Quincy International is the missions arm of the Diocese of Quincy. Right now, we’re in Colombia — feeding children, training women, and walking alongside a growing community of faith.
What We Do
In Puerto Valdivia, Colombia, children eat breakfast every morning at a cafeteria beside the church. Women are learning a trade that will change what’s possible for their families. Young men who had no good options now have one. This is what it looks like when the church stays.
Every school day, 60 children eat breakfast at the church cafeteria in Puerto Valdivia. Women from the community cook and serve — by choice, with pride.
Twenty women at a time train for 15 months. When they finish, they hold a government-certified seamstress credential. $83 keeps one woman in the program for a month.
Young people with few good options find meaningful, safe work at the church. $200 a month sponsors one young person’s employment.
A metal roof. One hundred chairs. A freezer for a man who gives fish away. Small gifts that mean everything to a community that’s never been forgotten before.
people fed every school day for $1,300/month
Our Why
Most people in Puerto Valdivia have never had anyone come from far away and not leave. We have been here for years. We plan to keep coming back.
The women who cook breakfast for 60 children every morning weren’t recruited. They stepped up on their own. They asked for uniforms — aprons and shoes — so they could serve with dignity. That is who they are. We just helped make it possible.
Jose leads the vestry at the church. He asked us for a chest freezer so he could give more fish away to his neighbors. He wasn’t thinking about himself. He was thinking about the people on his street.
This is the community we get to be part of. Not a community we’re fixing. One we’re honoured to walk alongside.
“We’re just trying to sustain life, make their life better and teach them that they also can share the gospel and they also can be disciples for Jesus Christ. We bring them Christ, we bring them joy, and in the meantime, we give them some days they don’t have to worry about where their meal is going to come from.”
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Field Stories
COLOMBIA
Sixty children eat breakfast before school. Women from the neighborhood cook and serve — every single day.
COLOMBIA
Jose asked for a chest freezer so he could give more fish to his neighbors. He wasn’t thinking about himself.
COLOMBIA
Father Luis wept when the new roof went on. No one had ever invested in his community before.
The cafeteria opens again tomorrow. The sewing school is in session right now. You can be part of what’s already happening.
