¡Hola! I'm Matias

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I'm a 8 year-old boy and I live with my mother and father in Colombia.

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My birthday is the 3rd January.

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I love drawing, ball games, cycling and clapping hands to rhythm.

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I am in year 4 at school and my favourite subject are Art, Language, Maths and Reading.

£32 per month will empower him to overcome poverty

In my family, the adults work as a Day Labor / Different Jobs and Merchant / Seller.

I have 1 brother and 0 sisters living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tile, 
  • Wall: Brick/Block/Cement, 
  • Floor: Cement

Regional Diet:


  • Bananas, 
  • Beans, 
  • Beef, 
  • Bread, 
  • Cassava, 
  • Chickens, 
  • Fish, 
  • Potato, 
  • Rice, 
  • Lentils, 
  • Egg

Capital City:

Bogotá

Population:

46.73 million

Life expectancy:

 male 72.34 years, female 78.8 years

Population with improved drinking water:

 urban 96.8%, rural 73.8%

Adult literacy rate:

 male 94.6%, female 94.8%

Under 5 mortality rate:

17/1,000

Infant mortality rate:

14.58/1,000

Religion:

Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day:

2.9 million or 6.12%

My Family

My Project

My Country

In my family, the adults work as a Day Labor / Different Jobs and Merchant / Seller.

I have 1 brother and 0 sisters living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tile, 
  • Wall: Brick/Block/Cement, 
  • Floor: Cement

Regional Diet:


  • Bananas, 
  • Beans, 
  • Beef, 
  • Bread, 
  • Cassava, 
  • Chickens, 
  • Fish, 
  • Potato, 
  • Rice, 
  • Lentils, 
  • Egg

Capital City:

Bogotá

Population:

46.73 million

Life expectancy:

 male 72.34 years, female 78.8 years

Population with improved drinking water:

 urban 96.8%, rural 73.8%

Adult literacy rate:

 male 94.6%, female 94.8%

Under 5 mortality rate:

17/1,000

Infant mortality rate:

14.58/1,000

Religion:

Roman Catholic 90%, other 10%

Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day:

2.9 million or 6.12%

Matias's project in Colombia

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