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Breaking borders

Barrio Egipto, Bogotá

Young people, ex-gangs members, people who live in the neighborhood

Breaking Borders is the initiative of a group of ex-gangs who decided to transform their past to become tour guides of their neighborhood and share history and art to create a better future for their children.

OUR STORY

Breaking Borders is an initiative founded in 2016 and led by ex-gangs members of the Egypt neighborhood in Bogota, which encourages social change and the inclusion of the neighborhood in the history of the center of the capital. The Breaking Borders strategy seeks to break the invisible borders that have generated violence between gangs, to turn tourism into an economic opportunity and social transformation that seeks to reduce violence and stigmatization of the inhabitants of the neighborhood and create other possible futures for children and young people.

our impact

150

tours between

2023 and 2024

+450

People impacted

(Directly and indirectly)

10

strategic partners

OUR CURRENT GOAL

Overcome the barriers that limit opportunities by sharing your story with more tourists through a tour of change and transformation.

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