Children Change Colombia
London, United Kingdom
About
Children Change Colombia is a charity based in London, United Kingdom working on children & youth, education, peace & conflict +3 more.
Children Change Colombia is an international children's charity registered in the UK, with offices in London and Bogotá. It works with children, young people and their families in Colombia who are exposed to poverty, inequality and violence. The charity works through grassroots partner organisations, funding projects in education, child protection, emergency response and peacebuilding, including the prevention of child recruitment into armed groups. It also runs programmes such as scholarships and a UK-based diaspora project. Founded in the UK by volunteers and donors after a 1989 BBC documentary on children living in the sewers of Bogotá, the organisation has worked for over 35 years and reports supporting more than 89,000 children.
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Social dance project
Children & Youth · Colombia
Social dance project with Colegio del Cuerpo helping children recover from the trauma of war and improving school attendance and self-worth.
Scholarship programme
Education · Colombia
Helps students from la Sierra Nevada attend university with tuition, computers, internet, travel costs and psychosocial support.
Offline education app with El Origen
Education · Colombia
Helps teachers in five northern Caribbean schools create offline lessons so children in rural regions can access education.
Football for Peace
Peace & Conflict · Colombia
Football and dance programmes in Cazucá, Soacha, Tumaco and Chocó that help prevent child recruitment and gang involvement.
Colombia Colores
Arts & Culture · United Kingdom
Workshops for Colombian diaspora children in London on music, art, dance, nature and language.
Youth Reintegration into Society
Peace & Conflict · Colombia
Works with children and young people who were part of illegal armed groups to reintegrate them in Bogotá and Villavicencio.
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Colegio del Cuerpo, Politécnico Gran Colombiano, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, El Origen, Tiempo de Juego, ACADESAN, Cedavida Organisation, Fundación Carvajal, Flying Doctor Service, ACJ, Fundación CRAN, Fundescodes, Círculo de Estudios, Misión Gaia, Fundamor Foundation, Fundación 5 Sentidos
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