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OUR HISTORY

Established in 1988, the Prolongar® Foundation was created to promote the protection and integral development of communities, specifically focused on the elderly population.

The experience gained over several decades led the Foundation to develop a series of institutional strengths in research, planning, public policy advocacy and project implementation. In 2013 Prolongar® undertook a structural redefinition aiming to social and cultural change in people, organizations and communities.

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OUR TEAM

RENATA
SERNA HOSIE

Executive Director

B.A in Psychology and Literature of the University of the Andes of Bogota, with a certificate in “Negotiation and Solution of Conflicts: Tools for the Peace” of the Externado University of Colombia. She is also a contemporary dancer with schooling from the Carmen Senra School (Madrid, Spain). Renata’s training in bodywork methods for movement and somatic education has strongly influenced Prolongar®’s work, where body and movement are a cross-cutting approach in our methodologies.

MARÍA
REYES

Methodologies Director

Arte Terapeuta Transpersonal del Phoenix Institute of Victoria, Australia. Terapeuta Gestalt, Escuela Gestalt Bogotá. Coordinadora del programa de Arte Terapia Pediátrica que desarrolla la Fundación Daniela Jacobsen en la Fundación Cardioinfantil de Bogotá. Hace parte del Equipo de la Fundación Prolongar desde el 2018.

EUGENIA
ECHEVERRI

Communications Coordinator and Lead Facilitator

Anthropologist and political scientist with an emphasis on conflict resolution and peace research at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She also has experience in research and accompaniment of ethnic and rural communities in pedagogical and recreational issues. She believes in exploring artistic languages such as theater, dance, games and play as tools for meeting and transformation.
Maria Paula Alzate

MARÍA PAULA
ALZATE

Commercial and operational director

María Paula holds a literature degree from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, with a master’s degree in culture and media from the University of Mannheim, Germany. She has experience in organization of cultural activities; project management; and execution of agreements with public and private entities. She is interested in current Colombian issues related to art, conflict and social responsibility, as well as issues related to the strengthening of intercultural relations between Latin America and Germany.

VOLUNTEERS

OUR MANAGEMENT BOARD

The members of the council perform voluntary work, without receiving a monthly salary or fees.
  • LINA TANGARIFE
  • ANDRÉS BERMÚDEZ LIÉVANO
  • SERGIO MARTÍNEZ
  • MARÍA ELISA PINTO GARCÍA
  • MARÍA ANTONIA PÉREZ
  • LUCAS CORREA MONTOYA
  • RENATA SERNA HOSIE