CategoriesHumanitarian AidDonor: Tamarin FoundationLocal Ally: Aldeas Infantiles SOS ColombiaBeneficiaries: 500 individualsLocation: Riohacha, La Guajira As a department that neighbors Venezuela, La Guajira is one of regions of Colombia most affected by the mass migration ocurring from the country. Hundreds of children from migratory families were already in need of humanitarian aid as well as nutritional support, but with the addition […]
CategoriesEnvironment Humanitarian AidDonor: Tamarin FoundationLocal Allies: Fundación Bahía y Ecosistemas ColombiaBeneficiaries: 250 individuals Location: Punta Arena, Cartagena, Bolívar Fundación Bahía y Ecosistemas de Colombia is a non-profit organization that seeks to protect and improve the environment as well as social issues. With this goal in mind, they decided to carry out a beach clean-up in Punta Arena. They focused on […]
CategoriesHumanitarian AidDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Allies: Fundación Grupo Argos, TECHO Haiti, and CINA FoundationBeneficiaries: 250 families (1,212 individuals)Location: Source-Matelas, Haiti Due to the crisis generated by COVID-19, many families were left without income and vulnerable to the spread of the virus not just in Colombia, but in nearby countries. As a result of the alliance created with Fundación Grupo Argos, we sought to […]
CategoriesHumanitarian AidDonor: Multiple Donors through Col5VidLocal Allies: Fundación Grupo Argos, Fundación Antioquia Presente, Fundación Mario Santo Domingo, Fundación Granitos de Paz, Fundación Pies Descalzos, and AeioTúBeneficiaries: 7,217 families (Over 28,000 individuals)Location: Cauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Meta, Magdalena, Antioquia, Tolima, Sucre, Santander, Boyacá, Caldas, Guajira, and Chocó This project came about on April 16th, 2020, when Colombia went into quarantine and it became evident to […]
CategoriesHumanitarian AidDonor: Multiple DonorsLocal Ally: Corporación Minuto de DiosBeneficiaries: 10,828 individualsLocation: Mocoa, Putumayo On April 1st, 2017, heavy rains caused three rivers to overflow, resulting in floods and landslides. The small town of Mocoa was hit the hardest, as overnight they received a third of the rainfall it typically gets in one month and Mocoa greeted dawn in ruins. More […]
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 […]
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 […]
CategoriesEnvironmentDonor: Tamarin FondationLocal Ally: Corporación HorizontesBeneficiaries: 19,682 individuals Location: Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Magdalena Solid residues have become an even greater issue in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta in the last few years. However, the indigenous communities of the area, meaning the Arhuacos, Wiwa, Kogui, Kankuamo and rural farming communities, lack the knowledge or the system to deal […]
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 […]
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, […]
