The children of the El Encuentro school in Cartagena received many donations, from the missionaries of the FE Foundation

Poverty and social exclusion often limit the parents' ability to care for and look after their children. As a result, family disintegration and child abandonment may seriously hamper a child's mental and physical development. The Bolívar department has also been a region profoundly affected by the internal war that continues to take a heavy toll on the Colombian people. An estimated 40,000 of all displaced people in the department of Bolívar are children younger than 14 years of age.