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Lacking a life project significantly harms youth potential development. 49% of youth in the outskirts of Bogota lack pathways to higher education, limiting their development opportunities. Few resources are allocated to support youth to understand their life purpose and alternatives for their future.

Santa Isabel Foundation removes development barriers to children and youth with educational projects, increasing success of their life projects.

Santa Isabel Foundation has reached 12,000 children and youth in 9 municipalities in Colombia. Nine out of every ten children reached acquire tools to implement their life projects.

Latin American development suffers from a lack of citizen participation in public decision-making, which fundamentally impacts the reduction of social gaps in the region.

Movilizatorio is a social transformation laboratory that actively and consciously promotes citizen participation. It connects vulnerable people with decision-makers who can impact social injustice situations through 4 axes of work: Strengthening and Protecting Leadership; Awareness-raising and Communication; Mobilization and Activism; and Knowledge Generation.

In 7 years, Movilizatorio has managed to impact more than 22 million people, with more than 50 projects in Latin America.

By 2020, 5.3 million young people aged 3 to 17 were not attending school in Mexico due to limited access to quality education, increasing their risk of falling into addiction, vandalism, or child labor.

SEDAC provides preschool and primary education to children from low-income backgrounds through additional teaching tools such as chess, values, and financial entrepreneurship.

Over 44 years, SEDAC has impacted more than 15,000 beneficiaries in their basic education, shaping capable adults and professionals.

More than 4 million children and adolescents in Mexico struggle to attend school. Even enrolled students perform below average in reading, math, and science.

Fundación Becar provides quality education to youth from vulnerable communities. It partners with over 20 private schools to offer scholarships, digital learning platforms, and teacher training to strengthen Mexico’s education system.

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Since 2000, Becar has awarded over 50,000 scholarships to children and youth, enabling access to quality education and driving social transformation across Mexico.

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In contexts of political pressure and public distrust, delivering justice with a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach remains a challenge for judges.

JUSDEM trains a new generation of transformative judges. Through programs focused on legal innovation and judicial activism, it promotes an independent, democratic judiciary.

Since 1999, JUSDEM has built a national network of judges committed to human rights.

In Guatemala, school dropout is high, and 70% of children cannot read or write. The problem widens in rural areas.

Seeds for Progress promotes access to quality education through infrastructure development, technology, and mentoring, in coffee-growing regions in Guatemala.

Over the last 20 years, Seeds for Progress has transformed the lives of over 30,000 children and teachers in coffee communities in Nicaragua and Guatemala.

59% of Mexican companies face a talent shortage, while 80% of youth lack the skills to access formal employment.

Generation Mexico trains young people who are not studying or working in technical and soft skills, connecting them to formal jobs. It combines relevant training with mentorship that builds confidence and holistic preparation.

Since 2015, Generation Mexico has trained over 8,000 people, increasing their chances of entering the formal workforce.

Latin America faces significant challenges in education, health, and community development. On average, students attend school only 4–5 hours per day, and mental health receives less than 2% of the public health budget.

Glasswing addresses the root causes and effects of poverty through education and health programs that empower vulnerable communities. It strengthens local capacities to design impactful, sustainable solutions.

Since 2007, Glasswing has reached over 3 million people in Latin America, helping communities lead their own development projects with the support of thousands of volunteers.

Post-pandemic, nearly half of all primary (47.4%) and secondary (47.9%) students in Mexico show significant learning loss, worsening the country’s education crisis.

Fundación EDUCA strengthens schools through learning recovery projects and teacher training. It focuses on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, STEM, environmental education, and edtech to empower children nationwide.

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Since 1995, EDUCA has reached nearly 200,000 children and youth with comprehensive, quality education to support their personal development.

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3.2 million young people in Colombia lack access to education or dignified employment. Poverty, social exclusion, lack of opportunities, and intra-family abuse can lead them to environments with high levels of violence.

Timbalé uses art to support the development of young people through artistic tools, soft skills, leadership, and emotional intelligence to visualize themselves in a new personal, work, and community context.

Since 2022, Timbalé has supported over 500 young people from 20 Colombian communities, some of whom have taken the initiative to join the foundation to lead the program in new Colombian communities.

In Chile, 15% of the population has a disability but faces historical barriers to education, employment, and dignified care.

Coanil supports people with intellectual disabilities throughout their lives. Its family-style residential model replaces institutional care, and its schools focus on comprehensive student development.

Coanil has supported over 3,000 people in Chile through education, employment, and housing programs that foster autonomy and well-being.

In Colombia, rural communities live on less than $15,000 pesos daily, limiting their access to public health services, which require long waiting times and slow bureaucratic processes, resulting in rural population neglect.

Bive ensures that everyone has access to health services, regardless of their income level. Its platforms Bive Previene and Chatbot Previene tu Salud characterize and sensitize rural populations to reach them with social support projects.

Bive has benefited over 120,000 vulnerable people through its network of over 200 healthcare professionals and 9,000 medical services. Since 2012, Bive has benefited nearly 32,000 direct beneficiaries in Colombia, improving their quality of life through early diagnoses.