An update from our founders!

An update from our founders!

Hi we’re Edwin Amaya and Erika Perdomo, founders of Smile Education Foundation! We’re so happy to still be working with SEF after all these years, and we definitely want to thank all of the donors and volunteers that have been with us throughout this exciting...
Summer Interns in Colombia

Summer Interns in Colombia

Hola! We’re Julia and Carey, students from the University of Oklahoma who’ve come Colombia to volunteer with SEF. A little bit about us- Julia: A junior studying Economics and International Security Studies from Houston, Texas. Half-Colombian, Half-American, and I’m...
Who are we and what do we do?

Who are we and what do we do?

Smile Colombia Foundation was founded in August 2009 by Edwin Amaya in Oklahoma. Edwin’s inspiration is based in his own family’s story. Knowing and understanding the struggles his grandmother endured raising his mother and seven other children as a single mother in...
Rionegro

Rionegro

In late January 2015 Smile Education Foundation began sponsoring a music program at Escuela Portachuelo in Rionegro, a small, rural community located in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Escuela Portachuelo was provided school supplies and other resources to enhance the...
Pachavita

Pachavita

Set in rural Boyacá, Colombia lies the small pueblo of Pachavita. In the most remote area of Pachavita lies the community school of Llano Grande. One would never guess that there are only 25 students with ages ranging between 6 and 12 years of age. The school employs...