What we do...

Our mission is to guide adoptees in the biological family search and/or reunion process during the pre-search, active search, and post-search, with emotional support/accompaniment.

Our vision is to guide adoptees to remember who we are by reclaiming aspects of our identity and culture that have been lost by rediscovering our personal power to reshape our own adoption narrative.

How you can help us this Giving Tuesday

Healing Puentes is hoping to raise $2,025 to kick off the new year! With your support, we will be able to expand our reach to help adoptees in our community become closer to their most authentic selves as we reconnect with our roots and identities. You can also support this cause by sharing this campaign with family, friends, and on social media. If our mission resonates with you, please consider making a donation to the area that you would like the funds to be used. We are grateful for any support you may be able to offer! Muchas gracias! 

A donation of $100 will help with a travel scholarship for our 2025 Bogota meet-up. This scholarship is reserved for an adult adoptee who has been unable to travel to their birth country. Check out a testimonial from one of the recipients of our 2024 Bogota Meet-Up scholarships below:   "Whenever someone asked me, “ Do you ever think about going back to Colombia?” I would feel myself sheepishly shrugging, nodding and saying, “Maybe one day.” I never felt excited or motivated to even consider this for myself until finding Healing Puentes. Or I’d like to think that they found me. My trip this summer to Bogota, in community, allowed me to live as my most authentic self. I was able to witness myself dance, smile, laugh, and talk for perhaps the first time in my life -no censoring , no mask. The land and its people carried me home and I am now whole."- Christina Kawan-Hemler

A donation of $75  to our First Mother's group will support transportation costs, rental fees, and materials for workshops and meet ups

A donation of $50 will provide 2-4 scholarships for private Spanish classes to help an adopted individual gain access to language acquisition. This could empower them to learn for themselves or improve communication with their birth family

A general operations donation of any amount supports monthly peer support group facilitation, search and reunion assistance, website maintenance, Zoom access, and social media growth.   Just $20 can help support the time and energy allocated to the above activities!

Our Giving Tuesday Call to Action

Donate today to support adult adoptees from Colombia bridge the identity/cultural gap and reconnect to Colombia via language recovery, culture trips, and search/reunion guidance. Check out our website to see more: www.healingpuentes.com

What is Giving Tuesday?

Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to give back. Over the decade, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. The mission is to strive to build a world in which the power of generosity is at the heart of the society we build together, unlocking opportunity, and equity around the globe.

FAQ or Contact

If you have any questions please contact me at healingpuentes@gmail.com or reach out through social media IG healingpuentes or FB Healing Puentes! If you are in need of a tax-deductible receipt beyond what you receive from fundrazr, please email us!