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Trustee on the ALAF Board:
Mrs Luz Patterson

The Anglo-Colombian society has been represented in past fairs by two Colombian charities:

Friends of Colombia for Social Aid
(FOCSA) www.friendsofcolombia.co.uk
The funds raised at the ALAF Fairs since 2003 were put towards buying equipment for the following projects:

2008    £2,100.00
The money was donated to DAVIDA for dentistry and other equipment.
DAVIDA is an association dedicated to the rehabilitation of children and young people with disabilities of any kind. 
FOCSA donated a complete dental unit to furnish a dental clinic; and electronic treadmill to aid in Physiotherapy sessions and specialised machinery to equip a repair and maintenance workshop for wheel chairs, walking sticks, walkers and crutches.  The total cost of this donation was £6,000 of which £2,100 were raised at the Fair.

2007    £3,034.18
The funds were used towards payment of six phototherapy lamps for the Neonatal Ward of Meissen Hospital in Bogota.  Located in Ciudad Bolivar, a very poor area of the city.

2006    £3,290   
Hogar Infantil La Esmeralda in Popayan: a water purification plant and dental equipment to furnish a Dental Clinic.

2005    £2,250  
Guarderia Niña Maria in Cazuca: contribution to re-building the premises. 

2004    £1,250  
Roosevelt Institute in Bogota, a hospital that cares for children with orthopaedic   problems: an incubator.

2003    £1,461   
Hospital de la Misericordia in Bogota the largest paediatric hospital in the city: an incubator and other medical equipment.

Children of the Andes (COTA)  www.childrenoftheandes.org
Funds raised from ALAF Fair:

2008   £172.50
Fundación Niños de los Andes in Manizales. The money went towards the cost of “The Eradication of Child Labour Programme (ECL)” .

2007  £216.06 
Funds sent to Colombian partner Fundación Niños de los  Andes (FNA), Manizales, towards the costs of a programme of education, vocational training, health care and emotional support for impoverished child workers in the coffee-growing region of Colombia.

2006  £248.20 
The proceeds were allocated to the general funds of the charity.                                                                             
2003  £837.50  
The proceeds were donated to the Colombo-Britanica Foundation an organisation which provides nutritional, educational and development support for poor and displaced nursery school children and their families in Bogota.

Anglo-Colombian Society

2007  £150
The money was divided equally between the two Colombian charities FOCSA and COTA, to used in their charity projects.

 

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