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  • Cooperation with the BeA Foundation

    Cooperation with the BeA Foundation

    „Helping people to help themselves“. That is what unites CASA HOGAR and the BeA Foundation. We are very excited about the one-year cooperation.

  • Private audience with Pope Franziskus

    Private audience with Pope Franziskus

    „Women can change entire civilizations…. CASA HOGAR is taking exactly the right approach.“ With these words, Pope Francis concluded the private audience he granted us at the Vatican on June 4, 2022.

  • December 5: International Volunteer Day

    December 5: International Volunteer Day

    On December 5, volunteerism will be honored in numerous places. It will be encouraged to work together with the many volunteers worldwide for a good cause.

  • For Christmas: The donation gift

    For Christmas: The donation gift

    Donations gifts in favor of CASA HOGAR help girls and women in Chocó, who suffer from poverty and violence, to a better future. Now even easier via PayPal!

  • Introducing Sally Asprilla, director of the student residential homes of CASA HOGAR

    Introducing Sally Asprilla, director of the student residential homes of CASA HOGAR

    For over 30 years, Sally Asprilla worked in education in the Chocó. Today, she manages the student residence of CASA HOGAR. On her 58th birthday, we introduce the dedicated social worker.

  • „Blue Miracle“: What does the Netflix film have to do with CASA HOGAR Germany?

    „Blue Miracle“: What does the Netflix film have to do with CASA HOGAR Germany?

    „Blue Miracle“ on Netflix tells the story of the Casa Hogar orphanage, which is based on a true incident. What connection does this story have with CASA HOGAR Germany?

  • Human rights violations in Colombia

    Human rights violations in Colombia

    Colombia is a country historically marked by violence and structural inequality, resulting in many difficulties in the social as well as the political sphere. The current situation is complex. Here, Carolina Medina, CASA HOGAR member in Colombia, gives her perspective.

  • For Children’s Day: The 10 Rights of the Child

    For Children’s Day: The 10 Rights of the Child

    Children’s Day is on 1 June! Children have very special needs, which are set out in children’s rights. What are the children’s rights?

  • A Chocoana (Colombia) in Germany

    A Chocoana (Colombia) in Germany

    Laura Álvarez works as an assistant doctor at the University Hospital in Bonn. She grew up in the Chocó. Here she tells her story.

  • A portrait of our new intern: Georgia Dreßler

    A portrait of our new intern: Georgia Dreßler

    Since January 2021 Georgia Dreßler (25) supports the TEAM of CASA HOGAR as an intern. Here we introduce her.

  • Many thanks for your support!

    Many thanks for your support!

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][av_dropcap1]Thank you! [/av_dropcap1]     Especially on behalf of the people of Chocó, we would like to thank everyone who has supported CASA HOGAR during this difficult year. Please stay connected to us so that in the new year the girls and young women can also have hope for a self-determined future! We sincerely wish…

  • Small pendant, big contribution – a heart for CASA HOGAR

    Small pendant, big contribution – a heart for CASA HOGAR

    CASA HOGAR is happy about many supporters. A very special one is Sabine Hellmann. Together with her family business SIGNUM FAIR JEWELS, she is committed to the girls in the Chocó – and with a lot of passion. The Swiss jewellery manufacturer has come up with a special creation for this purpose: the Signum HeartCoins.…

  • “Apoyo psicosocial” · Psychological support

    “Apoyo psicosocial” · Psychological support

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Where in Istmina are drugs sold? Which streets should young girls avoid because paramilitaries or criminals are on the move? And what can the girls do if they are physically threatened or sexually exploited? These are fierce, terrible and sometimes devastating questions that preoccupied the 100 girls aged between six and 17 who took part…

  • Mission UBUNTU · Phase 2

    Mission UBUNTU · Phase 2

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 23 May 2020 the UBUNTU mission entered its second phase. This time, in addition to Istmina, 13 parishes of the diocese of Istmina-Tadó – located on the river San Juan and the Pacific coast of Chocó – were supported by our team in the fight against the corona virus. The aim of the mission…

  • A special musical interaction

    A special musical interaction

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Martha Liliana Bonilla is harpist of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra in Colombia. Stephanie Celis is 9.000 km away violinist at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden. In a very personal and beautiful way Martha and Stephanie direct their eyes and ears to the girls in the forgotten Chocó in Colombia. They show that it is…

  • Covid-19: Mission UBUNTU landed in Chocó

    Covid-19: Mission UBUNTU landed in Chocó

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UBUNTU’s emergency medical technicians bring medical expertise, professional training and human confidence to Colombia’s infrastructure-dependent region – the Chocó jungle region. On 22 April 2020, the time had finally come: despite a curfew, a small aircraft was allowed to take off with special permission and landed at Condoto Airport in Chocó, a region that is…

  • Medical support and further education for Istmina and surroundings (Mission UBUNTU)

    Medical support and further education for Istmina and surroundings (Mission UBUNTU)

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The COVID pandemic knows no borders, and so Colombia is also struggling with steadily increasing numbers of infections. In the Chocó region, where CASA HOGAR is active, only one case has been documented so far (as of 11 April 2020) – but unfortunately this does not have to mean anything: tests have to reach Quibdó,…

  • Cabeza de Hogar – Corona emergency aid in Chocó

    Cabeza de Hogar – Corona emergency aid in Chocó

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The corona crisis in Colombia is already having a devastating effect on the population in the Chocó region, even before the virus has reached an uncontrolled outbreak. Therefore, CASA HOGAR has already started a first project in close and intensive cooperation of all CASA HOGAR teams in Chocó, Cali and Germany: CASA HOGAR supports families…

  • Coronavirus has reached Colombia

    Coronavirus has reached Colombia

    Corona has dominated our lives for weeks. Most of the shops are closed until further notice, megacities as if they were extinct. The pandemic has not stopped at Colombia either. Since 24 March, a nationwide quarantine has been in force there, during which the population is only allowed to leave their homes for necessary shopping…

  • The girls are back from their holidays

    The girls are back from their holidays

    The time off from school at the „Casa Hogar Niña María“ residence is over: Since the end of January, the girls are back from their holidays with their families. A look back Twice a year, it’s holiday time at the girls residence in Istmina! The residence closes and the girls head off to their indigenous…