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Friends of
Fundación Barco
Sustainable development and social equity.
About us
We are a US-based nonprofit organization on our way to becoming a 501(c) recognized tax-exempt organization that promotes social development in Latin America through partnerships with government entities, private sector, foundations, and the international community.
Why we must work for LATAM
The 2023 Social Panorama report projects a considerable increase in poverty and extreme poverty directly affecting more than 208 million people.
In 2023, poverty affected 29.1% of Latin Americans, equivalent to 72 million people falling into the category of extreme poverty.
According to UNICEF, it is estimated that there are 8.2 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 working in Latin America, with 5.5 million of them engaged in high-risk activities.
Currently, around 37% of Latin American teenagers aged 15 to 19 drop out of school and almost half of them do so early, before completing primary education.
Since the second quarter of 2023, the incidence of informal employment in Latin America and the Caribbean has exceeded 50%.
The unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 6.7% in 2023, keeping the region below pre-pandemic levels.
161 million people (equivalent to 2.5 out of every 10 people) lack adequate access to safe drinking water. Even more concerning, 431 million people (equivalent to 7 out of every 10) in the region lack access to sanitation.
Approximately 5.8 million Latin Americans
would fall into extreme poverty by 2030, largely due to lack of access to clean water.
The Latin America region contains approximately 57% of the world's primary forests, storing approximately 104 gigatons of carbon and hosting between 40% and 50% of global biodiversity and a third of all plant species.
Sources: CEPAL, Latin America Social Panorama, UNICEF, RIEOEI, WWF
Action lines
We drive social development in LATAM by:
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Connecting social investors and philanthropists with meaningful causes.
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Delivering effective social project design and management.
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Management of resources with social purposes.
Our team
The Board
Juan F. Miranda
Thomas G. Schlaff
Martha Olga Jensen M.
Advisor Team
Juan F. Miranda
Thomas G. Schlaff
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David Gordon
Contact us
Note:
We are on our way to becoming a recognized tax-exempt organization! Our application is currently under review by the IRS.
Please note: Donations made at this time may not be tax-deductible. We will update our donors as soon as we receive the confirmation of our tax-exempt status from the IRS.
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