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Medellin’s Pioneering ‘Tikkun Olam Makers:’ Students, Teachers, Institutes, Companies Altogether Creating Novel, Practical Technologies for Disabled People

Medellin Herald October 4, 2021

Back in 2016, Medellin-based engineering-technology “coach” Hector Londoño was searching world-wide for new, creative ways to inspire his students to get involved in designing and building novel, affordable products that could help improve the lives of disabled people. At first, Londoño —

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Medellin’s Fundacion Marina Orth Seeks Volunteer English Teachers, Mentors, Donors

Medellin Herald February 20, 2017

As the late North American philosopher A.B. Johnson once quipped, “mighty oaks from little acorns grow” – which aptly describes the nurturing work of Medellin-based Fundacion Marina Orth (FMO), founded in 2007 by U.S. journalist Maureen (Marina) Orth. The ever-branching-out FMO is now seeking qualified English teachers, mentors and donors to help under-served kids in […]

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USAID, Bill Gates, UK, Wellcome Launch Novel Scheme to Stop Zika, Dengue in Antioquia

Medellin Herald October 27, 2016

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Department for International Development and UK-based Wellcome Foundation jointly announced October 26 that they’re funding a novel, US$18-million project to stop Zika and dengue diseases — initially focusing on Antioquia and Brazil. The project involves releasing

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New Jersey Institute of Technology Teams-up with Medellin IT-Student Aspirants

Medellin Herald April 13, 2016

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) announced April 12 the debut of a “Capstone” project to link its information technology (IT) students with Medellin and Envigado middle-school and high-school students interested in pursuing IT careers. Three students at NJIT’s College of Computing Sciences’ (CCS) and two students from the New Jersey School of

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U.S.-Based Foundation in Medellin Expanding High-Tech Aid for Poorer Farmers

Medellin Herald December 11, 2015

Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Grameen Foundation announced December 1 that it just hired former Colombian Corporation for Agriculture and Livestock Research (Corpoica) planning director Fernando Henao Velasco as its new, Medellin-based director for all rural-aid projects in Colombia. Henao’s “deep knowledge of Colombia’s agricultural sector and

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U.S.-Based ‘Emiliani’ Charity Aims to Build Orphanage in Metro Medellin

Medellin Herald October 16, 2015

Following in the footsteps of Saint Jerome Emiliani – a former Italian soldier whose charitable works prompted the Catholic Church to name him the patron saint of orphans – a group led by U.S. military veterans is now spearheading a project that aims to help orphans in metro Medellin. The California-based Emiliani Project – founded by former […]

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Worthy Cause in Antioquia: Fundacion Diocesana Compartir Uraba

Medellin Herald September 11, 2015

While Medellin has seen a huge reduction in the amount of gang violence that plagued the city during the Medellin Cartel era of more than 20 years ago, drug-trafficking and gang violence still continues to claim victims in Colombia and elsewhere — with the mostly rural Uraba region of northern Antioquia presenting an especially acute […]

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Volunteering SAO

Medellin Herald August 1, 2015

Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! Do you have time available and want to contribute to a green cause that benefits birds, nature and society? ¡This is your chance! “Heroes of Birds” Volunteer Program launched since 2014 by […]