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COLOMBIA2,070,408 km²

Population46.210.177

LanguageSpanish

CurrencyColombian peso

Area

Medellín MEDELLÍNPopulation2.268.282

Average temperature75 ºF / 24ºC

International frequencies89 per week

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The City of the Eternal Spring

Home of masterpiece works of art like those of Fernando

Botero

Botero Square, Medellin.

Medellin

Medellin

9 Projects

1Itagui Dentistry Equipment and furniture for an Adult Community Center 500 Adults

2Rionegro Water Creek and water source recovery 7000 inhabitants

3Poblado Musical and technical assistance for disabled Children 300 people

4Medellin Computers for early childhood development 500 Children a year

5Medellin Equipment and supplies for a town's only care hospital 4000 inhabitants

6Medellin Folic Acid pre-natal education campaign 5,000 inhabitants

7Medellin Ludotec for at-risk youth to provide after-school programs 700 Children a year

8EnvigadoBuild and provide equipment for an Educational and Economic center that helps able and disabled children and their families 150 people a year

9Medellin To Provide Leadership training for at-risk youth 1,800 inhabitants

Providing dentistry to a rural town and

repairing the community building

Area(s) of Focus: Disease Prevention and Treatment and Economic and community development

Implement actions to environmental manage the basin of the creek La Mosca, to recover natural resources of the area and facilitate

awareness and community empowerment

Area(s) of Focus: Water and Sanitation

Musical and technical assistance for disabled Children and Adults

Area(s) of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment

To provide medical equipment and supplies to the Alexandria Municipal Hospital, located

94 km from the city of Medellin

Area(s) of Focus: Treatment and disease prevention

Maternal and child healthCommunity and economic development

Computers for Early Childhood Development

Organization for promotion and

coordination of the grant

ROTARY CLUBMedellín El Poblado

Provide Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) and Health Literacy Campaign to 5,000 women

Area(s) of Focus: Treatment and disease prevention

Playful Laboratory for at-risk youth

THE PLAYFUL LABORATORY becomes an open space to the community, prepared and equipped with toys, games, educational and sporting materials to stimulate children, youth and adults

Area(s) of Focus: Basic education and literacyEconomic and community development

Educational and Community Center

Area(s) of Focus: Treatment and disease prevention

Leadership for Youth• promote and coordinates youth leadership development in

the city´s violent zones, focused on helping disadvantaged young people with problems of violence . The program is designed to aid them transform their lives.

Area(s) of Focus: Peace and Conflict prevention/resolution

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ARTURO VELASQUEZ AT

818-402-9808 OR AT

INVELJ@AOL.COM

GRACIAS!!!!