CategoriesNewsGive To Colombia, Over 600 guests attended the 6th Anniversary of BeLive, a spectacular evening where philanthropy, music, fashion and Colombian culture came together to create the perfect evening! After raising over $3M for the past five years, and changing the lives of so many Colombians in need, BeLive once again brought together four prominent Colombian non-profit […]
CategoriesNewsFinancial Times, PDV Version Diaspora Giving. There is a growing interest in what is happening back home, propelled by social media. Lauren Foster reports. Back in 2006, Give To Colombia (G2C), a US-based non-profit group that creates, promotes and facilitates alliances between international donors and grassroot organisations in Colombia, hosted a forum in Miami targeted […]
CategoriesEnglishLatin American Herald Tribune, 10/10/2012 US and Colombia Charity "Give to Colombia" will implement several innovative models for providing rural water and sanitation with support from the InterAmerican Development Bank, the PepsiCo Foundation, the government of Switzerland, and the government of Austria, and the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction. BOGOTA — Colombia and US charity […]
CategoriesEnglishGive To Colombia, 10/4/2012 On October 4, Angela Maria Tafur, CEO and Co-Founder of Give To Colombia, was honored in Miami as one of the most influential Latinos/Hispanics of Miami. Organized by Asociación Fusionarte, the Pan American Foundation and Televisa Publishing, 100 Latinos/Hispanos Miami is a project that identifies and recognizes a group of individuals […]
CategoriesEnglishInter-American Development Bank, 10/2/2012 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will support a group of pilot projects in rural and peri-urban areas in Colombia to improve potable water and sanitation services in very poor communities. According to data from Colombia’s National Administrative Statistics Department (DANE 2005 census), in rural areas of Colombia water service coverage was […]
Portafolio, 10/2/2012 Con un préstamo de 60 millones de dólares por parte del BID, se buscará mejorar el abastecimiento de agua y manejo de saneamiento básico en algunas zonas rurales del país. El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo apoyará un conjunto de proyectos piloto en zonas rurales y periurbanas de Colombia para mejorar los servicios de […]
CategoriesSpanishDinero, 10/2/2012 El programa de Sustentabilidad de Agua y Saneamiento para zonas rurales del país será financiado con recursos provenientes de una donación internacional otorgada al Gobierno de US$2,1 millones. El programa, con el cual se promoverán esquemas no tradicionales para el abastecimiento de agua potable, lo mismo que para el manejo de aguas […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Morgan Chase FoundationLocal Ally: Enseña por Colombia Beneficiaries: 56 individualsLocation: Urabá, Bogotá, and Vichada For the execution of this project Give To Colombia partnered with its local ally, Enseña por Colombia, an organization that seeks to improve Colombian students’ academic performance by including human capital of the highest quality to the Colombian educational system. The main premise of their work is that the single-most important […]
CategoriesEconomic DevelopmentDonor: Tiffany & Co. FoundationLocal Ally: Alliance for Responsible MiningBeneficiaries: N/A* Location: International Approximately 2,500 tons of gold are mined around the world every year. Of this, between 200 and 300 tons originate from Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM), which provides almost 90% of employment in the gold mining sector. ASM provides employment and income opportunities to about 15 million […]
CategoriesEconomic DevelopmentDonor: JPMorgan Chase FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Carlos y Sonia HaimeBeneficiaries: 60 female heads of householdsLocation: Cartagena, Bolívar The Carlos y Sonia Haime Foundation (FCSH) is a Colombian non-profit organization that seeks to promote inclusive development for the populations of Manzanillo del Mar and Tierra Baja by providing the necessary tools to enable them to become agents of their own economic growth, creating […]
