Helping Others Help Themselves: fighting poverty in Colombia My name is Fabio Palacio and I am a student at Ridgewood High School. Last summer I visited Colombia, the country where I grew up. While in Colombia I spent a lot of time in my home city, and in addition, spent a few days in a small village nearby, called Tubara. Tubara is the home of Raquel, a woman who helped raise my mother and me. My mother's family helped pay for her daughter's education, and we have remained long time friends with this family.