COMMIT and ACT
COLOMBIa
Project Colombia
Project Colombia by Commit and Act is dedicated to strengthening mental health support in Colombia by empowering health care workers to better serve communities impacted by trauma.
By investing in trauma-informed therapy, you will be be helping the participants receive 10 individual counseling sessions, a workbook to enhance their healing, participation in group therapy, and business coaching.
Our mission focuses on helping women who are single mothers and survivors of domestic violence and gender-based violence, as well as individuals facing complex mental health difficulties. Through specialized training in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), health professionals learn evidence-based strategies to provide compassionate, effective care.
Our consultants receive ongoing supervision and support, ensuring high-quality services. We also conduct continuous research and evaluate participant feedback to refine and improve our programs.
Through the PROSOCIAL model Project Colombia is creating sustainable change and offering hope to vulnerable communities across the region and beyond.
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 survivors of domestic and gender-based violence—as well as those facing other 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 volunteers also receive ongoing supervision and support.
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We are members of the ACBS LATAM SIG and actively collaborate in research. By conducting research on our projects, we continually refine and improve the services we provide, ensuring they are evidenced based and guided by the participants' feedback.
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, domestic abuse, and gender based violence.
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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
Project Colombia by Commit and Act is serving 355 women from Chía, Cundinamarca, a town just an hour from Bogotá, Colombia, with the guidance of psychologist Andrea Villarreal, who has been connected with this group for over four years. Funded by generous donations and supported by our Young Leaders Fundraising Program, which offers high school students up to 35 volunteer hours, Project Colombia is creating meaningful change. By combining trauma-informed care, community involvement, and ongoing research, we are helping women in Colombia find hope, resilience, and empowerment.
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To learn more and participate in our Young Leaders Fundraising Program, please email us at carolinagaviriamhc@gmail.com, and watch the presentation below to know what to expect.
“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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