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Magdalena River Basin Project

Donor: Anonymous and GNB SudamerisLocal Ally: The Nature ConservancyBeneficiaries: 5,000 individualsLocation: Department of Magdalena This initiative convenes a wide array of stakeholders to develop the first-ever, basin-wide sustainable model for the management of the Magdalena River. The goal was to balance production, flood control, and conservation needs, as well as improve the livelihoods of small and medium scale farmers […]

CategoriesHealth & Nutrition

Psychological Support for Children in Fund. Carla Cristina

Donor: McMillan’s Children FoundatoinLocal Ally: Fundación Carla CristinaBeneficiaries: 550 childrenLocation: Medellín, Antioquia  With the support of McMillan’s Children Foundation, Give To Colombia was able to support the project in Fundación Carla Cristina’s locations Santa Inés, Casa de su niño, Bella Infancia, y 13 de Noviembre. Through this project, we focused on the foundation’s healthy lifestyle guidelines, and ended up […]

CategoriesEnvironment

Educating Young Leaders to Save the Planet (Phase 2)

Donor: GE FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Santa Fe de BogotáBeneficiaries: 1,654 studentsLocation: Bogotá & Madrid, Colombia Give To Colombia partnered together with Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá to empower young students from vulnerable schools to improve their local environment conditions and create healthy communities. The project was carried out in two neighborhoods in Bogotá and one neighborhood in Madrid, and […]

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Analog Forestry in the Atrato River Basin

Donor: Citigroup FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Amigos Del Choco (AMICHOCÓ)Beneficiaries: 320 individualsLocation: Municipalities of Bojayá and Vigía del Fuerte, Chocó In partnership with AMICHOCÓ, Give to Colombia developed a project that would restore environmentally degraded areas while promoting the economic sustainability of vulnerable rural families in Chocó. The project provided 30 families with the tools and skills required to plant and […]

Empresas se la juegan por la educación en Pasacaballos

Portafolio, 11/2/2010 Como en los países del primer mundo, en materia de responsabilidad social, en Colombia se viene adelantando una convocatoria entre empresarios y reconocidos artistas internacionales para recaudar recursos a favor de la comunidad de Pasacaballos, en Cartagena de Indias, cuya población posee amplias necesidades. Buchanan's Forever la iniciativa de responsabilidad social que durante […]

A cocinar con responsabilidad social

Portafolio, 10/6/2010 Sin embargo, esta iniciativa hace parte del amplio grupo de programas sociales que desarrolla la Fundación Andes en el campo de la educación. Su presidenta explicó a PORTAFOLIO la estrategia social a la que vienen apuntando. ¿Qué es la Fundación Andes? Es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro, integrada a la iniciativa mundial […]

CategoriesNews

IDB President urges Colombian business leaders to back a social inclusion fund for talented, underprivileged youths

IDB, PDF Version CARTAGENA, Colombia – Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno today called on Colombian private sector leaders to join a social inclusion fund to help talented, underprivileged youth to gain access to quality higher education. Moreno issued the call to action at the June 16-17 Transforming Philanthropy forum organized by Give to […]

CategoriesEducation

Enhancing Education Through Reading in Rural Areas

Donor: Citigroup FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Secretos para ContarBeneficiaries: 9,577 families (47,885 individuals)Location: Frontino, Liborina, Olaya, Peque, Sabanalarga, Cañasgordas, Uramita, Belmira, and Santa Fe, Antioquia Give To Colombia and Fundación Secretos Para Contar once again came together to launch an initiative that hoped to provide rural families with a small reading library that included books and dictionaries to help them […]