Fundación Makikuna

What Fundación Makikuna does

Fundación Makikuna is a Colombian non-profit foundation (organización civil sin ánimo de lucro) established on October 31, 2013 and registered with the Cámara de Comercio de Ipiales on November 7, 2013 (NIT 900672810-7). The foundation is headquartered in Ipiales, Nariño, with operational offices in Mocoa and Puerto Asís (Putumayo department), and is classified as a MICRO EMPRESA under Colombian business size classification. Its mission is to improve quality of life for vulnerable populations in Putumayo through three programmatic lines of action: SOCIAL (community development, psychosocial risk identification, child protection, and rights access); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (income generation, vocational training, and labor inclusion); and INFRASTRUCTURE (participatory civil works projects). The foundation is led by Representante Legal Angela Lucia Montenegro Ceballos (appointed January 15, 2025).

The foundation's core offerings are not technology products but methodologically grounded community programs. The flagship 'Ven y Juega' (Come and Play) project, funded by the International Olympic Committee and aligned with UNHCR's Positive Youth Development strategy, uses sports as a protection mechanism for 604 direct and 1,800 total refugee, migrant, and displaced children across five educational institutions. The 'JUNTANZA' collective (launched 2022 with Christian Aid and UN Peacebuilding Fund support) convenes 30 Colombian and Venezuelan women for resilience-building, mental health, and care economy recognition through dialogue, nature encounters, and a 6-episode podcast series. The 'Futuros Resilientes' (Resilient Futures) project, launched in 2026 with War Child, focuses on youth resilience and leadership through art, music, and dance. The underlying delivery model is community-led field intervention coordinated with municipal governments, ICBF, and Juntas de Acción Comunal.

Fundación Makikuna operates as a grant-funded non-profit rather than a commercial enterprise. Services to beneficiaries are free; revenue is generated through project-based grants from institutional donors including UNHCR, IOC, USAID, UNDP, Christian Aid, the UN Peacebuilding Fund, Red Nacional de Mujeres, and War Child. The organization holds Estatuto Tributario Especial (Special Tax Regime) status from DIAN, currently in 2026 renewal, and is bound by humanitarian principles of humanity, independence, neutrality, and impartiality. Distribution is entirely direct through on-ground field teams in Putumayo municipalities, with no digital products, APIs, or app-based service delivery. The legal reported income is COP 1,000,000 (a legal placeholder), while actual grant inflows are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Fundación Makikuna

Legal name

FUNDACION MAKIKUNA

Website

https://fundacionmakikuna.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Makikuna is a Colombian non-profit foundation operating since 2013 in Putumayo, delivering community-based social, economic development, and infrastructure programs for refugees, migrants, displaced persons, and women through partnerships with UNHCR, IOC, USAID, UNDP, Christian Aid, and War Child.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Social Development Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Global Public Health Aid Administration (Government Donors) (HLAJALAO), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Community development programs
• Refugee protection programs
• Social inclusion initiatives
• Psychosocial support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ipiales

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Funding: Revenue generated through grants and project funding from international donors and organizations for humanitarian and development programs
2. Donor Grants: Funding from institutional donors including UNHCR, IOC, UNDP, USAID for specific social programs and interventions

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fundación Makikuna is a Colombian non-profit foundation that designs and implements humanitarian and social development programs for vulnerable populations in the Putumayo department. Its core offering spans three programmatic lines: SOCIAL (community development, psychosocial support, child protection, and women's empowerment), ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (income generation, technical training, and labor inclusion), and INFRASTRUCTURE (participatory civil works). Programs are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries and funded through grants from international donors including UNHCR, UNDP, USAID, IOC, Christian Aid, and War Child.

Product overview

Fundación Makikuna is a non-profit organization (ONG) operating as a social development foundation, not a technology company. The organization offers a portfolio of community development programs organized across three main lines of action: SOCIAL (community development, psychosocial support, and child protection), ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (income generation, vocational training, and labor inclusion), and INFRASTRUCTURE (participatory civil works projects). The flagship initiatives include the IOC-funded 'Ven y Juega' sports-for-protection program targeting refugee and displaced children, the 'JUNTANZA' women's collective for psychosocial empowerment, and the 'Futuros Resilientes' youth leadership initiative implemented with War Child. These programs share a common focus on vulnerable populations in Putumayo department, with emphasis on displaced persons, migrants, women, children, and ethnic communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ven y Juega: Sports project for the protection of children, adolescents and youth (NNA), financed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), implementing the UNHCR Positive Youth Development strategy to promote social inclusion and xenophobia mitigation in Mocoa and Puerto Asís, Putumayo.
• JUNTANZA
• Futuros Resilientes

