CategoriesEconomic Development Health & Nutrition ProjectsDonor: Anonymous Local Ally: Banco de Alimentos La Guajira Beneficiaries: 101 Indigenous Families Location: Youyoupana, La Guajira In Colombia, the neighborhood store is the place where the community meets and connects on a daily basis. The independent owner greets everyone by name, you can run down in five minutes to get freshly-made cheese for breakfast, and it´s common to […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: H. BoteroLocal Ally: Corporación MatamorosBeneficiaries: 823 individualsLocation: Bogotá One of the main issues wounded veterans and their families encounter when traveling to Bogotá, whether it is for medical interventions, legal services, or rehabilitation after being wounded, is their inability to afford lodgings for themselves and their families. Corporación Matamoros realized the difficulties that arose and sought […]
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 […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonors: Amgen Foundation and Marcela CepedaLocal Ally: Fundación Casa de la Madre y el NiñoBeneficiaries: 100 childrenLocation: Bogotá, Colombia In Colombia, more than 8,300 children and teenagers have been abandoned by their parents, forcing them to grow up in orphanages, without a defined family to love or respect them. Fundación Casa de la Madre del Niño works to defend the rights […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: AnonymousLocal Ally: Instituto para Niños Ciegos y Sordos del Valle del CaucaBeneficiaries: 212 childrenLocation: Cali, Valle del Cauca The Instituto para Niños Ciegos y Sordos del Valle del Cauca seeks to improve the quality of life of children with visual or hearing impairment, as well as their families and the community through high quality services in visual health, otorhinolaryngology, therapy, […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Fundación SoyDoyBeneficiaries: N/ALocation: Bogotá, Colombia In Colombia, over 50% of families do not get the minimum of three meals per day. This means they are also not receiving the necessary nutrients to guarantee a healthy diet, placing them in the category of “nutrionally at risk”. Fundación Soÿdoÿ was created with the goal to tackle this […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: AnonymousLocal Ally: CAD Proyecto de VidaBeneficiaries: 11 individualsLocation: Bogotá, Colombia The Center for Addictions “Proyecto de Vida” was born from a group of friends’ growing concern for the alarming rate of increase in substance abuse victims in Colombia. The Center offers in-house treatment with a clinical-psychological focus based on Narcotics Anonymous’ Twelve-step program. Today, the Center houses 15 patients […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: Tanebey Cancer FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Andrea y VanessaBeneficiaries: 26 children with oncological diseasesLocation: Barranquilla, Atlántico Fundación Andrea y Vanessa is a non-profit organization born in 2012 with the purpose of aiding pediatric patients with oncologic and hematological diseases coming from low-income families by offering them food and shelter in order to avoid the desertion of the treatment. Their […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: Shamir Insight, Inc.Local Ally: Fundación VolverBeneficiaries: 2,500 childrenLocation: Department of Cundinamarca The project was conducted by Fundación Volver, an entity created for improving the quality of life of people through programs of promotion, prevention, and treatment for the visual health of individuals from low-incomes families in vulnerable communities. This project sought to improve the visual health conditions and provide solutions […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: Ace4Milk FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Proyecto UniónBeneficiaries: 75 childrenLocation: Bogotá, Colombia Fundación Proyecto Unión is a home where comprehensive care is given to children with cognitive and physical disabilities and diseases that are difficult to manage, and who have been abandoned by their parents. Among the projects planned for the children are: trying to restore the childrens’ violated rights with a multidisciplinary […]
