Álvaro Rodríguez Ariza is a youth counsellor, defender of children’s rights, musician, community leader and popular educator. In the municipality of Paipa, the TEJIENDO RAICES CORPORACION began to consolidate itself as an organisation that defends children’s rights and the environment. They began to work in this area plagued by drug addiction and alcoholism. The organisation carries out alternative training schools led by among other people, Álvaro Rodríguez where they create a series of activities (educational support workshops, arts and music etc) with which they have managed to impact neighbourhoods forgotten by the state. Álvaro brings the voices of boys, girls and young people to democratic spaces as a youth counsellor.