The Fundación Niños de los Andes

Many of you have said that you would like to know more about the Fundación Niños de los Andes and how to support their work.

This is a summary of the organisation's origins and activities.

The Fundación Niños de los Andes (Foundation Children of the Andes) is a non-profit organisation, conceived as a formula of protection and rehabilitation for an increasing population of children of the street, in conditions of great vulnerability to the violation of their fundamental rights.

By means of suitable programs and services, they offer real solutions to improve the quality of life of the children and to reach their physical, mental, spiritual and social development; The programme is sustained by the contributions of individuals and of companies with sensitivity and social responsibility, who support the work, campaigns and events that the administration promotes, along with international organisations who finance specific projects.

The Fundación Niños de los Andes policies comply with the requirements of the Colombian State, with Legal Function and Position of Agent granted by the Colombian Institute of Family Well-being (ICBF), according to Resolution no. 00539 of the 24th June 1988. The Foundation is located in six operational centers in Bogotá, the municipality of the Rosal, Cundinamarca and Manizales Calda.

The birth of the Foundation is marked by an individual social commitment that Doctor Jaime Jaramillo assumed, who decided to fight with all means on the side of the abandoned children, offering medical attention, food, affection and a place to live.

These children, the men and women of tomorrow, could today be useful to a society affected by poverty, unemployment and war, which destroy lives and homes, devastate regions and make people forget that love, understanding and solidarity are the unique means to obtain Peace.