Colombia

Chiquitines Education Project

Centro de Adopcion Chiquitines was founded in March 1978 by a group of Colombian citizens who wanted to make a difference in the lives of abandoned children. As a licensed non-profit agency, Chiquitines operates as a private adoption house, providing housing, legal assistance, education, psychological care, health care, speech therapy, and recreation to children in its care.

We are constantly in need of assistance in our efforts to feed, clothe and provide medical assistance. Please consider a donation or sponsorship of one of the children. God bless you

In 2004, as a solution to educational concerns, Chiquitines opened two classrooms for preschool and elementary education using the "Waldorf Education Method," which promotes a child's emotional and spiritual well-being. The children are taught math,  social and natural sciences, foreign language, physical education, art, and music. The school has been an immediate success and continues to expand.

Our orphanage is located in Barranquilla, Colombia, on the north coast of the country.  We have more than 75 children living in our two facilities (boys and girls). We are receiving new orphans on a weekly basis, many of whom have witnessed the torture and/or murder of their parents. Sadly, the civil war is creating an almost endless stream of new orphans and our ability to provide for them is limited. A refugee camp is located about an hour's walk from our facilities and we are now providing at least one meal per day for 350 children that live in this camp. Our resourses are strained to the limit.