Sustainable development starts with people.

Fundashon Awenyo is a Curaçao-based nonprofit organization working with youth, educators, and communities to strengthen the human capacity needed for long-term positive change. Their work focuses on helping people discover purpose, build skills, and contribute meaningfully to society through learning rooted in service, reflection, and cooperation.

Rather than offering quick solutions, Awenyo invests in people. The belief is simple: when individuals grow in confidence, responsibility, and connection, communities become stronger.

Empowering Youth to Contribute

Awenyo’s youth programs support young people in developing leadership, ethical awareness, and a sense of social responsibility. Through mentorship, group learning, and community service, participants learn how to work together, listen to one another, and take initiative in ways that benefit the wider community.

This approach directly supports SDG 4 Quality Education and SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities, by creating inclusive learning environments where young people feel seen, heard, and capable of contributing. It also connects strongly to SDG 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, by nurturing values such as responsibility, cooperation, and service.

Strengthening Educators and Learning Spaces

Alongside youth empowerment, Fundashon Awenyo works closely with teachers and schools. Their educator capacity-building programs help teachers create more learner-centered classrooms, where students are actively engaged and learning is connected to real life.

By supporting educators, Awenyo helps create learning environments that encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and moral development. This strengthens the foundation for lifelong learning and social cohesion across Curaçao.

Rooted in Curaçao, Relevant Beyond

Awenyo’s work is deeply rooted in Curaçao’s multicultural and multilingual reality. With people from many backgrounds living side by side, education plays a key role in building understanding, inclusion, and shared responsibility.

For Club17 Curaçao, Fundashon Awenyo shows how investing in human development supports the Sustainable Development Goals in a practical and lasting way. When people grow, communities move forward together.