Fundació Akwaba

Fundació Akwaba is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 in the Torrassa neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the Barcelona metropolitan area of Catalonia, Spain. It works to promote diversity of origin, to make visible the different cultures that coexist in its urban environment, and to combat the inequalities that affect people at risk of exclusion. From its beginnings it has engaged in global advocacy against structural causes of inequality, including participation in European Social Forum campaigns for the cancellation of external debt. Much of Akwaba's activity is framed around the social integration of immigrant populations. It is one of the points of the Òmnia network, a project promoted and financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya that gives groups at risk of exclusion access to computing so they can reinforce their studies or find work. It is also part of the local Anadromes network for social and labour inclusion, together with eleven other entities. The foundation has run courses in Arabic language and culture to foster encounters between cultures as a way of fighting racism and xenophobia. Akwaba has a long record of community organising. By 1999 it had already collaborated for five editions in the organisation of the Festa de la Diversitat in the Torrassa neighbourhood, an event involving more than 50 NGOs and attended by thousands of people. It has worked with secondary schools on activities such as "Ni uniformes ni etiquetes: per una escola i un món intercultural i amb equitat de gènere". It has published educational tools and resources including "#desfemlesdesigualtats: aprenentatge creatiu per una ciutadania global" (2016), "Com vivim? Convivint: per una escola i un món sostenible i de pau" (Barcelona, 2019) and "FEM ECO: connectem el gènere i el medi ambient a l'escola i al món" (2021). Its current programming, as reflected on its website, includes community action through computing, intercultural society-building, human rights and social commitment, and environmental education. Recent initiatives include the launch of a new website for the Xarxa Òmnia with online registration, the "Teixint mirades de dones migrades" mutual-support space for migrant women, the community activity "Arrels diverses, Horitzó verd" for World Environment Day, and the self-managed crochet project "Teixint Esperances". The foundation remains active in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and across Catalonia.

Fundació Akwaba was founded in 1992 in the Torrassa neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. From its earliest years it combined local community work with global advocacy, taking part in campaigns such as those channelled through the European Social Forum for the cancellation of external debt, which it saw as a root cause of inequality. Its work has centred on the social integration of immigrant populations and on making visible the cultural diversity of its urban environment. It became one of the points of the Òmnia network, a project promoted and financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya that provides access to computing for groups at risk of exclusion, helping them reinforce their studies or find employment. It also joined the local Anadromes network for social and labour inclusion alongside eleven other entities. Akwaba has run Arabic language and culture courses designed to bring cultures together as a way of combating racism and xenophobia. By 1999 it had already collaborated for five editions in the organisation of the Festa de la Diversitat in the Torrassa neighbourhood, an event involving more than 50 NGOs and attended by thousands of people. It has also worked with secondary schools on activities such as "Ni uniformes ni etiquetes: per una escola i un món intercultural i amb equitat de gènere". Over the years the foundation has published educational tools and resources, including "#desfemlesdesigualtats: aprenentatge creatiu per una ciutadania global" (2016), "Com vivim? Convivint: per una escola i un món sostenible i de pau" (Barcelona, 2019) and "FEM ECO: connectem el gènere i el medi ambient a l'escola i al món" (2021). In the 2020s its programming has continued to evolve, with community action through computing, intercultural society-building, human rights and social commitment, and environmental education. Recent initiatives include a new website for the Xarxa Òmnia with online registration, the mutual-support space "Teixint mirades de dones migrades" for migrant women, the World Environment Day community activity "Arrels diverses, Horitzó verd", and the self-managed crochet project "Teixint Esperances". The foundation remains active in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and across Catalonia.

• 2026

  Launch of new Xarxa Òmnia website with online registration; new initiatives including "Teixint Esperances" and "Teixint mirades de dones migrades".

• 2021

  Publication of "FEM ECO: connectem el gènere i el medi ambient a l'escola i al món".

• 2019

  Publication of "Com vivim? Convivint: per una escola i un món sostenible i de pau" (Barcelona).

• 2016

  Publication of "#desfemlesdesigualtats: aprenentatge creatiu per una ciutadania global".

• 1999

  Already collaborating for five editions in the organisation of the Festa de la Diversitat in Torrassa, with more than 50 NGOs and thousands of attendees.

• 1992

  Fundació Akwaba founded in the Torrassa neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.

A grassroots, community-based non-profit foundation in Catalonia focused on social cohesion, intercultural coexistence, digital inclusion and human rights.

• Punt Òmnia Akwaba

  A point of the Òmnia network providing computing access for groups at risk of exclusion to reinforce studies or find work.

• Festa de la Diversitat

  Community festival in the Torrassa neighbourhood involving more than 50 NGOs and thousands of attendees.

• FEM ECO

  Environmental education programme connecting gender and the environment at school and in the world.

• Teixint Esperances

  Self-managed crochet initiative by women of various nationalities to build community and link interculturality with wellbeing.

• Teixint mirades de dones migrades

  A meeting, listening and mutual-support space for migrant women.

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2. 2Fundació Akwaba - Wikidatawikidata.org
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