UFFF Projects

Our projects

Explore the active projects we run together with the community in Galapagos.

Active projects

Educación2021 - Present

Mangrove Classroom

It is a non-formal community education project developed at Casita Ingala, a unique space on Isabela Island in the Galápagos. Located in a mangrove forest five minutes from the beach, this environment embodies the sensitivity and richness of the local ecosystems. From a holistic perspective, the project seeks to promote the care of the space, understood as the care of life, recognizing its value as a living classroom and space for community interaction. From this perspective, Aula Maglar proposes the connection with the land as a central tool for conservation and the strengthening of the social fabric.

General objective

To promote the integral development of children aged 4 to 7 through playful, creative and experiential learning, focused on free education, development of skills in the English language, environmental education and children's rights.

Specific objectives

To encourage creative expression and divergent thinking in students through playful activities.

Improve communicative competence in English through thematic projects and immersive experiences.

Enriching the educational process through practical experiences and collaborations with external institutions.

Fostering relationships based on knowledge, respect, and a sense of ownership of the territory.

Isabela tiene teatro2010 - Present

Jijijico Theater Group

Jijijico is a creation and training space for young people on Isabela, blending theater with learning in the mangrove as a living classroom. The project uses the natural environment to connect art with human rights, nature rights, and environmental conservation.

General objective

Through intensive learning dynamics, participants develop stage skills, strengthen cultural identity, and generate theater proposals that engage with their environment and community. Each cycle ends with performances on the island and, in some editions, inter-island tours.

Specific objectives

Consolidate an annual performing arts training space for the Jijijico group that builds acting, expressive, and socio-environmental awareness skills.

Share the group’s artistic and conservation message with the local community through shows for diverse audiences.

Expand the reach of Jijijico’s artistic and environmental message to the islands of Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal.

Comunitario2010 - Present

Isabela Has Community

Umbrella program that brings together community projects on Isabela to strengthen the social fabric and foster integral, sustainable development.

General objective

Integrates activities in arts and cultural mediation, holistic education, environmental education, violence prevention, permaculture, and natural medicine, adapting each year to local needs and shared knowledge. Its open, collaborative nature is a living platform for participation, social innovation, and building a collective identity in harmony with the environment.

Specific objectives

Train, facilitate dialogue, and promote workshops focused on holistic human development.

Run workshops in partnership with institutions and organizations.

Share and transfer knowledge to educators and community members.

Include proposals from facilitators and volunteers.

Comunitario2017 - Present

Women Creators Gathering – Moon Wings

Across eight editions in the Galápagos, more than 100 artistic activities—plays, dance, music, and performance—were held with national and international artists.

General objective

Use art as a tool for social change to address gender-based violence from an innovative perspective and foster a sustainable culture in the Galápagos Islands.

Specific objectives

Use art as a tool to address gender-based violence.

Promote learning processes aimed at eradicating violence against women and feminized bodies.

Position the festival as an ongoing annual event in the Galápagos Islands.

Expand cultural offerings for Galapagueño youth and tourism on the islands.

Open spaces for listening, dialogue, and debate to make gender-based violence visible in the community and seek joint solutions.

Archived projects

Isabela tiene teatro2022 - 2024

Theater to the Classroom

A performing arts program that reached 80 students in Puerto Villamil and the Tomás de Berlanga parish, producing plays focused on environmental and social awareness.

General objective

Strengthen performing arts for children and adolescents on Isabela, promoting their integral development and reinforcing environmental and social themes through public theater performances.

Specific objectives

Sustain training and production in performing arts within schools and high schools in Puerto Villamil.

Provide curricular alternatives in educational institutions to address the lack of teaching staff.

Reinforce environmental and social knowledge through public theater performances.

Isabela tiene teatro2024 - 2024

Theater of Memory

An interdisciplinary theater process with 36 youth on Isabela during their Cultural and Artistic Education hour. The performance, presented to over 100 community members, fostered critical reflection on water management and sanitation, strengthening identity and local environmental stewardship.

General objective

Promote critical reflection and community recognition through a theater process that re-signifies young people’s relationship with their territory within the interdisciplinary Water and Sanitation project of the Galápagos contextualized curriculum.

Specific objectives

Offer theater workshops as a strategy of resistance and recognition, helping youth reframe their relationship with the community and the island.

Develop strategies to gather community experiences and knowledge.

Promote spaces for critical reflection on cultural identity, history, and oral memory.

Revalue historical memory through a theater process built from the perspective and voices of adolescents.