New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

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Email user
info@lajairadeana.com

Basic information
Project title
La Jaira de Ana OCIRIF

Full Project Title
“LA JAIRA DE ANA: OCIRIF (RESPONSIBLE, EGALITARIAN AND FAMILY LEISURE)

Please provide a short, catchy description of your project to be used in communication towards the public.
The La Jaira de Ana OCIRIF project was born from the need to create spaces free of violence, which generate quality family moments and strengthen the mother-child bond.
Its objective is, on the one hand, the rehabilitation of support networks based on healthy leisure and the reinforcement of links connected with the natural environment.
On the other hand, create a space to share among women through the creation of workshops related to the primary sector.

What was the geographical scope of your project?
Local

Where was your project implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Spain

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Agüimes

Does your project address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly rural

Does your project refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your project benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your project won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Is your project fully completed
Yes

Please indicate a date (mm/yy)
2022-12-23

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project).
- First name: Anabel
  Last name: Calderín Castro
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Spain
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Acequia de San Antón, 40 Agüimes
  Town: Las palmas de gran canaria
  Postal code: 35260
  Country: Spain
  Direct Tel: +34 623 10 53 16
  E-mail: info@lajairadeana.com
  Website: https://lajairadeana.com
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.instagram.com/lajairadeana/
In case my project is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my project in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the project
Please provide a summary of your project.
The project of La Jaira de Ana "OCIRIF" (Responsible, Egalitarian and Family Leisure) is a project that was born to generate spaces free of gender violence. For the development of the project, the collaboration of municipal services and/or non-profit entities on the island of Gran Canaria is necessary, since they are the ones who refer the families to La Jaira de Ana.
The project has been developed between the months of May and December 2022 and a total of 77 families have participated, including 77 women victims of gender violence under 36 years of age and 105 boys and girls exposed to the same situation.
They have come by derivative groups, a total of 11 groups from the municipalities of the island of Gran Canaria where they have attended the farm for 4 days and a total of 4 hours a day. They will work separately:
On the one hand, the women carry out psycho-emotional sessions with a psychologist and workshops on the transformation of local products with an artisan. And, on the other hand, the boys and girls are with leisure and free time monitors carrying out activities on the farm.
The project includes transportation and snacks. In addition, there is coordination with the security forces to guarantee the peace of mind of the women, since they are a sensitive group.

Please indicate the main themes of your project with 5 key words.
Gender violence

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Safe spaces for positive coexistence

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
Rural environment

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
self care

Please indicate the main themes of your project with key words
healthy leisure

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of sustainability and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
In terms of sustainability, specifically social sustainability, the following objectives are proposed, on the one hand, the rehabilitation of support networks based on healthy leisure activities and the reinforcement of links connected with the natural environment, which allow the family to enjoy of a space free of violence, promoting family well-being, rapprochement through animals and space for the development of social and emotional skills. On the other hand, create a space for women to share through the creation of workshops related to the primary sector, where they can learn to make products, while their sons and daughters play and actively participate on the farm.

To this end, the following workshops with women are proposed:
- Socio-emotional workshops (directed by a psychologist) in which knowledge of aptitudes and skills for the strengthening of women, personal and social skills, communication and listening and entrepreneurship will be worked on.
- Natural cosmetics workshop (in charge of an artisan) in which guided meditation and aromatherapy will be worked on with women and the preparation of a goat's milk soap and a cream serum that involves self-care strategies and also personal entrepreneurship.
With the boys and girls:
- Workshops to work the wool (in charge of an artisan) where you learn patience, care, teamwork and learning the processes for a beautiful final result.
- Leisure and free time workshops (in charge of monitors) in which they will work with boys and girls through an approach to animals, personal relationships, social and affective skills.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
In general, the project is framed within the following objective: to promote spaces for positive coexistence in connection with nature to strengthen the bonds of mothers who are victims of gender violence with their sons and daughters, and the following specific objectives:

1.1. Develop socio-emotional workshops or transformation of local products among young mothers who are victims of gender violence to promote self-esteem and socio-emotional aspects.
1.2. Generate playful spaces for boys and girls to enjoy responsible, environmental and educational leisure.
1.3. Organize awareness days on the importance of natural spaces as a uniting tool for families that have suffered violence, and to make visible the primary sector as a professional opportunity.

With which, the main thing about the project is to create positive emotions in families, respect for themselves and the environment, spaces where they feel safe and breathe the freedom of nature and above all, instill in them self-care towards oneself.
This has been attempted through workshops (described in the previous section), leisure activities and free time through awareness days. These conferences have been held one at the beginning of the project to disseminate it and request the collaboration of organizations and non-profit associations on the island of Gran Canaria, and one at the end of the project to show its results. This was intended to emphasize the importance of this type of social projects in natural environments.

