Who We Are
Afro-Putumayan roots, memory, and purpose
What do we defend?
We defend the right to life, territory, cultural identity, and equitable development. We work for a lasting peace where Afro-descendant communities are the protagonists of their own history in the Amazon.
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Our History
Cimarrón Putumayo is born from the desire of black communities to organize, be recognized, and defend their rights in a territory historically marked by state abandonment and armed conflict.
Since our beginnings, we have worked tirelessly to make visible the Afro-descendant contribution to the culture and development of Putumayo. We started as a small collective and today we are a departmental network that articulates community councils and grassroots organizations.
Over the years, we have led processes of training, cultural rescue, and rights enforceability, becoming a reference for peace, resistance, and dignity in the Amazon region.
Our Essence
Resistance
We stand firm in the defense of our rights and territory, overcoming obstacles with the strength of our ancestors.
Brotherhood
We build social fabric based on respect, mutual support, and community work (Uramba).
Identity
We celebrate and preserve our African roots through art, oral tradition, aesthetics, and spirituality.
Leadership
We train new generations with critical and proactive capacity to transform our reality.
Our Mission
We are an organization committed to keeping alive the ancestral memory, cultural rescue, and the survival of our uses and customs, promoting the strengthening of children and youth through training, leadership, identity, and community participation processes, which boost their comprehensive development and active role in social transformation with dignity and autonomy.
Our Vision
To be a benchmark Afro-Putumayan organization in Putumayo, Colombia, and internationally, recognized for its leadership in defending the rights of Afro-descendant communities, strengthening cultural identity, and promoting sustainable development and leadership processes with an ethnic, territorial, environmental, gender, and peace focus.
Our Lines of Action
1. HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE AND TERRITORIAL PROTECTION
We defend fundamental rights, life and territory as a sacred space of cultural and physical survival.
2. ETHNOEDUCATION, ART, CULTURE AND AFRO IDENTITY
We rescue, preserve and disseminate our cultural heritage, ancestral knowledge and traditional practices.
3. WOMEN, GENDER AND LIVES FREE OF VIOLENCE
We promote women's leadership and work for gender equity and a life free of all violence.
4. YOUTH, TRAINING AND GENERATIONAL RENEWAL
We accompany children and youth in their comprehensive training and in building meaningful life projects.
5. SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP AND ANCESTRAL RECOGNITION
We train leadership with ethics, identity and community commitment for social transformation.
6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
We promote economic and productive initiatives that strengthen autonomy and good living in the territory.
7. PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND SOCIAL FABRIC
We build coexistence, reconciliation and social fabric for collective well-being and the defense of life.
Institutional Base
The Departmental Association for Human Rights of Community Councils, Grassroots Organizations and other forms CIMARRON PUTUMAYO, identified with NIT. 846003787-0, is a Non-Profit Entity (ESAL) of the Special Tax Regime.
Legal Status
Registered in the Chamber of Commerce with registration No. S0501868.
Unique Registry
Enrolled in the Unique Registry of Black Communities of the Ministry of the Interior.
DIAN Registry
Annual update in the DIAN Web Registry as a Non-Profit Entity.
Ministry Certification
Certified by the Directorate of Affairs for Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal and Palenquero Communities.
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