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 […]
CategoriesEnvironmentDonor: GE FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Santa Fe de BogotáBeneficiaries: 1,654 studentsLocation: Bogotá & Madrid, Colombia Give To Colombia partnered together with Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá to empower young students from vulnerable schools to improve their local environment conditions and create healthy communities. The project was carried out in two neighborhoods in Bogotá and one neighborhood in Madrid, and […]
CategoriesEnvironmentDonor: Citigroup FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Amigos Del Choco (AMICHOCÓ)Beneficiaries: 320 individualsLocation: Municipalities of Bojayá and Vigía del Fuerte, Chocó In partnership with AMICHOCÓ, Give to Colombia developed a project that would restore environmentally degraded areas while promoting the economic sustainability of vulnerable rural families in Chocó. The project provided 30 families with the tools and skills required to plant and […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: Citigroup FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Secretos para ContarBeneficiaries: 9,577 families (47,885 individuals)Location: Frontino, Liborina, Olaya, Peque, Sabanalarga, Cañasgordas, Uramita, Belmira, and Santa Fe, Antioquia Give To Colombia and Fundación Secretos Para Contar once again came together to launch an initiative that hoped to provide rural families with a small reading library that included books and dictionaries to help them […]
CategoriesEconomic Development EducationDonors: IBM Colombia, IIFLocal Allies: Fundación Mario Santo Domingo, Comité para la Democratización de la InformaticaBeneficiaries: 100 teachers, students, and entrepreneursLocation: Barranquilla, Atlántico In alliance with the IBM International Foundation and IBM Colombia, Give To Colombia developed a project in Villas de San Pablo in Barranquilla where the main objective was to create an Information Technology and Citizen’s Rights […]
CategoriesEducationDonor: The McMillan Children’s FoundationLocal Ally: Fundación Secretos para ContarBeneficiaries: 1,870 familiesLocation: Municipalities of Taraza & Toledo, Antioquia In 2008, Give To Colombia and Fundación Secretos Para Contar created an alliance to implement a program in the municipalities of Taraza and Toledo where they provided 1,870 families with the second collection of books from the “Secretos para contar” series […]
CategoriesWater & SanitationDonors: Exxon Mobil, Acción Social Local Allies: Fundación Mamonal, CINARA, Cartagena’s Secretary of Education, Barranquilla’s Secretary of Education, Santa Marta’s Secretary of Education Beneficiaries: 8,270 students from seven schools Location: Barranquilla, Cartagena, Riohacha and Santa Marta In 2008, Give To Colombia began its first ever water and sanitation project in the northern coast of Colombia in partnership with Fundación Mamonal. The goal of this project […]
