Alas Púrpuras
Educational accompaniment and women's empowerment, across a lifetime.
Explore this areaWhat was once a girl with dreams now has wings to fly — and can teach others how.
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About us
We are a foundation of women committed to sisterhood, solidarity and empowerment. We were founded in Bogotá in 2026 by five women from one family — an economist, a social worker, an accountant, an artist and a sociologist — who brought together their professional experience and their will to serve.
We work through socio-cultural, environmental and economic accompaniment alongside women of all ages, ethnicities and identities. Our approach is pedagogical and multidimensional: it links socio-cultural development with environmental and economic sustainability.
Our first project was made possible by a contribution from one of our founders. Since then, the mission has been sustained by other Alas who support our flight.
The seven areas
We fly sustainably through seven areas of work. Each one accompanies a different community, with its own projects, timelines and ways to take part.
Alas Ahorradoras y Asociativas
Collective savings, cooperativism and enterprise built on their own resources.
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Explore this areaAlas Ambientales
Rural and campesina women building environmentally sustainable projects.
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Prevention and training in physical, mental and psychological health.
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Explore this areaAlas Étnicas
Black, Afro-descendant, Palenquera, Raizal and Rrom communities.
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Explore this areaAlas Diversas
Urban peripheries, informal settlements and migrant communities.
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Explore this areaAlas Afirmativas de Paz
Women who lived through the armed conflict, building through education.
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Voices from the Alas community
“Ever since I was a girl, I felt words were my power.”
“Every limit I break opens a path for someone else.”
“She gave me wings to believe in art.”
Goals we have set for ourselves, not results achieved
Our path 2026–2030
We are just beginning. This is the path we have set for ourselves, and we will report on it openly, year by year.
2026
Accompany 20 women in their academic, solidarity and gender education, documenting the process.
2027
Launch a project where 50 women build their own educational and economic wings.
2028
100 women developing their own educational and socio-economic projects.
2029
Reach sustainability for a socio-environmental and educational project serving 200 women.
2030
Mark five years with visible results before partner institutions, organizations and companies.
Be the wind beneath her wings
Your contribution sustains real educational processes, with real women, in specific communities across Colombia.
Give a girl her wings