Please give information about the key objectives of your project in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the project can be exemplary in this context.
The project is subsidized by the General Directorate for Youth of the Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth of the Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth, charged to the funds of the State Pact against Gender Violence.
Being a 100% subsidized project, it does not imply any cost for the participating families, women, children. Transportation service, snacks and 100% free activities are offered. As in the rest of the activities and services that we offer on our farm, the Jaira de Ana space is fully accessible, the routes are wide and free of obstacles, allowing anyone to take the tour and access our facilities without any problem. In addition, the transports are also adapted to any type of disability or incapacity.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the project and civil society have been involved in the project and what has been the impact of this involvement on the project
The workshops that were carried out related and linked to the primary sector have been a fundamental instrument for the empowerment of mothers and, in the case of their sons and daughters, the connection with the animal has been a discovery towards meanings of care and of self care.
This project has made it possible to contribute to the development and strengthening of families, both as a whole and individually. On the one hand, the mothers have felt supported, safe, they have generated new ties of support among the group, they have aroused new incentives, including work, and on the other hand, the girls and boys have enjoyed themselves, they have generated a special bond with the animal, developing and learning compassion and respect towards these, basic values to learn to live in community.
Finally, awakening in young women victims of gender violence that there are other agricultural spaces where they can promote their self-esteem, where they can vent and discover new potential, is a key factor for the future rural development of women, since they are agents of socio-economic change: "Empowering this group is not only essential for the well-being of individuals, families and rural communities, but also for general economic productivity, given the large presence of women in the global agricultural workforce" (UN Women).

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the project. Please highlight what the added value of their engagement was.
The La Jaira de Ana project "OCIRIF" (Responsible, Egalitarian and Family Leisure) is subsidized by the State Pact against Gender Violence to be developed in collaboration with the General Directorate for Youth of the Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth of the Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth, charged to the funds of the State Pact against Gender Violence.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your project. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was.
The project is executed under a social discipline because the manager of Jaira de Ana and promoter of this project is a social worker.It is a project with a fundamental methodology in self-care, sustainability and creating safe environments for vulnerable families.
Space is the center of the personal transformation of each one. On the one hand, through interventions based on the person with different workshops and self-care dynamics based on sustainable products and from the primary sector, and on the other hand, the girls and boys have interventions focused on the animal to promote the values of respect and care among all. It is a social, educational and therapeutic discipline, encompassed in a rural and agricultural environment as possibilities for personal and professional development.

Please give information on the results, outcomes and impacts achieved by your project in relation to the category you apply for. This includes also benefits from the project for direct and indirect beneficiaries
In the development of the project, a minimum of 11 groups from different parts of the island had been reached. 11 groups were formed in which they attended the La Jaira de Ana school farm 4 days per group and 4 hours each day. A total of 44 days and 44 hours. With which 100% of the forecast has been met. A total of 77 women victims of gender violence under the age of 36 and 105 girls and boys between 6 months and 16 years old exposed to the same situation with a participation of 61%. 100% of the proposed objectives and activities have been met.
In addition, in the results of satisfaction in the surveys that were carried out at the end of the sessions, 100% detail repeating again and value the space, place and professionals positively.

Please provide documents showing the results, outcomes and impacts of your project
Web link
Web link
- https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/sociedad/granja-victimas-violencia-genero-sanan-secuelas-tejen-red-espacio-seguro_1_8400733.html
- https://www.instagram.com/lajairadeana/
Please highlight the innovative character of the project, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the project
From the point of view of innovation, this project offers a plus. The entire project is developed in a natural, open space, where families are allowed their spaces and times, where processes are respected, which ultimately makes the project have positive results. In addition, it is directed by a young woman in a highly masculinized sector.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your project.
In La Jaira de Ana and for the development of the projects that take place here we have an active and participatory methodology, where the participating people are the protagonists of their learning and change. We intend to provide the necessary tools so that they are truly responsible for their learning and change throughout the process.

We believe in the importance of nature as agents of change.

Please describe which elements of your project could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and context. This may involve for example aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings etc.
The project itself can be transferred to any other island as long as there is a rural space, the municipalities and entities collaborate in the referrals of the families. This year, a project will be created to extrapolate it to the rest of the Canary Islands in shorter periods. Artisans, psychologists from the islands will be sought and they will be trained in a gender perspective to be able to apply this project satisfactorily.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the project addresses by providing local solutions
With this project we intend to contribute to gender equality, one of the desGender equality, in addition to being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and capable of developing sustainably. In addition, it has been shown that the empowerment of women stimulates productivity and economic growth.
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- Satisfacción global con la actividad.docx
- Publications Ocirif.docx
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