NGO Focus

Educator and activist Mariana Sanz de Santamaría is determined to break down social stigma through reproductive rights education and increase abortion access...

Based in Soacha, Niñas sin miedo is not there to ‘help’, it’s there to empower, educate and find ways for these girls to reach their potential. It’s about creating community leaders.

Alejandro González worked at a local consultancy firm in Bogotá for just over 10 years. One year, his company decided to organise a team...

This Saturday, May 5, 42 cities across Colombia will take part in a march organised by the NGO Unidos por la Vida, in protest...

We take a look at three very different community projects trying to make a change for the better in Colombia   Making big waves near Chocó...

If you live in Granizal -- an isolated neighborhood on the northern outskirts of Medellín -- contracting an infection, suffering from a...

An imaginative approach to education mixes kids from different backgrounds and encourages them to work on their social and emotional skills as much as academic ones.

Simon West heads to the Bronx, spending the day with pets, vets and some of the city’s homeless community to find out more about...

A young boy holds up a water bottle with his new prosthetic arm (Photo courtesy of e-NABLE Medellin)

Instead of advocating for harsher punishments, one Colombian group is working towards a more progressive approach to justice.