Fundacion Via Cocina is a community based project focused on improving the health and economic development of vulnerable women, youth and underprivileged in Medellin Colombia. With a personalized training and mentoring system sharing healthy food recipes, cooking techniques and applied financial planning and entrepreneurial small business fundamentals, we build a program for individuals and families based on their current reality, applying the training to objectives created with them, for them, in their own home. Additionally, we provide classes to individuals and groups who want to learn to cook healthy dishes with local ingredients for their families, transforming them into uncommon flavo... read more Fundacion Via Cocina is a community based project focused on improving the health and economic development of vulnerable women, youth and underprivileged in Medellin Colombia. With a personalized training and mentoring system sharing healthy food recipes, cooking techniques and applied financial planning and entrepreneurial small business fundamentals, we build a program for individuals and families based on their current reality, applying the training to objectives created with them, for them, in their own home. Additionally, we provide classes to individuals and groups who want to learn to cook healthy dishes with local ingredients for their families, transforming them into uncommon flavors that are low in fat, oil, salt and sugar-free. These activities look to decrease frequency and severity of non-communicable diseases in the communities, including obesity, diabetes and cholesterol.
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Brian | Project Leader
Spring is almost here, and we've spent some time over the holiday months working with other foundations and the kids they support. In December we made hundreds of cookies with a group of youth... Read the full report ›By Brian | Project Leader
Happy fall for those who enjoy the change in seasons! Over the past few months we have finally got our solar energy system adjusted and working properly, which cuts our monthly utilities bills in... Read the full report ›By Brian | Project Leader
Hola! Over the past few months we continue to work on getting our solar energy up and running properly. I now have a clear idea and plan on how to fix the final production problems we are... Read the full report ›
