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Colombia

Game Time was started in 2014 to help kids through sports in the beautiful country of Colombia.

Colombia is the 4th largest country of South America. It has more than 48 million citizens. Its official language is Spanish. It’s situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru .It has borders in the Atlantic & Pacific Ocean. [- via: Wikipedia ]

Barranquilla

Colombia’s capital is Bogota. It has many major cities like Cali, Medellin, Catagena and Barranquilla.

Barranquilla, is located in Northern Colombia and it’s the capital of the Atlantico Department. It’s the 4th largest city in Colombia with a population of more than 1.2 million people since the 2017 census. The city is the epicenter for economic growth in its metropolitan area for municipalities like Soledad, Galapa, Malambo, and Puerto Colombia. • The city is home to one of the most important folk and cultural festivals of Colombia, the Carnival of Barranquilla, which was declared a National Cultural Heritage by the Congress of Colombia in 2001 and recognized by UNESCO in 2003. [- via: Wikipedia ]

 Departments

Game Time has helped 35 teams in 24 locations in the Atlántico, Bolivar, Magdalena, Sucre, Cordoba and Guajira Departments. 22 baseball teams, 8 soccer teams , 3 softball teams, 2 basketball teams have been assisted. As well as 1 school in Campeche was donated interactive educational game/ school supplies and at a  school in Sincelejo, 100 young boys and girls were donated Christmas presents.

All of these 6 departments are in Northern Colombia. GT always arrives in Barranquilla and from there either in private or public transportation goes to the different towns. Some towns are an hour, two hours, or three hours away from Barranquilla and the trip is done in one day. Some towns which are 4-5 hours away from Barranquilla have been done in different days.