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Mission Statement: We are a community of knowledge and applied expertise dedicated to solving problems in collaboration with organizations, generating value and sustainable development. The purpose of Universidad EAFIT is to inspire lives, create knowledge, and transform society. Purpose: The Universidad EAFIT commits to the objectives of higher education and declares the following institutional objectives: a) To educate integral individuals capable of leading and developing innovative solutions to the challenges of Colombia and the world in professional and research fields, maintaining permanent connections with organizations and society. b) To promote the generation, transfer, and appropriation of knowledge through the convergence of specialized knowledge with environmental needs and to encourage its use to transform the world and address its challenges. c) To provide a service of educational excellence with conditions, spaces, and innovative, well-being, and high-quality learning components that foster integral and life-transforming experiences. d) To contribute to the scientific, cultural, economic, and political development of the region and the country based on institutional values of integrity, boldness, excellence, inclusion, and pluralism. e) To create and strengthen alliances with educational institutions, training organizations, and other entities that contribute to generating value and sustainable development. f) To contribute with leadership and innovation to present and future challenges in the educational sector and the development of different educational levels, fostering a learning and discovery community throughout life. g) To expand learning, science, technology, and innovation capabilities-both independently and through alliances-to diverse regions of the country, enabling them to effectively address their challenges while promoting constructive dialogue as a fundamental pillar of development and well-being. h) Promote the development, consolidation, and integration of academic communities of excellence with a global vision, at both national and international levels, in an innovative, collaborative, agile, and transformative environment. i) Lead projects, discussions, connections, and learning experiences both on and off campus that raise social and environmental awareness and drive actions and decisions with positive impacts on nature, contributing to the planet's sustainability. j) Strengthen a humanistic and scientific project that preserves and promotes the country's cultural heritage while supporting new talents to enrich perspectives, viewpoints, and the diversity of ideas and thoughts.
Premiere Urgence Internationale envisions a world where crisis-affected people have the means to meet their vital needs and shape their own future. We see access to healthcare, food, water, education, protection and safe housing as fundamental human rights and essential to all aspects of community well-being. With 40 years of experience in the humanitarian and development aid sector, Premiere Urgence Internationale is an independent French NGO, operating in 25 countries worldwide. Recognized by our peers and partners as "the last mile NGO", we intervene in crisis settings, particularly in the hardest-to-reach areas, to support populations affected by the effects of natural disasters, war, epidemics or economic collapse. In 2023, we assisted 5 million children, women, and men across four continents, making our NGO a key humanitarian player: -Because our 3,000 field staff understand the complexity of situations and local cultures, -Because we work hand in hand with local, national, and regional authorities and actors, as well as with communities, from the needs assessment stage, -Because our deep, holistic and agile expertise draws on complementary areas of competence - health, food security, nutrition, infrastructure rehabilitation and construction, water access, hygiene and sanitation, economic recovery and access to livelihoods, education and protection - we are able to respond: 1)in emergencies, to treat and manage physical, mental, or material trauma, 2) and beyond the emergency phase, to address the longer-term effects of crises, prevent recurrence risks and restore the ability of vulnerable populations to act on the path to resilience and development.
SOLE Colombia aims to transform the future of learning in Colombia by empowering thousands of educators, librarians and community leaders with the SOLE methodology. We do this by making use of existing computers and internet in public places and designing strategies for self-organized learning to be widely practiced throughout the country, analyzing its ability to transform communities and consolidating a community of SOLE Ambassadors and network of volunteers to encourage learning. The aim is to stimulate curiosity and creativity, technological fluidity, collaboration, self-direction, critical thinking, communication skills, global connections and generally, have fun. Our main goal is to scale this project so that it can reach more than 1,400 public libraries, more than 42,000 public schools and more than 8,000 public kiosks throughout the country, as well as participate from the peace-building process reaching hundreds of rural communities affected by the civil conflict.
To promote the development of singing skills, music and arts in children and youth with talent, thus educating and contributing to social transformation of the most vulnerable communities within the Metropolitan Area of Medellin. Our work is done with the help of artist teachers who are also committed with the children's formation in values.
The Foundation is aiming at impacting poverty, creating a social model and economic alternatives to the market economy and socialist model, with girls, boys and youths from highly vulnerable families in Colombia, through organizing them in communities, with a view to allow them to dream and realize their dreams.
Almost 800 million people around the world live in a rural area. In Colombia, around 20% of the population live in the rural area. Of that 20%, 40% live in poverty while the remaining 60% are still in inequality conditions. The main drivers that we seek to address are those that cause inequalities, which namely are: household having limited access to education and training, technology resources and technical assistant to improve their quality of life and economic development. Mas Por TIC has born to lead the digital transformation in the rural area, mainly in Colombia. We are building a RURAL DIGITAL SOCIETY: 1. We provide the framework, content, and tools for digital literacy training in rural areas 2. We can ignite a new market of technology solutions that effectively improve the farmer's quality of life. So, we connect small farmers needs with partners who develop technology and ICT solutions through Cultivo Red platform to promote the ag-tech industry Our main purpose is to improve the quality of life in the rural area and reduce the digital rural/urban gap through technology and innovation.
Our mission is to build alternatives that can represent a possibility of humanity living sustainability, harmonizing human needs and the protection and restoration of endangered ecosystems.
We train talented and motivated people who want to start o develop a business with positive social and environmental impact, enabling them to become Change-makers and role-models while addressing the needs of their communities!
Our organization provides nutrition, recreational education and workshops wich are aimed to parent support in their duties towards their children. With the assurance of their well being in their second home (our home).
to mobilise its members to reintroduce sustainable Sport for All and physical activity practices into everyday lives, using the Designed to Move physical activity platform.
to provide support to the most vulnerable children and youth - through sports and values - with the goal to contributing to a more egualitarian and inclusive society