Location: Bogotá, Colombia
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The Fundación Santa María, a non-profit institution located in Bogotá, was founded in 1924 as a neighborhood school. Today, it provides almost 400 low-income girls and boys with high-quality private elementary education as well as first-rate health services.  In order to increase its scope, the institution plans to open its doors to middle school students beginning in 2010.

The institution seeks to address the needs of the individual as a whole, by providing each child with an individualized education plan; psychological guidance; 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.

A recurring grant from the Genesis Foundation has funded different initiatives since 2002 that have strengthened various facets of the school’s academic services.  

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