Magdalena Foundation Incorporated

Greetings - Bienvenidos

Welcome to the Magdalena Foundation, Inc. (MFI) web page.

Colombia is a country with complex social problems, high unemployment and cost of living, where access to higher education has become a myth for those with scarce resources. For these reasons, MFI wants to provide college opportunities to poor but meritorious students who otherwise would not realize their potential.

MFI is an Non Governmental Organization (NGO) registered in the state of Virginia, USA, under the non-profit charter, section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code. Its board works on a voluntary basis. MFI assigns 98.8% of its resources directly to the scholarship program. MFI students are encouraged to become actively involved in the solution of problems that affect their own communities.

MFI believes that proper education will empower its scholars to become model citizens because during their academic career, with the assistance of a sister NGO, Fundehumac, they receive training to become leaders and part of the solution of the problems that affect their communities.

MFI invites you to become acquainted with its work and perhaps you will join us to attain our ideals.

Updates

Scholarship Awards, January 2012

	This event took place at the Roque Morelli Auditorium of the University of Magdalena. At the ceremony 20 students were awarded half of the scholarship for this year. Dr Alfonso Vergara, our Vice President and founder, Luis Mendoza Manjarrez, our Pediatrician, Victor Montes, a retired University Professor and Colombian donor, and Alba Lucia Varela, our Program Coordinator and the students’ mentor were also present. See more...

Scholarship Awards, July 2011

	For the first time, we celebrated the award ceremony at the Roque Morelli Auditorium in the University of Magdalena. This is an appropriate place to bring our scholars to receive our support and to introduce the children of Paso a Paso to an institution of higher learning. MFI sponsors about 80% of our scholars who study at this university. See more...

Scholarship Awards, January 2011

	The award ceremony took place on January 22, at the Cajamac auditorium with a good attendance. This year, the presiding table had two new board members for Fundehumac and representatives of the Grupo Bolivar-Zuana, which are sponsoring two college scholarships for students who graduated from Paso a Paso. You may remember that Fundehumac is our sister NGO in Colombia which administers the Magdalena Foundation scholarship program. See more...