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CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: 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 […]
CategoriesEconomic DevelopmentDonor: Individual/Family Donor Local Ally: Banca de Inversión Social Beneficiaries: N/A Location: National The Social Investment Bank (BIS) is a non-profit organization based in Colombia that acts as a bridge between donors, impact investors, traditional sources of social funding and social enterprises and projects. They believe there is a significant opportunity to reduce poverty and improve the environment through […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Skanska, Inc.Local Ally: Centro Colombo Americano de MedellinBeneficiaries: 30 womenLocation: Palmitas, Medellín, Antioquia Led by the Indian-American artists and activist Saumya Deva, Centro Colombo Americano implemented “Lab 37 – Female Leaders: Empowering Women” where they worked with a group of women from Palmitas, Antioquia. In this lab, Deva and art students from the University of Antioquia went […]
CategoriesWater & SanitationDonors: GE Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in ColombiaLocal Allies: CINARA, the Colombian Ministry of Housing and Territory, and the Colombian National Planning DepartmentBeneficiaries: 890 students, parents and teachers from two schoolsLocation: Magangué, Bolívar In 2008, only 72% of rural areas in Colombia had water service coverage, and sewarage coverage lagged behind at only […]
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 […]
CategoriesEnvironmentDonor: Anonymous and GNB SudamerisLocal Ally: The Nature ConservancyBeneficiaries: 5,000 individualsLocation: Department of Magdalena This initiative convenes a wide array of stakeholders to develop the first-ever, basin-wide sustainable model for the management of the Magdalena River. The goal was to balance production, flood control, and conservation needs, as well as improve the livelihoods of small and medium scale farmers […]
CategoriesHealth & NutritionDonor: McMillan’s Children FoundatoinLocal Ally: Fundación Carla CristinaBeneficiaries: 550 childrenLocation: Medellín, Antioquia With the support of McMillan’s Children Foundation, Give To Colombia was able to support the project in Fundación Carla Cristina’s locations Santa Inés, Casa de su niño, Bella Infancia, y 13 de Noviembre. Through this project, we focused on the foundation’s healthy lifestyle guidelines, and ended up […]