Products and services

• SOCIAL Line of Action Community development program generating individual, social, and community actions that promote sustainable development through rights access, psychosocial risk identification and mitigation, and the creation of protective spaces, with emphasis on children, adolescents, and women under participation, autonomy, and peacebuilding perspectives. Delivered free of charge to vulnerable beneficiaries in Putumayo.
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Line of Action Program supporting economic activities that generate income through technical training, administrative and financial advisory services, and labor inclusion, with local and regional projection to improve quality of life and employment opportunities for vulnerable communities. Delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.
• INFRASTRUCTURE Line of Action Program of civil infrastructure projects that increase institutional, social, and community capacity through participatory initiative formulation and implementation with security, stability, functionality, and environmental responsibility. Delivered free of charge to beneficiary communities.
• Ven y Juega (Come and Play) Project Sports-for-protection program targeting 604 children, adolescents, and youth who are Venezuelan refugees and migrants, internally displaced persons, and host community members in Mocoa and Puerto Asís. Includes three components: sports, psychosocial accompaniment, and infrastructure. Promotes social inclusion, xenophobia mitigation, social cohesion, psychosocial well-being, and community strengthening. Delivered free of charge through educational institutions and Juntas de Acción Comunal.
• JUNTANZA Collective Women's collective comprising 30 Colombian and Venezuelan women in vulnerable neighborhoods of Mocoa and Puerto Asís, focused on empowerment through peer support, dialogue spaces, nature encounters, care economy recognition, mental health tools, and collective memory and resilience-building. Includes a 6-episode podcast series documenting participants' stories. Delivered free of charge.
• Futuros Resilientes (Resilient Futures) Project Youth resilience and leadership project implemented in partnership with War Child, focused on social transformation through art, music, dance, and local cultural expressions. Coordinated from Mocoa, Putumayo, and delivered free of charge to participating youth.

Quantifiable outcome

• 604 children and adolescents directly benefited through sports and protection programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• War ChildcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Humanitarian organization partnering with Fundación Makikuna for the 'Futuros Resilientes' (Resilient Futures) project focused on youth resilience and leadership through art and culture.
• Red Nacional de MujerescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022National Women's Network providing micro-donation support for the JUNTANZA women's collective project in Mocoa and Puerto Asís.
• Colombian Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Colombiano)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Olympic body providing training and guidance for the Ven y Juega sports for protection program.
• Municipal Government of MocoacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner providing coordination with educational institutions and sports programs through the Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports.
• Municipal Government of Puerto AsíscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner for project implementation in Puerto Asís municipality.
• ICBF (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColombian family welfare institute for child protection, coordinating with mission-aligned programs for beneficiaries.
• Educational Institutions (Instituciones Educativas)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSchools including IE Ciudad Mocoa, Pío XII, Fray Placido, San Agustín (Mocoa), and IE Alvernia, Fray Placido (Puerto Asís) providing venues and coordination for sports programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Norwegian Refugee Council: International humanitarian NGO supporting people affected by displacement. Comparable as a broad incumbent with similar protection programming for refugees, migrants, and IDPs in Colombia and Latin America.
• World Vision International: International humanitarian organization focused on child well-being. Comparable as a broad incumbent with similar child-sponsorship, protection, and community-development programming, active in conflict-affected regions of Colombia.
• Plan International: International NGO advancing children's rights and equality for girls. Comparable as a broad incumbent with similar child-protection, refugee response, and women's empowerment programming, including active operations in Colombia.
• Save the Children: Global NGO focused on children's rights and welfare. Comparable as a broad incumbent in child protection programming for refugee, migrant, and displaced populations, with presence in Colombia and similar humanitarian methodologies.
• Mercy Corps: International humanitarian NGO operating in conflict-affected environments. Comparable as a broad incumbent with similar community-based programming for vulnerable populations and active Colombia operations.

Direct peers

• HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society): International refugee protection agency. Comparable as a direct peer in refugee and migrant protection services, integration programming, and UNHCR-aligned methodologies for Venezuelan displacement response in Colombia.
• Christian Aid: International NGO focused on poverty and injustice. Directly comparable: Christian Aid is a current financial partner of Fundación Makikuna on the JUNTANZA women's empowerment initiative, operating in similar community-development and gender-equality programming contexts.
• RET International: International NGO working in emergency and post-conflict education and youth protection. Comparable as a UNHCR implementing partner with similar Positive Youth Development-aligned programming for refugee and displaced youth.
• War Child: International humanitarian NGO focused on children affected by conflict. Directly comparable: War Child is a current strategic partner of Fundación Makikuna on the Futuros Resilientes project, operates on similar child-protection mandates, and runs arts/culture-based resilience programming for conflict-affected youth.

Emerging players

• Techo: Latin American youth-led NGO addressing poverty in informal settlements. Comparable as an emerging player with similar Latin American community-based methodology, though focused more on housing/infrastructure than protection and psychosocial programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/f_makikuna
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacionmakikuna
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-makikuna

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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