COLOMBO AMERICAN FOUNDATION

OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING CULTURAL EXCHANGE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING EXPERIENCES FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS AND THE GROWING CITIZENRY OF COLOMBIA AND OTHER SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES. TO ESTABLISH A SPONSORSHIP PROCESS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND TO EXCHANGE LANGUAGES IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING FOR GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATION. TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF THE CULTURAL AWARENESS WITH LANGUAGE AS THE BASES. THUS, WE CAN HELP FOSTER SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND MORE ACCEPTANCE AND CULTURAL AWARENESS FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING GENERAL PUBLIC. OUR FOCUS IS WORKING WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IMMIGRANTS AND AMERICANS WHERE LANGUAGE OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE SKILLS PREVENT CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS FROM BEING DEVELOPED AND IMPEDES SCHOOL AND FAMILY INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE.