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Upcoming UK Fundraiser

2011-10-30

Friends of Colombian Orphans will be holding a fundraiser in Oxford, England on 11/11/11. Board member Karen Brooks is having a birthday party that day, and has requested NO GIFTS - instead, guests have been requested to donate to FOCO and to bid on some wonderful raffle items including dinner for... Read More >

Bogota Visit Kicks Off the Year

2011-01-13

Bogota January 2010 Our January trip to Bogota was both fun and instructive! We met with our knitters for the first time and were not only able to see them in action, but also had the opportunity to have some fun together! Every girl received a donated mp3 player, lots of hugs and lots of encouragement... Read More >

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Friends of Colombian Orphans was created in 2007 after Jane and John King adopted a Colombian teen from Bogota. During their extended stay in the city, they visited a number of orphanages and realized that the kids housed in institutions due to parental poverty, abuse or abandonment, have few options once they age out of their institutions.

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