary and secondary students of the four public educational institutions in Villanueva in the south of Casanare department.

Harps, joropo music, alpargatas (flat, canvas shoes) and the cuatro (a stringed guitar-like instrument) are key parts of the Llanera culture from Colombia’s eastern plains, the Llanos Orientales. And when you put them together with poems, dances and songs that spring from the soul, the art they embody represents the region’s customs and traditions.

In line with its principles of good neighborliness and to promote the education and future of children from its neighboring communities, through its subsidiary La nueva Amerisur has donated study kits to 1,655 schoolchildren at rural and urban public schools in Puerto Asis and Puerto Guzman.