Crece is an international educational

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

founded in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

in 2005 by a group of

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

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, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

as CreceArgentina,

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

as ColombiaCrece and

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

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