Fundación Santa Rita de Cascia

Founded in 1960, Fundación Santa Rita de Cascia is a foundation based in Bogotá, Colombia working on education, disability, children & youth +1 more.

Fundación Santa Rita de Cascia is a non-profit organisation in Bogotá, Colombia, that provides non-formal educational services to children, children and adolescents with disabilities or complex, chronic or hard-to-manage illnesses, including those at social risk. Its origins date to a school opened in 1958 under the Peláez family, which was founded in the Chapinero area of Bogotá. Its work includes the Aulas Hospitalarias programme, run with the Bogotá Secretaría de Educación, specialised classrooms with a play-based and multidisciplinary approach, psychological and neuropsychological support, and a children's home. The foundation accepts cash and in-kind donations, issues donation certificates, and offers volunteer opportunities.