There are encounters that not only add up, but multiply. Fifteen years ago, Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Medell\u00edn and Fundaci\u00f3n Berta Mart\u00ednez decided to join paths to strengthen a common purpose: transforming people\u2019s lives and the territories they inhabit through the construction and improvement of infrastructure for development\u2014mainly educational facilities and rural housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, this alliance has been much more than an agreement. It has been a deep commitment to people, to their environment, and to their dreams. It has been living proof that when hearts and resources are placed at the service of communities, realities change, territories flourish, and people find reasons to believe in a better tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifteen years after coming together, today we celebrate a story written with hundreds of hands: those of the 238 families from the Miraflores neighborhood that we built together in the township of Bolombolo in Venecia; those of the 278 families in Salgar who, after tragedy, found in their homes a new opportunity for dignity and life; those of the children, youth, and teachers who have benefited from 117 schools rebuilt and improved; and those of the communities who now enjoy 4 educational parks and 5 sports facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alliance is, above all, an expression of trust. Trust in communities and in their ability to overcome challenges. Trust in the transformative power of education, social investment, and well-executed work. Trust that every peso invested with purpose turns into abundant fruits for many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you, Fundaci\u00f3n Berta Mart\u00ednez, for walking alongside us, for the expertise and care in your work, which has included a strong social strategy to ensure that these infrastructures become part of people\u2019s hearts, cared for and embraced as their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
May these 15 years be only the prologue of many more decades of joint work, of stories that move us, and of communities that thrive. Because together, we always go further. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hay encuentros que no solo suman, sino que multiplican. Hace 15 a\u00f1os, la Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Medell\u00edn y la Fundaci\u00f3n Berta Mart\u00ednez decidimos unir caminos para darle fuerza a un prop\u00f3sito com\u00fan: transformar la vida de las personas y los territorios donde habitan, mediante la construcci\u00f3n y el mejoramiento de infraestructura para el desarrollo: principalmente sedes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8498,"template":"","tipo-de-contenido":[33],"categoria":[18],"class_list":["post-8497","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-de-contenido-eventos-noticias","categoria-noticia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8499,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8497\/revisions\/8499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-de-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-de-contenido?post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}