Colombia’s welfare agency closes childcare center after alleged rape of 12 toddlers
Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) shut down a childcare center in the capital...
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Colombia confirms ongoing recruitment of child soldiers
Colombia’s family welfare institute (ICBF) confirmed claims that illegal armed groups have...
Colombia promises action after outrage over children eating from garbage dump
After a year of inaction, Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) promised to help an...
Locating Colombia’s stolen children
Estela looks down at her hands and her eyes easily well up with tears. She has shed so many over...
Colombia’s child welfare workers strike over starving children
Approximately 7,000 “community mothers” began an indefinite strike on Monday, amid...
Fiance of director of Colombia’s child welfare agency arrested on wedding day
Cristina Plazas, the director of Colombia’s child welfare agency, was supposed to get...
Colombia’s orphans fed restaurant scraps; welfare agency under fire
Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute received fresh corruption allegations on Monday as it was...
11-year-old Cali girl nearly dies after father uses her as drug mule
An 11-year-old girl from the southwestern Colombian city of Cali nearly died after her father fed...
35 Colombian teens flee from Catholic facility
Local police are still searching for 21 girls who remain missing after escaping a...
Plan in work to reintegrate Colombia’s child soldiers into home life
Nearly 5,500 children recruited by illegal armed groups in Colombia as members and fighters have...
Colombia makes ‘significant advancements’ in efforts to stop child labor: US report
Colombia made “significant advances” in its attempts to combat child labor in 2012,...
Colombia partially suspends adoptions to foreigners
Colombia’s national family welfare institute on Thursday suspended accepting requests for...
