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We provide access to clean energy, water and safe sanitation to rural communities through decentralized, affordable and non-polluting solutions.
Users subscribe to our services and through an interest-free credit acquire the different solutions through monthly payments adjusted to their income.
We accompany the services with a social intervention program that aims to generate capacities within the communities. With our Guardians program, we establish a management committee that becomes the technical team in charge of monitoring and repairing the installed solutions, guaranteeing long-term sustainability.
While the new Sustainable Development Goals were being presented in September 2015 in New York, a group of young people with experience in social intervention, international cooperation and research seedlings met in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss the urgency for communities to have access to basic and household services, and how social technologies could facilitate a solution.
After a structuring process, TIERRA GRATA was founded in April 2016 with the purpose of accelerating the productivity and economic growth of rural families through access to basic services. We believe that the essentials are for everyone.
We are a social enterprise that develops and implements decentralized solutions for basic services to rural communities.
To be a reference in alternative solutions for the implementation of basic services in Latin America.
Accelerate the productivity and economic growth of rural families through access to basic services.
In six years of hard work, we have been able to maximize our impact by collaborating with companies, organizations and national and international networks, both public and private, representing both the community and the academic sector. Today, these entities place their trust in us.
She is the Global Director of Human Resources at Reckitt, leading the Hygiene headquarters and all corporate functions of this business unit. She holds a degree in Business Administration from ESADE Business School, and a Master's degree in Human Resources. Laia joined Reckitt in Barcelona, Spain, in 2013 and has successfully held various local and global roles in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, including compensation and benefits, as well as human talent. She is an advocate for diversity and inclusion (D&I) and has supported different activities in this area throughout her career, such as being a member of the LEAD Network Committee. She is also an ambassador for One Young World and a mentor for several Lead 2030 initiatives, including "Tierra Grata" and "Eko Group" in Colombia.
She has been a trainer, facilitator and project manager for Cewas since its founding in 2010. With 18 years of experience and degrees in Chemical Engineering, a Masters in Environmental Engineering, a Certificate in Development Cooperation and an MBA in entrepreneurship and small business development, she has been instrumental in developing training packages and workshops on sustainable sanitation and water management (SSWM), water and sanitation enterprise development, and resource recovery and safe reuse (RRR). She also collaborates as a trainer in Cewas programs in Willisau, Switzerland, and has conducted face-to-face incubation programs in Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, India and Peru, as well as online programs for Latin America and the Middle East. Leonelha is a venture coach worldwide, with a focus on start-ups in Latin America. She is also a senior partner at the Swiss consulting firm Seecon, where she serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Deputy CEO.
He is an expert in entrepreneurship and green technologies. Currently, he is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs around the world implement acceleration programs for climate-related startups, connecting them with valuable resources, advisors and experts, funding and potential sources of financing, all with the goal of generating greater climate impact. With over 4 years of experience in designing and creating entrepreneurship and mentorship programs in various regions, Christian is also a strategic and business mentor. He has worked with successful social entrepreneurs for the past 7 years, especially in Latin America, the Philippines, Burma, Tanzania and South Africa. Prior to that, he served as a German SME account executive at Hewlett-Packard, where he led business relationships for a couple of years. Christian is a frequent traveler and has visited more than 35 countries on all continents, learning from their cultures and traditions.
David Gereda is the Development Director and a full-time Ambassador for One Young World, the world's largest community of young leaders. Passionate about sustainable development, he found in social entrepreneurship a lifelong passion at a very early age. After graduating as an industrial engineer at Universidad de los Andes, Gereda became involved in causes such as the Colombian Youth Network (Red Colombiana de Jóvenes) - aimed at empowering aimed at promoting youth social transformation, and ID Social - a networking platform between the corporate sector and non-profit projects. After leading OYW's strategy in Latin America and completing his master's degree in Social Business and Entrepreneurship at The London School of Economics (LSE), Gereda assumed the global Development Direction with the conviction of continuing to build bridges between the most outstanding leaders and the ambitions of young people across five continents. Gereda's accomplishments along this journey have led him to win in 2016 the TOYP (The Outstanding Young Persons) award in the "Leadership and Academic Achievement" category; and the Distinction for University Social Responsibility, granted by the Dean's Office of Students of the Universidad de Los Andes, in 2010.
For Tierra Grata it is an honor and motivation to receive awards that allow us to continue working for the well-being and productivity of our rural communities.
