ABOUT US
¿What is AWA?
AWA is a consulting company made up of Latin American women that offers specialized technical advice in disaster and emergency management, climate change adaptation, sustainable development, communications and graphic design.
Mission: to be the best option of technical advice for those who seek to promote the well-being of people, ecosystems and animals during times of emergency and regular times.
Vision: to co-create a balanced and resilient planet.
It is important for us to promote the welfare of people, animals and the environment in the work we do since we understand that these are not isolated factors as they interact with each other thus, addressing them holistically allows us to ensure that our interventions adapt to this reality, is what makes it easier for us to have sustainability of our projects. Additionally, we consider it essential that our work is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations.
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With several years of experience in the Americas and the Caribbean region, our staff's experience includes consultancies with the private, public, and humanitarian sectors such as the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
¿Who is AWA?
Ana Carola Terrazas,
AWA's Founder & Director,
Emergency and International Development Specialist
Ana Carola has several years of experience working in the region of the Americas and Caribbean with various United Nations agencies and international NGOs.
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She is passionate about working with a holistic approach to disaster management so that underprivileged communities are participants and leaders in the process. In addition to actively ensuring animal welfare and environmental sustainability in these practices.
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Starting from the fact that there is not such thing as a natural disaster, Ana Carola can help you develop projects, secure financing, coordinate and implement projects, conduct studies, and develop courses and presentations.
If you want to know more about her work click here.
Diana Rivadeneira,
AWA's Director,
Urban and Environmental Planner Specialist
Diana is an Environmental Planner and Project Manager with twelve years of experience in development projects for indigenous communities and large-scale complex infrastructure projects, including LRT, air-rail links, regional and national trains, and local transit.
Diana's capabilities include environmental assessments, environmental compliance, program and project management, project controls and Office of Program Management (PMO) services, as well as contract development to identify environmental requirements and commitments.
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Diana is passionate about facilitating community development in a sustainable and personalized way for each community, to know more about her click here.
Inés Pereyra Rivero,
AWA's Director,
Communications Specialist
Magui Tito,
AWA's Director,
Graphic Design Specialist
Inés Pereyra Rivero has a degree in social communications and is finishing her master’s degree in sciences of religions in Madrid, Spain.
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She works in press management and communication for Uruguayan and international organizations linked to marine conservation as well as cultural shows in the region.
Inés has the know-how to enhance the scope of projects through strategic media presence that generates value. She is committed to making positive changes in our society, if you want to know more about her work click here.
Magui is a Bolivian designer, creative and photographer. She graduated from the Bolivian Catholic University with a degree in Design and Photography, and mention in Visual Communication and Art Direction.
Focused mainly on corporate image creation, content creation, digital campaigns development, materials design, and strategic positioning. Additionally, she has the talent to create content through her photography.
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Magui enjoys supporting you with your visual needs through her services and unlimited creativity. If you want to see her work click here.
¿Why the name AWA?
Inspired by nature, we chose AWA as a name since it is a phonetic transcription of the word water (in Spanish).
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Water adapts, transforms and has no natural barrier that prevents it from continuing to flow from the depths of the earth to the sky. Thanks to its perseverance, water is able to go through rocks and mountains eliminating the limits that arise, and thus creating new paths that hydrate, nourish and purify all forms of life on our planet.
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We see our work as a constant adaptation and transformation since each client and project has different needs, challenges, and objectives. With organization and perseverance we work to achieve the established objectives and this means that sometimes we create new paths or use new tools to achieve it.