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Federación Internacional de Fe y Alegría

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Citizenship and Governance Culture Debt Relief Development Disabled Persons Education Family Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Least Developed Countries Media Social Development Values Violence Women Youth Financing for Development: External debt Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Disabled persons Indigenous issues Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Education Health Poverty Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Nicaragua Guatemala Dominican Republic Paraguay Democratic Republic of the Congo Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Argentina Chile Ecuador Italy Uruguay Colombia Brazil Honduras Haiti Spain Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chad Madagascar Panama El Salvador Peru
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women
Mission statement:	Fe y Alegria is a “Movement for Integral Popular Education and Social Development” whose activities are directed to the most impoverished and excluded sectors of the population, in order to empower them in their personal development and their participation in society. It is a movement which unites people in a process of growth, self-criticism and the search for answers to the challenges presented by human needs. It concerns education because it promotes the formation of persons who are conscious of their own potential and of the reality about them; who are free, committed and open to transcendence; and who seek to be protagonists in their own development. It is popular because it sees education as a part of a pedagogical and political proposal for social transformation rooted in the local communities. It is integral because it presupposes that education involves the whole person in all his/her dimensions. And it concerns social development because, in the face of injustice and the needs of concrete individuals, it makes a commitment to confronting them and thereby creating a society which is just, fraternal, democratic and participative. In the search for responses to the urgent needs of students and communities, the proposals of Fe y Alegria have become embodied in a variety of initiatives. Besides the formal pre-school, primary and secondary education, other spaces for human development have opened up, such as: radio stations, adult education programs, labor training and school equivalency programs, professional formation at secondary and tertiary levels, development of cooperatives and small businesses, as well as projects for community development, health care, native culture, teacher training, publication of educational materials, among others. In all these areas Fe y Alegria acts in close coordination with the communities, seeking to complement and support the action of other public and private bodies.
Year established:	1955
Organizational structure:	The organization of Fe y Alegria is characterized by the functional autonomy of countries, regions and centers, but always within a sharing of common principles and objectives and a solidarity of concerns and projects. It is a movement based on participative management, marked by the presence and action of committed lay people and various religious institutes in co-responsibility with the Society of Jesus, founder and promoter of the organization. In each of the countries Fe y Alegria operates as a non-profit organization, incorporated according to the legal requirements and with the support of the national governments. On the international plane, Fe y Alegria functions as a federation of the national organizations and is registered as a social welfare organization, based in the city of Bogotá. The International Federation of Fe y Alegria promotes the joint creation and the continual revision of the Movement’s Project for Popular Education and Social Development; it encourages and assists cooperative actions and projects among member countries; it facilitates good communication and the sharing of experiences; it impels the expansion of the movement to new countries; and it provides a platform for representation in and dialogue with international organizations. The highest authority of the Federation is the General Assembly, which is made up of the National Directors, the General Coordinator of the Federation, the members of the Board of Directors, an additional qualified delegate from each country and the President of the Latin American Jesuit Provincials Conference. The executive responsibility lies in the Board of Directors, composed of four persons: the General Coordinator, who is legal representative of the Federation, and three others elected by the General Assembly. Every year the Federation holds its general Assembly, which is the decision-making body determining the objectives and activities of the Federation, and also holds an International Congress, which serves to foster reflection on themes of interest, to analyze programs or activities common to all countries and to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences within the Movement.
Number and type of members:	The Federation is present in 23 countries. There are 22 national organizations with membership to the Federation. We have 40.000 people working for the Federation and we reach over 1.500.000 people.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	CME, CLADE, CEAAL
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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