Hogares Luz y Vida

Based in Bogotá, Hogares Luz y Vida (Light and Life) runs two residential care homes for children and adolescents with serious physical and mental health problems. In these bright, happy homes every child is a valued individual, encouraged to achieve their full potential in a warm and loving community with the support of professional health care specialists.

Fundación Natütama

Natütama (Everything under the Water) has developed an important environmental education programme in the unique but fragile Colombian Amazon rainforest. The Natütama team works in schools and with local communities to explain how best to protect wildlife and habitats while continuing to live and work in the same environment. Natütama also manages a conservation programme with local fishermen, monitoring rare and endangered species such as the pink and grey river dolphins, manatees, sloths and turtles.

Fundación Social Fénix

Fénix supports vulnerable girls and young women who have been victims of violence and abuse on the streets of Bogotá through a programme of psychotherapy and education. Established in 2007, Fénix has already helped several students to progress from basic and secondary studies to degree and post-graduate levels, particularly in the health and social services sectors. Group support, psychological care and peer mentoring all help these highly motivated but vulnerable young women to fulfil their individual potential and find self-respect and new career opportunities.