About the Foundation Salarriga Concha

The Foundation was created in 1973 by businessman Alfredo Saldarriaga del Valle in Antioquia, her wife Elvira and his son Ignacio Concha. With the donation of their assets to form the initial endowment, the Foundation was established to improve living conditions, opportunities for participation and social inclusion of people with disabilities and older people in the country.

From the knowledge and experience that has been achieved in these 42 years, the Foundation seeks to build a society for all, including people with disabilities and elderly starting from the concrete, effective and impact action and its environment and throughout his life, in a context of peace building. As an organization, the Foundation is an actor that shares learning both in Colombia and in countries around the world where opportunities are identified. It is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) governed by private law and legally constituted as non-profit foundation.

The Foundation works in partnership with those who can most contribute to the expansion and consolidation of our goals: Governments at national, regional and local bodies, public and private institutions, foundations and international cooperation organizations. Its strategies are based on a differentiated approach that is seeking recognition of diversity, understood as something inherent to the human condition.