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This is our mission
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. 200M people don’t have access to basic resources. There are social leaders who are changing this situation. Meet our +100 fellows and the impact of their organizations.
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Utopia Project at Universidad de La Salle
The Challenge
Rural youth in Colombia face significant barriers to accessing quality higher education. Violence, conflict, poverty, and other factors in rural areas limit their growth.
The Innovation
The Utopia Project empowers young people from rural Colombian communities. It aims to train new leaders capable of achieving social, political, and productive transformation, reinventing Colombia’s agriculture with sustainable practices and technology.
The Impact
Since 1964, this project has reached over 70,000 young Colombians, strengthening their leadership skills and holistic development for Colombia’s future.
Campinho Digital
The Challenge
In Brazil, 62.5 million inhabitants live below the poverty line and in vulnerable situations, limiting their access to training and education in technological sectors.
The Innovation
Campinho Digital is a network of digital career learning centers that offers free training alongside leaders in the technology sector to provide inclusive opportunities for people with limited resources.
The Impact
Since 2018, they have trained and professionalized over 5,000 people with socio-economic barriers. After completing the programs, Campinho Digital supports their students in productive integration through their network of alliances.
The Challenge
50% of students in LATAM experience academic vulnerability. Learning gaps are attributable both to learning difficulties and to the inability to adapt to the learning environment.
The Innovation
Skalo facilitates diversity and inclusion in the classroom, using technology to suggest personalized strategies for students with learning barriers to successfully adapt to their learning environment.
The Impact
Skalo has reached 2,500 students in 8 cities and 32 schools in Colombia. In partnership with United Way, Alianza Educativa and Saldarriaga Concha Foundation, they aspire to reach 1,5 Million students in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile by 2027.
Doctora Clown
The Challenge
30% of hospitalized patients experience high levels of stress and anxiety. The emotional impact of health complications can worsen their physical condition.
The Innovation
Doctora Clown Foundation strengthens Colombians' emotional health through laughter therapy in hospitals, businesses, and schools. Focusing on children and adolescents, they enhance well-being, quality of life, and a sense of purpose.
The Impact
Founded in 1998, they have impacted more than 1.2 million people in their history.
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The Challenge
Multicultural non-recognition violates the rights of indigenous people in the Amazon jungle and limits their development.
The Innovation
RESSOP develops social projects promoting human development through education, cultural awareness, pastoral accompaniment, health, and social care.
The Impact
RESSOP manages a network of 79 educational institutions in the Peruvian jungle, reaching 47 indigenous communities in the regions of Madre de Dios, Cusco, and Ucayali.
Fundación Santa Isabel
The Challenge
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.
The Innovation
Fundación Santa Isabel removes development barriers to children and youth with educational projects, increasing success of their life projects.
The Impact
Fundacion Santa Isabel 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.
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Movilizatorio
The Challenge
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.
The Innovation
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.
The Impact
In 7 years, Movilizatorio has managed to impact more than 22 million people, with more than 50 projects in Latin America.
Fundación Becar
The Challenge
In Mexico, over 4 million children and adolescents struggle to attend school. Regular students also perform below average in reading, math, and science.
The Innovation
Becar Foundation provides quality education to youth from vulnerable communities. They partner with over 20 private schools to offer scholarships, access to digital education platforms, and teacher training, strengthening Mexico's education system.
The Impact
Since 2000, they have awarded over 50,000 scholarships to children and youth, granting access to quality education and driving social transformation in the country.
The Challenge
Low levels of trust limit collective action in Peru. 58% of Peruvians believe that the people in their community are barely reliable. There’s a need to develop 21st-century and citizenship skills to activate a virtuous cycle for collective action in Perú.
The Innovation
VIVA Valores develops socio-emotional and citizenship skills in schools, families, and communities. VIVA develops after-school programs and learning resources to promote socio-emotional and 21st-century skills in children and families.
The Impact
VIVA has a network of 6,000+ teachers across 20 regions in Perú. 107,000 Peruvian children have developed socioemotional skills through VIVA’s programs and learning resources.
Glasswing International
The Challenge
El Salvador is one of the regions in Central America with the highest homicide rates that expose families to migration, threatening the educational development and well-being of youth.
The Innovation
"En Casa con Glasswing" is a volunteer-driven online education program accessible to youth in Latin America. This program is complemented by the podcast "Desde Aquí Para Allá" that presents the success stories of young people from Central America.
The Impact
"En Casa con Glasswing" has reached 13,000 people in 7 LatAm countries.
The Challenge
While tourism is a primary economic engine in Peru, sustainable and inclusive tourism is underdeveloped, leaving vulnerable people at the margin of the economic benefits of tourism in their communities.
The Innovation
Turismo Cuida creates a community of entrepreneurs committed to sustainable tourism. TurismoCuida seeks to replicate the success of the Tourism Cares model in Peru.
The Impact
TurismoCuida has sponsored 14 sustainable projects, 13 of which have been selected for national competitions. Turismo Cuida has invested $250K USD in the winning projects.
Servicio, Educación y Desarrollo a la Comunidad I.A.P
The Challenge
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.
The Innovation
SEDAC provides preschool and primary education to children from low-income backgrounds through additional teaching tools such as chess, values, and financial entrepreneurship.
The Impact
Over 44 years, SEDAC has impacted more than 15,000 beneficiaries in their basic education, shaping capable adults and professionals.
The Children’s House of Palo Solo I.A.P
The Challenge
In Mexico, 2 out of every 10 students are educationally lagging, violating the rights of children to access dignified, fair, and quality education.
The Innovation
The Children’s House of Palo Solo educates children based on the Montessori philosophy to develop them with great adaptability, autonomy, and effective decision-making from early childhood.
The Impact
Since 1979, they have served more than 900 preschool children. 85% have developed cognitive, social, and psycho-affective skills that enable them to continue their education and pursue careers of their interest.
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Seeds for Progress
The Challenge
In Guatemala, school dropout is high, and 70% of children cannot read or write. The problem widens in rural areas.
The Innovation
Seeds for Progress promotes access to quality education through infrastructure development, technology, and mentoring, in coffee-growing regions in Guatemala.
The Impact
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.
Glasswing International
The Challenge
Latin America faces significant challenges in education, health, and community development. On average, youth attend school only 4-5 hours daily. Additionally, the region's health budget allocates less than 2% to mental health.
The Innovation
Glasswing addresses the roots and consequences of poverty through education and health empowerment programs for vulnerable communities. They leverage community strengths to tackle local challenges and provide high-impact resources to improve their quality of life.
The Impact
Since 2007, Glasswing has reached over 3 million people in Latin America, supporting community-led development projects with thousands of volunteers.
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