Save the water for a rainy Colombian day
In a time when Colombians are sick and tired of water because of the incessant torrential rains that have hit the country since last year, in a time during Colombia’s…
In a time when Colombians are sick and tired of water because of the incessant torrential rains that have hit the country since last year, in a time during Colombia’s…
One in nine Colombians, around five million people, live on less than $110 a month, said the head of the government planning department, local media reported Friday. Hernando Jose Gomez,…
Donated digital cameras may serve as tools for impoverished children to “transform their reality” as part of the new “Colombia en Fotos” project. The project, which is sponsored by Buenanota.org,…
Colombia is “far” from attaining the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the number of people who live on less than $1.25 a day by 2015, Portafolio reports. Colombia’s…
Child prostitution is not more prevalent in Cartagena than in other Colombian cities, though there is a greater awareness of the problem, according to the Colombian branch of the United…
Colombian diva Shakira has told Latin Americans to leave their conformist mentality behind and aim higher. During an interview with Televisa, the philanthropist pop star said Latin Americans should break…
Clared Patricia Jaramillo did not expect to be doing what she is doing today. Educated as an industrial engineer, she now spends her days advocating for social change and working…
Nearly one-third of Colombian government subsidies for the poor end up in the pockets of the upper class, the country’s development agency said Thursday. In a report, development agency Fedesarollo…
Medellin won a 2010 United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT) Scroll of Honor award on Monday at the celebration of World Habitat Day. The ceremony took place in Shanghai, China…