What we create together
takes us further.

While talking with colleagues and friends, a question came up: why not start a foundation? Some of them had volunteered before, and I was an active volunteer with Pervivir, working alongside Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Eastern Plains.

During one of those activities, as we learned to make beaded bracelets alongside the children, we were also building bonds. I could see and feel how it brought us closer and gave us a sense of belonging: we were part of a community.

Work, studies and the different paths we took in life led us in separate directions. Although I was now on my own with that idea, I did not want to let it fade away. So I decided to get to work and take the first step I could: drafting the foundation’s statutes.

During that process, a typo turned the name I had originally chosen into “roscaille”. When I noticed, I liked the sound of it and decided to keep it rather than correct it. That is how the foundation got its name.

Oliver lives at my parents’ home: a small guava bonsai I gave my mum, a lasting reminder of the trees I used to climb as a child.

I tied a beaded bracelet around its trunk, a small gesture to root myself in what matters to me: my land, my home and the things that remind me where I come from.

After a year in the sun and rain, I took the bracelet off the little bonsai and washed it. When I finished, it looked as good as new. I was struck by how much resilience there was in something so small and seemingly fragile. I thought it was a powerful symbol.

That experience gave the project a deeper meaning and helped me understand what I wanted to build.

The patterns you see on this website are inspired by another bracelet I brought back from Colombia’s Eastern Plains, which a member of the Indigenous community helped me finish. Beads have been part of my life, and that is why they also have a place in our identity.

My new remote job as a copywriter gave me more time to dedicate to the community I wanted to build and to this website. Little by little, I was able to give it a stronger identity.

I have always loved pastel shades and the traditional clothing of Indigenous communities in my country. They are part of the inspiration behind this website’s colours.

As for the beads… well, you already know that story.

I also carry with me the feeling of belonging to a community where we share interests and hopes.

What you see on this website and in our community channels grew from a simple idea: bringing together people willing to share who they are and what they know with those who want to learn and improve every day.