Orphaned Starfish Foundation Inc.

“Board members with family reationship: Vinny Smith & Victoria FlahertyRelationship: Married”

“Prior to filing Form 990, the return was reviewed by one or more board members.”

“Governing docs, policies, and financial statements made available upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Training facilities in Colombia.Fundamor, Cali, Colombia - Founded in 1992, Fundamor is an NGO based in Cali Colombia that provides housing, nutrition, comprehensive health care, and education to children living with HIV/AIDS. The organization serves approximately 60 children ranging from newborns to eighteen years of age. In addition, Fundamor works to increase public awareness of the risks of HIV and AIDS in the community. The foundation is partially funded by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute.The World Is In Your Hands, Choco, Colombia - The World Is In Your Hands provides assistance to women who are vulnerable due to displacement, violence, and abandonment. The program allows them to be productive for themselves, their families, and society. The program started in the municipality of Pretoria, in Choco, for a population of 15 children, aged between 6 and 11 years. Their aim is to offer mothers who are the head in the home, the opportunity to attain computer training- thus open up both educational and economic spaces, which require the use of the internet, as well as the ability to show them that the world is in their hands.Casa Hogar de La Chinca House, Medellin, Colombia - Casa Hogar de la Chinca House, located in Medellin, Colombia, is a nonprofit organization that provides for approximately 60 female adolescents who have been physically and/or emotionally abused. These young women all come from dysfunctional family environments and have little or no access to higher education or job training. La Chinca provides a safe living environment where the girls are provided educational assistance, food and clothing, social and ethical training, and psychological and social support.Senderos de Paz, Medellin, Colombia - Senderos de Paz is a home designed for children ranging from ages 3 to 10, who are among the vulnerable social strata of the village of San Cristobal belonging to the tumultuous climate-city of Medellin. Senderos de Paz provides education, food, and entertainment to more than 60 children who later come out with the basis of nutritional values and education to continue with their training in different institutions of the municipality. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Training facilities in Costa Rica.The Nuevas Oportunidades, San Rafeal Heredia, Costa Rica - The Nuevas Oportunidades (New Opportunities) project was created to provide computer training to children and young adults. Approximately 36 children and young adults from a shelter in the province of Heredia and a group of approximately 80 children from the Los Angeles school in San Rafael Heredia will be able to attend this program. Many of them come from dysfunctional families and have little or no access to higher education. The training will focus on enabling the children to find better paying opportunities after they leave the shelters.La Posada de Beln, La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica - The Posada de Belen is a home for girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen, who have children of their own. Regardless of their nationality or belief system the program takes them in with open arms. La Posada helps them adjust to their new role as a mother by ensuring that all of their needs are met. After having their baby, the girls spend six months at La Posada before they return to their homes. In 2009, a new board was elected with a vision to educate these girls and give them the tools that they need in order to learn a trade, get a job, and not have to return to the place where they were victimized. Our new mission is to educate, because we believe that if we educate one teenage mother we will be educating 1000 future generations. In providing these opportunities, we are simultaneously educating the girls and making a difference in their childrens lives, by giving them something that their mothers never had: an education, the right to play, and support for their dreams. We believe that they have the right to be what they want to be, so we”