Cañasgordas, Antioquia

Background

Poverty rates in the rural areas of Colombia are considerably higher than those in urban areas, serving as a contributing factor to young people being involved in activities with illegally armed groups. In Colombia’s countryside, one in five children suffers from chronic malnutrition, and 30% of the population remains illiterate.

Project

Developing Minds Foundation is supporting a literacy program that introduces specialized books and reading programs for thousands of poor campesino families living in the post-conflict area of Cañasgordas and other municipalities in the Colombian department of Antioquia.