Donors: 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 […]

Donor: 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, […]

Donor: 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 […]

Donor: 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 […]

Donor: 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 […]

Donor: 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 […]

Donor: 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 […]

Donor: Tamarin FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Las GolondrinasBeneficiaries: 104 children between the ages 0-5Location: Amagá, Antioquia Fundación Las Golondrinas is a non-profit organization that for the past 33 years has worked with displaced and vulnerable populations in Medellín and the surounding areas of Antioquia to provide academic and socio-economic opportunities for low-income communities. As part of their mission, the foundation runs […]

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Donor: JPMorgan Chase FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Juan Felipe Gomez EscobarBeneficiaries: 340 adolescent mothersLocation: Cartagena, Bolívar The Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation (Juanfe) is a non-profit organization that works to create real solutions by improving the quality of life of the infant and adolescent population in one of the poorest communities in Cartagena, Colombia. In a city where 60% of the deaths […]