Location: Bogotá, Colombia
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The Fundación Santa María, a non-profit institution located in Bogotá, was founded in 1922 as a neighborhood school. Today, it provides 500 low-income girls and boys with high-quality private elementary education as well as first-rate health services, available also to the surrounding community.

The institution seeks to address the needs of the individual as a whole, by providing each child with individualized education; psychological guidance and speech therapy as needed; supplemental meals; medical and dental check-ups; family therapy; and occupational and recreational activities.

In its educational program, the school emphasizes the importance of hygiene and healthy habits, moral values, and protection of the environment.

The Fundación Santa María relies almost in its entirety on private contributions and receives minimal government support. However, using an innovative model, the medical center, by providing services to third parties outside of the immediate community, serves as a source of income for the foundation.

A recurring grant from the Genesis Foundation has funded the program "Orientation and Prevention for Children and Their Families" that provides psychological and social counseling to students and their families, as well as speech therapy, medical and dental care, and nutritional assistance.

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