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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.
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Updates |
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Scholarship
Awards, January 2010 |
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The ceremony took place in the auditorium of the Central Bank in Santa Marta, on January 16, 2010.
This year, we welcomed Andrea S. Vargas to study nursing, Liliana Santafé to become a teacher of Spanish, Angel Robles who is a healer in his Wayúu community and will study nursing, Maria C. Riascos will study industrial engineering, Julia Perez Salas will study foreing languages, Yeimily Rosario Perez will study nursing, and Amparo Ortega will study psicology. The program now has twenty students and fifteen of them are girls.
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Scholarship
Awards, July 2009 |
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The ceremony took place in the auditorium of the Central Bank in Santa Marta, on July 18, 2009.
We welcomed two boys and two girls for a total of four new students. They are: Alfredo Castro a student of psicology, Yeiner Guerrero, engineering, Dilia Suarez, teacher of computer systems, and Claudia Amaya, veterinary. This addition brings the total to twenty students in the second semester of 2009.
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Scholarship
Awards, January 2009 |
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In 2008, MFI collected a total of $17,082.00.00 in net donations. This is $938.00 higher than in 2007. This is a remarkable accomplishment, if we consider the economic slowdown and that we lost two important donors because of the weak real estate and commercial sectors.
This year, the ceremony in Colombia took place on January 24th, in the Cajamag auditorium, and we awarded 16 scholarships. We welcomed a boy and a girl from Paso a Paso, (the young children’s program supported by the former Peace Corps Volunteers in Colombia). Paso a Paso includes children in elementary and high school. Four additional students joined the program for a total of 16 scholarships in 2009. Of the 16 current scholars, nine are women.
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