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, with no infrastructure, no external support, and only their vision, resilience, and sacred traditions to guide them.
Today, El Diviso is a founding village of our Sovereignty Blueprint: a regenerative model designed to support cultural continuity, clean water, sustainable building, food systems, and decentralized tools like Bitcoin.
We chose El Diviso not only for the urgency of its needs, but because of the clarity of vision and leadership held by its people. Together, we are laying the groundwork for a new era of Indigenous-led regeneration, where economic freedom, environmental restoration, and ancestral wisdom go hand in hand.
On the ground
What we're building in El Diviso.
Bamboo Infrastructure
Bamboo harvesting, treatment, and a professional curing facility, built and run by Kofán hands.
Community House
Architect-led build using local bamboo and earth techniques, anchoring culture and gathering.
Food System Pilot
Tools, training, and seeds for local regenerative farming rooted in ancestral practice.
Bitcoin Education
Introducing the community to decentralized finance tools that support autonomy and long-term sovereignty.
The Journey
Phases of the El Diviso campaign.
A multi-year partnership, built step by step with the Kofán community.
- 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
- Community House foundation started
- First youth crews employed and trained in bamboo construction skills
- 2026Expanding sovereignty
Taita and the TerraKeepers team survey land for cacao and expanding food systems. - Deep water well drilled and solar pump installed
- Solar System survey
- Community House under construction
- Cacao survey completed and agreement reached with the community
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."
Dayra Díaz
Community member
"It's hard to believe I'm now learning administration skills to support a project of this scale. It feels like a gift, for my family, and for our community's future."
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 next generation of medicine men and women, the future carriers of ancestral knowledge, is at risk. Out of necessity, many youth are leaving the community in search of income, education, and basic resources. Without access to dignified opportunities at home, the sacred lineage passed down from their elders is in danger of fading.
What is fueling this mission is far deeper than providing infrastructure. We are determined to create thriving conditions for youth to stay, lead, and carry forward the memory and medicine of their people.
Help us complete the campaign
Real systems built. El Diviso next.
Clean water, bamboo infrastructure, food systems, and Bitcoin education are already in motion. Your support completes the founding village and opens the path to five fully sovereign villages by 2030.