Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo

What Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo does

Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo (LA CID) is a Colombian non-profit organization headquartered in Bogotá that has operated continuously since 2002, delivering social development programs across all 32 departments of Colombia. The organization runs two formal program verticals: Educación, which applies flexible education methodologies to reduce school lag and guarantee the right to education for vulnerable populations; and Protección, which delivers psychosocial attention and accompaniment for the guarantee and restitution of rights for populations with special constitutional protection.

LA CID serves a broad and intersectional beneficiary base including children and adolescents, women (including pregnant and lactating mothers), early childhood populations, Afro-descendant communities, indigenous peoples, families, teachers, public officials, health-system actors, and community leaders. It operates through a community-led delivery model, working directly with public institutions, educational institutions, and international humanitarian bodies. The organization holds two compliance credentials relevant to its operating model: certification under Colombia's Régimen Tributario Especial (RTE) with the DIAN, and certified partner status with Hqai, the international humanitarian quality assurance initiative.

LA CID has no commercial revenue model. Its operations are funded through donations and institutional grants, with no disclosed revenue figure, no disclosed funders, no proprietary technology platform, and no AI/ML capability referenced in available data. The organization is governed independently with no parent company, private equity backing, or venture capital investment. Distribution occurs entirely through direct field programs and institutional partnerships within Colombia; no international expansion is signaled.

Name

Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo

Legal name

Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo

Website

https://cid.org.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo (LA CID) is a Colombian non-profit, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Bogotá, operating education and psychosocial protection programs for vulnerable children, women, indigenous, and Afro-descendant communities across all 32 Colombian departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Social Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Homeless, Foster Care & Highly Mobile Youth Education Services (EDAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Prevention & Student Assistance Programs (School-Based) (EDAKAMAJ), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Social development programs
• Child rights protection
• Community education services
• Psychosocial support services
• Humanitarian assistance Colombia

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and grants: As a non-profit organization registered under Colombia's Special Tax Regime (RTE), LA CID operates primarily through donations and institutional grants from partners and donors. The organization maintains a donations section on its website for public contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LA CID delivers two social-development programs to vulnerable populations across Colombia: Educación (Education), which uses flexible education methodologies to reduce school lag and guarantee the right to education for vulnerable and constitutionally protected populations; and Protección (Protection), which provides psychosocial attention and accompaniment to support the guarantee and/or restitution of rights for the same populations. Services are delivered through direct community implementation in all 32 Colombian departments under an intersectional, rights-based approach that also addresses mental health and landmine risk education.

Product overview

LA CID – Corporación Infancia y Desarrollo is a non-profit organization offering two main programs: Educación (Education) and Protección (Protection). The Educación program focuses on flexible education methodologies to reduce school lag for vulnerable populations, while the Protección program provides psychosocial attention and accompaniment for rights guarantee and/or restitution. Both programs operate under an intersectional approach, promoting transformation opportunities and an organizational structure committed to children, adolescents, and communities from a rights-based perspective.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educación (Education Program)

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hqai (Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLA CID is a certified partner of Hqai, a global initiative that provides independent, quality assurance for humanitarian organizations. This certification demonstrates LA CID's commitment to quality standards in its humanitarian programming.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Benposta Colombia: Colombian nonprofit promoting the rights and participation of children and adolescents through education and citizenship programs, with a similar focus on vulnerable youth and rights-based methodologies.
• World Vision Colombia: Large international NGO implementing child-sponsorship, education, and protection programming in vulnerable Colombian communities. Comparable in targeting at-risk children with rights-based and community-led approaches.
• Save the Children Colombia: International NGO running education and child-protection programs across Colombia, including flexible-education methodologies and psychosocial support for conflict-affected and migrant children — directly comparable mandate to LA CID.
• Fundación Renacer: Colombian foundation specialized in child sexual abuse prevention and victim support, overlapping with LA CID's protection and psychosocial-services mandate and PEAS reporting infrastructure.
• Aldeas Infantiles SOS Colombia: Colombian affiliate of SOS Children's Villages, focused on alternative care, family strengthening, and child protection for children deprived of parental care — directly comparable mission to LA CID's protection program.
• Plan International Colombia: International NGO advancing children's rights and equality for girls, with active programming in education and protection across Colombia. Comparable intersectional approach and target beneficiary populations.
• Coalico: Colombian coalition against the recruitment of children and adolescents into armed conflict — directly comparable target population (conflict-affected children) and rights-based protection advocacy approach.

Broad incumbents

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Colombia: International humanitarian organization operating across Colombia on protection, mine action, and detention-related work — comparable on landmine-risk education and protection mandate, though broader in scope.
• UNICEF Colombia: UN agency focused on child rights, education, and protection in Colombia. Operates the largest portfolio of child-focused programming in the country and often funds or partners with specialized national NGOs like LA CID.

Regional players

• Fundación Pequeño Trabajador: Colombian foundation focused on child labor prevention and youth workforce inclusion, partially overlapping with LA CID's at-risk-youth education and dropout-prevention programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LACID_
• Facebookfacebook.com/ONGLaCID
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corporaci%C3%B3n-infancia-y-desarrollo
• Instagraminstagram.com/corpinfanciaydesarrollo/?hl=es

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