Donor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: El Rio FoundationBeneficiaries: 28 childrenLocation: Buritaca, Magdalena Along the north coast of Colombia, where the tropical forest meets the Carribean Sea, El Rio Foundation can be found in the small town of Buritaca. Located in a post-conflict area, Buritaca has a history of little government support and was further affected when the Covid pandemic hit. […]
CategoriesEducation Health & Nutrition ProjectsDonor: Harvard University & Multiple Individuals Local Ally: PODEROSAS Colombia Beneficiaries: 500 teenagers Location: Bogotá Universally, gender equality, teenage pregnancies, and violence against women are some of the leading causes of multidimensional poverty, which create a domino effect that traps not just women, but their children, the following generations, and ultimately, entire communities. Colombia is no exception […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Tamarin FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Carla CristinaBeneficiaries: 100 childrenLocation: Medellín, Antioquia Although there is no doubt that the city of Medellin has grown much in the past few decades in terms of education and work opportunities, it still lacks the necessary number of early childhood development centers/nurseries which are the foundation for jump starting a child’s development. The lacks […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Tamarin FoundationLocal Ally: Aldeas Infantiles SOS ColombiaBeneficiaries: 1,200 children and teenagersLocation: Riohacha, La Guajira Although La Guajira keeps seeing a great number of migrant families from Venezuela, the main efforts carried out to help these families do not place children’s education and development at the forefront. Aldeas Infantiles SOS Colombia has taken it upon themselves to tackle this issue […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Fundación SidocBeneficiaries: 100 childrenLocation: Cali, Valle del Cauca Fundación Sidoc understands that music can be a gateway that teaches children to break cycles of violence by abandoning the dynamics and spaces that foster violence in their communities. In hopes of creating a program that builds confidence, compassion and tolerance, they created the Children and […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Motorola Solutions FoundationLocal Ally: Corporación Matamoros Beneficiaries: 65 soldiers injured in combatLocation: Bogotá, Colombia For over 50 years, Colombia has suffered an internal conflict that has caused a great deal of suffering and grief for its inhabitants. Criminal groups have carried out many illicit terrorist acts, which affect not only the general public, but also the members of the armed forces […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Skanska, Inc.Local Ally: Centro Colombo Americano de MedellinBeneficiaries: Eight SchoolsLocation: Medellín, Antioquia Though sports have evolved to become a recreational activity in modern society, the theme of competition still remains relevant and has begun to distort the true objectives of any sport. This can be seen widely as stadiums in Colombia have become places of violence. […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Fundación Conect VisionBeneficiaries: 36 childrenLocation: La Boquilla, Cartagena, Bolívar Fundación Conect Vision uses the strong positive influence of sports to motivate kids and teenagers from vulnerable communities to pursue a life project and eradicate the mental poverty that hinders the development of their communities. For this, we worked with 36 children between the ages of […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Uno Más Todos PostobonBeneficiaries: 78 studentsLocation: Magangué, Bolívar As part of G2C’s efforts in providing children in Colombia with a shot at an education, we partnered with Uno Más Todos Postobon to take the Mi Bici initative to two schools in Magangué, Bolívar. These schools had been among those benefitted by our “Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Cisco SystemsLocal Ally: Fundación Hablando con JulisBeneficiaries: 5,000 end usersLocation: International (Colombia & Panama) Hablando con Julis is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist the learning processes of students with communication or learning difficulties by developing a user-friendly interactive ICT tool that facilitates these children’s education and their communication with others. Give To Colombia and Fundación […]
