Crece is an international educational

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

founded in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...

in 2005 by a group of

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

university students associated with the Christian Life Movement. The non-profit first began with the name CreceChile and later expanded internationally. Crece's mission is to support disadvantaged families through an integral education. This concretely occurs through the education of adults who have not completed their high school education, and prepares them to be able to pass the US equivalent GED in their respective countries. Crece is actively present in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

as CreceArgentina,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

as ColombiaCrece and

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

as CreceAngola.

External links

CreceChile

ColumbiaCrece

CreceArgentina

Christian Life Movement

Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

Tercero B

References

{{Reflist Educational organisations based in Chile Non-profit organisations based in Chile Catholic lay organisations