COP 80 million
minimum target investment in Colombian pesos
Resume our housing work and support the rebuilding of homes for families in southwestern Colombia.
Let’s talk about housing ↗COLOMBIA · FAITH PUT INTO ACTION
Love is something we do.
Let’s put it in motion.
A family rebuilding their home. A young person staying in school. A community initiative able to keep going. That is the future we want to build with you.
We are a Christian foundation supporting established community initiatives and running our own education and housing projects.
A new chapter. The same commitment to serve.AMOR EN MARCHA
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
We can write the next
chapter together.
These are the goals for Amor en Marcha’s new chapter. Your participation can help turn them into action.
+30%
target growth in scholarship coverage
Give more students the opportunity to continue secondary school and university, supporting families facing financial hardship.
I want to support scholarships ↗More initiatives
with the support they need to keep serving
Strengthen organizations and ministries already working with communities through donations and recurring support.
I want to give regularly ↗Goals for our new chapter, not funds already raised or results achieved. Delivery depends on available resources and the assessment of each project.
HOW WE HELP
Backing the people
already doing the work.
People who live and serve within a community understand its needs. We seek trusted initiatives, get to know their teams and provide resources to help them continue.
Our Christian faith inspires service, generosity and respect for every person’s dignity. Receiving support does not require a particular religious identity.
01
Understand
We learn about the need, the organization’s track record and its relationship with the community. We visit whenever possible.
02
Support
We direct resources toward specific purposes through partner organizations or our own projects.
03
Stay connected
We maintain close relationships and value accountability and continuity.
ALREADY IN MOTION
Real causes.
Lasting commitments.
Our scholarships and institutional support
Education and inclusion
We fund secondary school and university scholarships. Payments go directly to educational institutions. We also support Colegio Filadelfia para Sordos, a school for deaf students and a cause close to our hearts.
Working through community partners
Missions and communities
We support Christian ministries working with vulnerable and Indigenous communities, including communities in Vaupés. We help sustain their presence, social work and ministry.
Resources for local initiatives
Sharing Christmas
We provide gifts and clothing for children and young people. Organizations that know the families coordinate activities within their communities.
OUR ROOTS
New steps.
Deep roots.
1983 · A response that began with a family. The story of Amor en Marcha begins with the Christian conviction of its founder, Pastor Igna de Suárez: to respond through practical action to the needs of people nearby. Together with her husband and children, she began supporting families who lacked the resources to meet their basic needs.
Help took the form each household needed: food, clothing, household items, financial contributions or health-related support. Over time, others joined through volunteering and donations. Susan Combs has been part of this journey, steadily and quietly supporting the work.
1999 · A new chapter in El Codito. Work in this neighborhood in northern Bogotá deepened our connections with families and communities facing hardship. These relationships helped us understand specific needs and brought more people into the work. This family history predates the legal establishment of the foundation, registered with the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce in 2008.
A way of serving that has evolved. Over the years, our work has included secondary school and university scholarships, support for Colegio Filadelfia para Sordos, backing for missions in Vaupés, Christmas gifts and clothing, and one home built through our own housing work. Each responds to a different need; all share a commitment to people and their families.
Experience also shaped how we help today: getting to know and strengthening organizations and ministries already present within communities. We combine that support with our own projects, especially scholarships, recognizing the knowledge and abilities of those who work in these communities every day.
Amor en Marcha · The same story, new steps. Our public identity connects our journey so far with what we want to build next. Our legal entity remains Fundación La Casa del Padre. We retain our Christian roots and historical relationship with the church, while remaining legally, administratively and financially independent. Our next chapter aims to expand scholarships, resume housing work and sustain more community initiatives with the support of new donors.
10 yearsof secondary school and university scholarships
20 yearsof Christmas gift giving
1 homebuilt through our own housing work
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK
The Amor en Marcha team
Igna de Suárez
Founder
Susan Combs
Board member
A longtime companion to Igna de Suárez and a steadfast supporter of the foundation. She supports its work and takes part in decisions that guide its development.
Juan Suárez and María José Rivadeneira
Investment committee
Guiovana Rodríguez
Treasury
Mario Sánchez
Administration
YOUR SUPPORT CAN BE THE NEXT STEP
Making a difference
can start with you.
Individuals, businesses and donors abroad: let’s discuss the cause you would like to support and the available ways to contribute.
A personal contribution
Support a specific cause or ask about giving regularly.
A business partnership
Let’s explore how your company can contribute.
From another country
Contact us to coordinate the available options for your donation.
WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
Looking for support?
We welcome requests from individuals, families, students, organizations and ministries working with communities in Colombia.
Tell us where you are, what the need is and what support you are seeking. Each request is assessed against its purpose and available resources; submitting one does not guarantee approval.