Las ruedas comunitarias como herramienta de transformación social en el barrio La Merced del cantón Latacunga - Ecuador

This article focuses on the population in vulnerable situations that have faced complications, both individually and socially throughout their lives, with the objective of analyzing the impact of community wheels as a social intervention strategy for the empowerment and well-being of vulnerable people in the La Merced neighborhood of the Latacunga canton. Therefore, the following quantitative methodology was applied with a systemic approach, with a population of 1,251 inhabitants of the neighborhood, from which a sample of 125 people were selected who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, using the Resilience Scale CD-RISC questionnaire, as well as the N1 and N2 cards of Evaluation of Integrative Community Therapies (TCI) and as results, 52.8% are female and 47.2% male, most of them between 25 and 34 years old with 23.2%. After the community wheels, it was evidenced that regarding “quite agree”, 44.8% adapt to changes, 47.2% if the past success helps them to face new challenges, 52% prefer to take the initiative when a problem has to be solved, 42.4% think that the community wheels contributed to empowerment and capacity in conflict resolution, and “totally agree” 45.6% feel satisfied with the application of the tool, among other data with positive results. In conclusion, it is established that the vulnerable groups, through the community wheels, have strengthened their capacity to face adverse situations, being motivated to achieve possible changes in well-being.