Juntos Construyendo Futuro (Building Future Together) works with communities in mining rural areas of two municipalities in Colombia to reduce child labor and improve the living standards and future opportunities of children and youth by developing programs to help them stay in school, engage in sports and recreational activities and, ultimately, empowering them.

Mahavir Kmina will provide prostheses to 16 low income kids and young Colombian limb amputees, giving them the opportunity to start again.

The project seeks to train children and youth from 3 of the most violent districts in the city of Medellin, to be responsible citizens, peaceful and to have the abilities required to become agents of change in their communities. The process uses art and other cultural manifestations as the main training tools. It is about having fun and learning by doing.

Pintando Caminos empowers vulnerable, Bogota youth in impoverished neighborhoods to break their cycle of poverty and history of violence by generating spaces that provide over 240 boys and girls with a hot meal as well as learning and recreational opportunities.

MADRE provides critical services for Colombian youth who are at risk of being recruited as child-soldiers, giving them the support they need to create alternatives to a life of combat and violence.

Help us to break down the false cultural perceptions about persons with Down Syndrome. Developing a local Public Information Campaign is the first step to reach inclusion in our community.

By promoting soccer and funding basic schooling, Tiempo de Juego (TJ) prevents children from Altos de Cazuca and Cartagena from joining gangs or armed militias, consume illegal drugs, or become delinquents. The program seeks to recover fundamental values of society by applying the rules of soccer for peace and development: fair play, group work, gender equity, humble victory, dignified loss, tolerance and respect for rules. Since 2006, TJ has benefited more than 1000 kids and teenagers.

Please consider supporting poor Colombian entrepreneurs through microloans. They want to work themselves and their families out of chronic poverty.

60 children between the ages of 6 and 12 will have a safe place were they can learn about the territory they inhabit, how they can protect it and make a sustainable use of its resources.

This project provides free and qualified primary education, nutritional reinforcement and recreational activities for 160 orphans and victims of conflict from the municipality of Santander, Colombia.