Founded in 1997 Corporación Fe y Esperanza is a grassroots effort to educate displaced children arriving to El Progreso, a neighborhood in the hilly outskirts of Bogotá, who do not have opportunities to study. Fe y Esperanza educates over 300 children from grades k-7. Nelson Pajaro who has educated displaced children for over twenty-five years founded Fe y Esperanza. Fe y Esperanza’s values of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, respect and cooperation ripple throughout the community. Cooperative initiatives with the school include vocational employment projects, such as a recycling cooperative, that involve the students’ family members and create a much needed sense of community solidarity.