The Foundation Casa Tres Patios (C3P) is a center for contemporary thought whose mission is to train agents of change in Medellín with the ability to transform their lives and society through research and the dissemination of critical information on political, economic and social issues and workshops and projects for the development of soft and hard skills.

 

 C3P works with vulnerable populations, including children, young people, prison inmates, community groups, and other institutions. We articulate our research program with our educational program so that we can clearly understand the situations of each community group in order to reduce poverty and economic inequality by providing skills that compliment the formal education system and which are necessary in the 21st century to acquire decent work. We promote gender equality, peace, and justice in order to create an environment in which all citizens can live and work freely without fear or repression.

 

Our programs have benefited more than 23,000 people, including approximately 6,000 girls, boys, and young people, members of the LGTBI community, ex-FARC combatants, municipal employees, inmates in the prison system in Medellín, other community-based organizations, and the general public in Medellín and the surrounding areas.

 

Through our research and educational programs, we inspire, motivate, and accompany individuals and organizations in the creation of new visions for the future and in turning those visions into reality.  

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Programs

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The School for Common Living (SCL)

 

Is the foundation’s educational program. It provides workshops, classes, and programs for inmates in local prisons, children, young people, teachers, and university students to empower them by stimulating and promoting a deep understanding of their history and context. By promoting curiosity, critical thinking, creativity, AV skills, and professional and organizational development, we provide tools that can help them in their academic careers, in their work, and in the development of their own community-based organizations. 

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OCCULUS 

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OCCULUS is a community based, cultural, urban, and social observatory that uses participatory action research and ethnographic research in community based processes to determine appropriate and relevant solutions for problems facing the communities in which we work; it provides research services to local organizations and institutions, it produces articles and publications related to its programs and research, offers seminars and public talks on contemporary topics; and it accompanies existing and new social and cultural groups in strengthening their organizations and practices.

 

Occulus is also the group that is responsible for designing the impact measurement tools and processes that are used to monitor and determine the effectiveness of the programs that C3P conducts.

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