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Friends of Colombia for Social Aid is a UK-registered Charity, No 274778, founded twenty seven years ago by Mrs Lucia Holguin de Vazquez Carrisoza with the purpose of helping deprived children in Colombia to receive better medical care.
It is with great sadness that we have to let you now that our founder and tireless supporter Mrs Lucia Holguin de Vazquez Carrisoza passed away last November 2008. Our deepest sympathy goes to all the members of her family. Read more about FOCSA's story... Our MissionOur mission is to help to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged children of Colombia. We fulfil our mission by donating medical, educational and other necessary equipment to institutions that have been set up to help these children. What we doWe are constantly receiving many requests for help from children's hospitals and institutions which are very poor and cannot cope with the demand of services due to lack of government funds. Here is where FOSCA is doing its utmost to help and though in a small degree we are sending medical equipment to aliviate those needs. How we workWe consider requests for assistance from public hospitals with the help of medical consultants; we establish priorities according to the need for equipment and the inability of the hospitals to acquire the equipment from their own resources. We also establish follow-up mechanisms to ensure the equipment we provide is being properly used. Committee and VolunteersAll the projects as well as fund raising events are coordinated by trustees, the charity commitee and a group of volunteers. Read more about our trustees, committe and volunteers... |
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