Clean Water System
A 50-meter well drilled and solar-pumped, ready to bring running water to every home. Piping to each home is the next phase. Ceramic filters are already with all 17 families and the school.
Campaign #1 · Putumayo, Colombia
El Diviso: From Displacement to Sovereignty
A Kofán Indigenous village in the Colombian Amazon, near the Ecuadorian border, and a founding village of the TerraKeepers Sovereignty Blueprint.
The Birth of the Sovereignty Blueprint
Returned to ancestral land. Rebuilding with vision and ceremony.
El Diviso is a Kofán Indigenous village in the Colombian Amazon, near the Ecuadorian border. After decades of armed conflict and forced displacement, the community returned to their ancestral lands over 15 years ago, carrying only their vision, resilience, and sacred traditions to guide them.
We chose El Diviso for the clarity of vision and leadership held by its people. Together we are building community-owned regeneration, where economic freedom and ancestral wisdom go hand in hand.
On the ground
Developed in El Diviso.
Bamboo Infrastructure
Bamboo harvesting, treatment, and a professional curing facility, built and run by Kofán hands.
Cultural Center
Built from local bamboo and earth, a home for culture and gathering.
Food System Pilot
Tools, training, and seeds for local regenerative farming rooted in ancestral practice.
Bitcoin Education
Tools for holding and moving value on the community’s own terms.
Solar System
Micro-grid solar where Bitcoin miners monetize the excess generation.
The Journey
Phases of the El Diviso campaign.
- 2023Initial contact
First visits with Kofán leaders in El Diviso, listening before building. - Start of communication with Elders and community
- Listening, ceremony, and building trust
- 2025Agreement & first builds
Diviso community proud of their first bamboo building. - Formal agreement of collaboration between TerraKeepers and the Kofán community
- Ceramic water filters delivered to families
- Water Well survey completed
- Bamboo Curing Facility built and training provided
- Workshop bamboo building completed, with 244 pieces of locally harvested and processed bamboo
- Cultural Center foundation started
- First youth crews employed and trained in bamboo construction skills
- 2026Expanding sovereignty
Aerial view of the finished cultural center and community buildings at El Diviso, with the Putumayo River behind. 
The finished solar array and its bamboo plant room at El Diviso. - Deep water well drilled and solar pump installed
- Solar system survey completed
- Solar system finished in partnership with GivePower, July 2026
- Cultural Center completed
- Food Safety program mapped out and planned
Voices of El Diviso
Meet the community.
Angela Díaz
Mother, El Diviso
"This bamboo work is more than rebuilding. It's a path. I tell our kids: what you learn here will stay with you and support you in ways beyond what we can see now."
Taita Alberto
Mayor of El Diviso
"We have prayed to God for years, for real change to come to our community, especially for our little ones. Many have made promises, but TerraKeepers is the one that has truly made something happen."
Taita Albert
Elder
"My longing is simple: that every family has access to clean water, always, and without worry."
Diego Díaz
El Diviso Medicine Musician
"Since we were children, music has been our medicine. Our dream is to share these songs with the world and sustain our families by doing what we love."
Taita Otoniel Díaz
El Diviso Spiritual Authority
"I was entrusted with this medicine by my father, and I've been sharing it ever since. Now, the next generation must believe it's possible to live and thrive through this sacred path."
Viviana Díaz
Mother & Head of Artisan Project, El Diviso
"What I wish for is a Weavers' House, a place where we, as artisans, can work side by side, share our traditions, and build something beautiful together."
Why this matters
So the next generation can stay, lead, and carry the medicine forward.
The future carriers of ancestral knowledge are at risk, as many youth leave in search of income and education. Dignified opportunities at home are what keep the sacred lineage passed down from their elders alive.
Help us complete the campaign
Real systems built. El Diviso next.
Your support completes the founding village and opens the path to the next ones.
Card, bank transfer, and Bitcoin accepted.
Fund El Diviso
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$25/mo. Funds one day of a bamboo training stipend each month. Steady, legal income a family can count on.
100% model. Every public donation goes directly to projects.