Getting to the room where we meet the children is a feat, because in winter, which has been most of the year, there is mud everywhere, while on sunny days, there is a dust that invades the lungs; however, at 7:30 in the morning we find smiling, happy children who, regardless of the conditions, know they will be greeted by people who give them a warm hug and then share a hot breakfast with them.

This program consists of welcoming young men and women from the department of Cauca who have had a very low score in the Saber Tests and therefore neither study nor work, because their families are of very limited resources and can not support them, so we offer them a light of hope from our rural headquarters Los Senderos - Sasaima, Cundinamarca- to attend the pre-university; If these young people pass, they apply to the public university, and if they pass, they leave the Foundation to continue their careers; if they do not pass, the Foundation finances them a career at the private university for up to $3,000,000 per semester. In exchange, those admitted must donate a minimum of 25 hours per week in technical and administrative aspects of the Foundation or in work at the rural headquarters.

During the pandemic, the Foundation's food program was the flagship program, but once the health crisis passed, we no longer talked about this vital resource for the children of the Zuá Foundation, so we want to send you the answer to the concerns of some of our friends about this:

Dear family, on this occasion we decided it was time to give a voice to those leaders who are "behind the scenes", committed and courageous women who make it possible, on a daily basis, for this project to become a reality for many children of the Foundation.

The return to the classroom brings us great gifts such as the physical encounter and contact with nature, especially for those of us who live in the cities, and that is what the children value most when traveling from Bogota to Senderos and encountering a different climate, in a landscape where you can hear the birds singing, the sound of the wind, see the moon and the stars.

In 2012 the first 3 professionals financed by the Foundation graduated; and last Sunday, May 22, we had the pleasure of meeting for the first time with the young graduates, with those who are in internships and theses to graduate and with those who are currently pursuing their university degree, a total of 52, most of them already professionals and the others who will be in the next 2 and 3 years. what a great pride!

Every year we receive a group of 14 "Ninis" - neither studying nor working - due, among other reasons, to their low performance during high school, which is manifested in very low scores on tests to enter university, in addition to the difficulty of obtaining resources to cover university costs.

The genuine desire to serve children and young people in need led us to overcome the difficulties we faced at the end of the previous year in Bosa, such as finding a new location and a new volunteer coordinator.

We want to tell you how we bring children to music:

We propose that they enjoy music, discover how they can produce it, recognize that they have the best instrument such as their voice and find that music makes their lives more pleasant, more beautiful and participatory.

During the month of February, the start of the Foundation's PREUNIVERSITY program for the year 2022 was consolidated, resuming the original format of two semesters and extending until December 7 of this year.