Thousands of low-income Colombian youth who seek to advance their university studies and do not have the resources to do so will be able to do so thanks to the agreement they have just signed on Colpatria Group and the University of the Andesthrough its ‘I want to study’ program, which will receive a donation of 13,000 million pesos from the financial conglomerate.
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With this contribution, a total donation of 28,000 million pesos is completed, the first was 15,000 million and was made in 2009, which has allowed training and educating hundreds of Colombian youth, turning, in turn, the organization into the largest contributor of resources to this program.
For 46 years, the Colpatria Group (1977) has been committed to providing an opportunity for young Colombians to receive professional training so that in the future they can contribute to the transformation of the country. The new agreement will last for 10 years.
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For its part, Universidad de los Andes has been the main ally in the mission of providing access to high-quality higher education, developing financial support initiatives with the program ‘I want to study’And with dad’s contribution by said organization, the scholarship initiative that covers the tuition and book costs of the chosen students during the entire study period is strengthened.
“The promotion of an increasingly equitable and inclusive education in Colombia is the main priority for the company, a purpose that is in line with the Sustainable Development objectives established by the United Nations”, indicating the directives of the Andes.
They also indicated that this contribution will be represented by the name ‘Colpatria Exhibition Hall’, for the great contribution of the Group to the education of the country, in which the exhibition ‘Art for Bogotá’ will be held, an exhibition that pays homage to the pioneering work of the University in the configuration of art as a university discipline.
Said exhibition, which will be open to the public until April 23, will feature works from different collections, such as Colpatria, Colpatria-Scotiabank, Mambo, Leo Katz and Uniandes, which symbolize a gift for Bogotrans and their visitors.
