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PROEDUPAZ used FOC grant funds to provide an initial supply of hens, chicken feed, and other materials to families of children and adults with disabilities — a severely underserved population.

The FOC grant has provided sports and work out equipment, and team uniforms for intramural volleyball teams in order to promote inclusion healthy living and teamwork among men and women in Polonuevo, Atlántico.

Fundación Koinonia used FOC grant funds to create a mobile library that moves between three of the poorest neighborhoods in Cartagena where it offers children the opportunity to improve their reading and writing skills outside of school.

Tierra Grata used FOC grant funds to install ecologically friendly, solar-powered lights in rural communities on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Colombia.

With FOC grant funds, the association of small cacao farmers in the Sierra Nevada expanded the capacity of its cacao bean dryer and upgraded its storage facility, as well as developed an income-generating tourist experience.

Los Otros Yumbeños is a project that increases environmental awareness and knowledge about local birds and plants in the municipality of Yumbo. FOC funded the creation of an audiovisual micro-documentary about the diverse species of bird in the region.

FISDE, a foundation that works on social integration and tourism development, used its FOC grant to train and equip the informal guides in Luruaco, Altántico.  

With its FOC grant, Pre-ICFES By Radio purchased a multifunction printer and spiral binding machine to print and distribute learning resources for a national standardized test to accompany each set of lessons delivered by radio to rural indigenous communities in La Guajira.

GLOW used FOC's 2020 grant funds to continue their young women’s empowerment programs remotely across ten different towns in Colombia's Caribbean Coast.

This FOC grant enabled the purchase and installation of 20-liter gravity water filters in 25 households. It also allowed Tierra Grata to improve the hygienic sanitation facility in the town’s community center through the additional purchase and installation of a water collection tank and portable sink.