
Who we are
We are an NGO that empowers rural children, diverse youth, and women in southwestern Colombia to transform their lives through art. In a region marked by a lack of opportunities to create, lead, and dream, we believe in the power of the arts to empower, build peace, and break the cycle of poverty.

Projects in progress

Dodo Art School
Free arts training space for children, youth and women in Guadalajara
Buga. In 2025, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and CoCrea through the program
In the CLANES, more than 120 participants are trained in puppetry for four and a half months.
theatre, literature and visual arts, exploring memory and imagination as tools for social transformation.
Previously supported by the ICBF and the Mayor's Office of Buga, the School has established itself as a platform for cultural rights that opens opportunities, strengthens creative leadership and sows seeds of peace in rural and urban communities of Valle del Cauca.

“Buga en Escena” International Theatre Festival
A community gathering that celebrates artistic creation, diversity, and the right to culture. In its three editions, it has transformed the city into a vibrant, living stage where artists, children, farmers, and audiences of all ages come together around theater.
as a space for reflection and encounter. In 2025, its programming reached more than 5,000 people in vulnerable neighborhoods, public schools and rural areas of Guadalajara de Buga.
Thanks to the support of the private sector, local institutions, and community partners, the
The festival is establishing itself as a celebration of theater that promotes cultural equity, social inclusion, and access to cultural rights.

DodoLab
It is the creative heart of our organization: a scenic and transmedia laboratory where 15 diverse urban youth (mostly women) develop artistic projects that engage with the social realities of the country.
With the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Valle del Cauca Governorate, and the Buga Mayor's Office, the laboratory functions as a cultural incubator that fosters autonomy, experimentation, and collective creation. Here, theatrical works and transmedia experiences on gender, memory, and justice are born.
social, promoting art as a political, educational and transformative force.
Young people replicate their learning in their neighborhoods and communities, multiplying the creative and social impact in the territory.
Join us!
We believe that transformations don't happen on their own. Your support makes it possible for more women, young people, and diverse communities in the Valle del Cauca region to find in art a tool for freedom and leadership.

Donations
Contribute money or goods to strengthen the Artist's School.
You'll know exactly how your support is being invested.

Alliances
Join as a company or institution.
We create alliances that promote art and social change.

Volunteering
Experience the Buga Theatre Festival from the inside.
Your time and energy make this cultural celebration possible.
Social impact
Figures

Population impacted by CLANES
120 students for 4 months

Audience attendance at FITBUGA
13,520 people over 3 years

Innovative projects implemented
17 research-creation projects in pedagogy and transmedia theatre






