The Fundacion para l’ Assistancia de los Ninos Abandonada (FANA) is located in Bogota, Colombia.  FANA was founded in 1972 by Mercedes Rosario Pineda de Martinez to provide shelter, care and ultimately a family for homeless children.  Over 11,000 children have found homes worldwide since FANA began its mission.  Children ranging in age from newborn through young teens are cared for at FANA. Children receive medical and dental care at the facility.  Most of the newborns are placed for adoption, usually at the age of three or four months. Older children are occasionally available for placement, including those with special needs and those in sibling groups.

 FANA’s mandate has expanded to include a maternity home, the Hogar Marguerite d’ Youville, which provides pre-natal care and other support services for women in troubled pregnacies. These women are provided a place to stay, nutritious food, life skills training, counseling, and some vocational training.  All of this support is offered non-contingent on making an adoption plan for their unborn child.  If they have other young children, those children are often cared for by FANA for the duration of their mother's stay.

 FANA also cares for homeless children who are not available for adoption, and provides medical services for the impoverished local community.

 FANA has recently started several new programs aimed at supporting the local community. A centerpiece program is the Family Center founded at FANA. Its purpose is to educate, prevent and contend with inter-familiar violence and to guide the local community.

 FANA’s primary purpose continues to be the loving care of children in need while they wait for an adoptive family.