In Guandita trail, bordering the eastern mountains of Guatavita municipality, lies the Vista Hermosa Natural Reserve and the Guatanfur Páramo. There, “Los Güechas” Natural Reserve was established in 2021 as a project born out of love and responsibility for the environment.
In this high Andean forest, located between 2,900 and 3,000 meters above sea level, also known as a subpáramo, you will find a 10-hectare area. Seven of these hectares were previously used for cattle ranching and potato farming, and it is here that we started our reforestation and environmental restoration project.
With our restoration and reforestation program, in collaboration with the municipality of Guatavita, the government of Cundinamarca, and CAR, we planted more than 5,000 trees across 5 of the 10 hectares of the reserve, which now grow surrounded by a natural environment.
Los Güechas were the Muisca Indians, brave, proud, haughty and caretakers of entrances to the savannah, whose name over time degenerated into the pejorative term of the “guaches”, as they were difficult to control people who opposed the domination of the conquerors.
Logistical support to the Colombian
Civil Air Patrol (PAC)
Since 2015, GAF has supported the Colombian Civil Air Patrol “PAC” by donating the transportation, administration and delivery of aviation fuel at the Guaymaral airport to all allied aircraft that the “PAC” uses to carry out its brigades in Colombian territory; These brigades include surgical, medical, pediatric, nutritional and emergency interventions.
Photo taken by the Colombian Air Patrol
Our plant in
Guaymaral is powered by solar panels
In 2020, we began our transition to clean energy, taking advantage of sunlight as an electrical source that is required for the night operations of our plant and laboratory, thus fulfilling our high commitment to the environment and global warming. Our goal is to implement this sustainable energy transition throughout our national operation.
Santa Alianza Foundation
For us it was an honor to support the Santa Alianza Foundation of Bogotá in its mission to create hope and a better future for children and adolescents in Colombia, so that they grow up surrounded by love and opportunities.
A cultural exchange event that took place in the treasure of the Colombian Pacific: Nuquí-Chocó; an event in which 40 young leaders from all over Colombia participated, from June 27 to July 11, 2023.
This event was attended by outstanding young leaders from the communities with which Santa Alianza de Bogotá works, attending from different parts of Colombia: Providencia, San Andrés, Cartagena (Isla Fuerte), Montería, Valledupar, Medellín, Boyacá (Tenza), Cundinamarca ( Pandi, Sasaima), Villavicencio (Beautiful view), Caquetá (San Antonio de Getucha, Unión Peneya), Vaupés (Carurú), Amazonas (Leticia), Putumayo (Mocoa), Docordo, Bajo Baudó (Chocó), Guapi (Valle del Cauca ) Bogotá, Guajira (Mayapo), Bahía Solano and Nuquí.
Physically and mentally healthy young people, drivers, leaders and active in the work of the Church and their communities, with productive projects that seek to impact more young people by transforming their lives.
