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Community Library for CEU-Xhidza
Oaxaca, Mexico is known for its biodiversity, its large number of indigenous peoples and the equally large number of people in poverty. The Xhidza (Zapotec) people from the Oaxacan Sierra Juárez primarily live of agriculture, mainly coffee and sugar cane production, but climate crisis and a lack of opportunities for small farmers have led to a precarious situation for the region as whole. Education has been identified by the communities as one of the ways to combat marginalization, but resources and opportunities for higher education are scarce. Getting a university education means that youth have to move to the city, making them unable to fulfill the responsibilities to their families and communities and draining their resources.
Our proposal
The community of Santa María Yaviche has organized to improve their living conditions through community education, rooted in indigenous knowledge and autonomy within the community. With the accompaniment of SURCO AC, Xhidza Center for University Studies (CEUXhidza) was created for this purpose. This University has been in operation for two years, generating and sharing knowledge to improve community life, based on the knowledge from the Xhidza worldview, language, and culture. Its mission is to enable the community to successfully face the challenges of an increasingly interconnected world that is dealing with the dramatic changes, the climate crisis just being one of the most urgent.
Our Goal
We have operated CEUXhidza thanks to the solidary collaboration of a network of friends, professors and experts, and last last y ear we carried out a crowdfunding campaign that allowed us to build part of the infrastructure of the University. Youth in Yaviche do not have the money to buy books or a space to study, so we have collected book donations. Now the students have a good collection, as well as a great desire to read, study and learn. However, they need a library to house the books and to create a space where the students and the community of Yaviche can share this knowledge and consolidate their learning process.
Join us in this project of collective learning and knowledge construction!
Versión en Español:
Biblioteca comunitaria para CEU-Xhidza
Oaxaca, México es conocido por su biodiversidad, por sus numerosos pueblos indígenas y, al mismo tiempo, por la gran cantidad de personas en condiciones de pobreza. El pueblo Zapoteco Xhidza de la Sierra Juárez vive de la agricultura, principalmente del café, pero el cambio climático y la marginalización del campesinado los ha colocado en una situación de vulnerabilidad en el entorno global. La comunidades de la región han apostado por la educación para combatir dicha marginalización, pero cuentan con muy pocos recursos económicos y son contadxs lxs jóvenes que pueden acceder a estudios universitarios, pues las universidades se encuentran lejos de su comunidad y ellxs tienen responsabilidades con la familia y la comunidad, sin mencionar los recursos que necesitan para subsistir fuera de la comunidad.
Nuestra propuesta
La comunidad de Santa María Yaviche se ha organizado para mejorar sus condiciones de vida a través de una educación autónoma, comunitaria e indígena dentro de la comunidad. Así se creó, con el acompañamiento de SURCO AC, el Centro de Estudios Universitarios Xhidza (CEUXhidza). Hoy el centro lleva dos años en operación, generando y compartiendo conocimientos para mejorar la vida comunitaria. Basado en los conocimientos de la cosmovisión, lengua y cultura Xhidza, trabaja para enfrentar los desafíos de un mundo cada vez más conectado y sujetos a cambios dramáticos, como la crisis climática, por mencionar sólo uno de ellos.
Nuestro reto
Hasta el momento hemos operado gracias a la colaboración solidaria de una red de amigxs profesorxs y expertxs, y el año pasado realizamos un fondeo que nos permitió construir parte de la infraestructura. Lxs jóvenes no tienen dinero para comprar libros ni un espacio para poder estudiar, por ello hemos hecho una recaudación de libros. Ahora lxs estudiantes cuentan con un buen acervo y muchas ganas de leer, estudiar y aprender, pero necesitan una biblioteca dónde alojar estos libros y tener las condiciones para que lxs universitarixs y el pueblo Xhidza puedan compartir este conocimiento y completar sus aprendizajes.
¡Sé parte de este proyecto de construcción y aprendizaje colectivo!
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