What is the name of your organization?
CHECK
What is the name of your solution?
CHECK
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Regenerative tourism platform activating Checkpoints—community-powered innovation hubs—in Colombia’s most vulnerable and biodiverse regions.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Bogotá, Colombia
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
Colombia
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
Tourism is one of the most powerful economic engines in the world—yet in Colombia, it has often deepened inequality, excluded local communities, and degraded fragile ecosystems. In the Chocó region—one of the most biodiverse yet economically vulnerable territories in the world—over 60% of the population lives in poverty, and youth unemployment exceeds 45%. Despite receiving over 2 million tourists annually, less than 5% of that income reaches community hands or contributes to environmental protection.
Globally, tourism accounts for 8–10% of global emissions and is rarely regenerative. In Colombia’s coastal regions, the lack of sustainable infrastructure, inclusive education, and traceable community-led tourism models leads to extractive practices that harm both people and planet.
Check seeks to solve this by transforming tourism into a tool for inclusive development, environmental regeneration, and education for women and youth. We do this by building Checkpoints—community-powered innovation hubs that combine regenerative travel, local leadership, and technology to track social and ecological impact in real time.
The world needs scalable models that make tourism part of the solution. We’re starting where it matters: in Colombia’s most vulnerable coastal paradises.
What is your solution?
Check is a regenerative travel platform that connects conscious travelers with Checkpoints—community-powered innovation hubs in Colombia’s most vulnerable and biodiverse territories.
Our flagship model, the Jardín del Mar in the Chocó region, integrates sustainable tourism, local education, and real-time impact tracking. These hubs offer immersive travel experiences—like marine safaris, reforestation, workshops with women leaders and youth—while reinvesting income into the territory through regenerative infrastructure, environmental conservation, and entrepreneurship.
Each Checkpoint is powered by a digital platform that enables:
Impact traceability (via blockchain and Power BI dashboards)
Local participation (via a community app for workshop tracking, volunteer hours, and earnings)
Booking integration (for regenerative trips and custom group itineraries)
Our solution empowers communities to own their tourism economy, provides transparent data to allies, and offers travelers a way to regenerate, not exploit.
In 2025, we’re scaling this model to other coastal regions in Colombia, including La Guajira and the Amazon, with the goal of building a national network of regenerative destinations led by and for local communities.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Our solution directly serves Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities, particularly women, youth, and children, in Colombia’s most vulnerable coastal regions—starting with the Chocó.
These communities have long protected their ecosystems, but have been historically excluded from the benefits of tourism and development. In regions like Chocó, 60% of the population lives in poverty, and many women and youth lack access to quality education, technology, and dignified income opportunities.
Checkpoints change that. These regenerative hubs provide:
Educational workshops in marine science, leadership, and entrepreneurship for women and youth
Income generation through community-led tourism experiences and artisan product sales
Environmental infrastructure, including solar power, water systems, and recycling initiatives
Tech access and training, empowering communities to track their own impact
In parallel, we serve conscious travelers—offering them meaningful experiences that allow them to contribute to social and environmental regeneration.
By shifting the tourism model from extractive to co-created and regenerative, we unlock new economic and educational opportunities for underserved communities—while preserving the cultural and natural heritage that makes these territories unique.
We don’t just bring travelers in. We build futures with those who call these places home.
