Founded in 2017, SIC4Change is an organization present in Spain, Guatemala, Peru, and Mauritania that works in three main areas: labor integration of young people in vulnerable situations, maternal and child health, and human mobility. In all cases, the method is the same: first listen, co-create the solution with the community itself, validate it, and if it works, replicate it in other territories.
Their programs are adapted to the territory. This is the case with Nut4Health, an active program in Mauritania and Guatemala. Nut4Health combines a network of community agents with a mobile application to detect cases of child malnutrition and refer them directly to health centers. The result is an 89% reduction in cases of acute malnutrition. The neighbors who participate in the detection also receive an income through blockchain technology.
Replicating models between such different territories requires, according to García, keeping what is essential without imposing solutions. That’s why the teams at SIC4Change are made up of people from the territory itself. Working with actors whose interests do not always align is part of the process and is not an obstacle. "The more people we are able to listen to, with different points of view, the more solutions are generated," García argues.
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