Fundación Nacional Batuta

Fundación Nacional Batuta

Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

Arts & CultureChildren & YouthEducationPeace & Conflict
NGOFounded 1991National reach
Profile last updated: July 30, 2026

About

Founded in 1991, Fundación Nacional Batuta is a non-governmental organisation based in Bogotá, Colombia working on arts & culture, children & youth, education +2 more.

Fundación Nacional Batuta is a private, non-profit foundation based in Bogotá, Colombia, founded in 1991. It delivers collective music education and psychosocial accompaniment for children, adolescents, young people, music trainers, carers and families, through music centres, music programmes in schools, and special programmes for populations such as pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, people with disabilities and victims of the armed conflict. Its work aims to foster peaceful coexistence, critical thinking, inclusion and social mobility. It operates in more than 160 music centres across Colombia, including border regions, and publishes management and results reports.

Location

Bogotá, Colombia

Founded

1991

Organisation type

NGO

Legal name

Fundación Nacional Batuta

Registration

800.148.631-6

Focus areas

music educationyouthpeace buildinginclusionColombia

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureChildren & YouthEducationPeace & ConflictCommunity development

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesPeople with disabilitiesVictims of violenceCarers

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesCapacity building

Programmes

Centros Musicales

Arts & Culture · Colombia

Music centres offering collective musical training and orchestral practice for children, adolescents and young people across Colombia.

Música en las entidades educativas

Education · Colombia

Music training delivered within educational institutions.

Sonidos de la Frontera

Arts & Culture · Colombia, Peru

Cross-border cultural exchange and cooperation programme between young people in Colombia and Peru.

Countries of operation

Colombia

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnershipsGovernment fundingGrants

Ways to support

DonateSponsorship

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Ministerio de las Culturas

Other non-profits in Colombia

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