ABOUT SERVIVIR
Who are we?
The Ser Vivir con Amor Corporation is an organization dedicated to providing comprehensive support to people facing addiction problems and their families. A distinctive feature of our program is that our entire team —psychologists, therapists, counselors, and support staff— has overcome their own process of addiction and recovery, which allows us to offer deeply empathetic, human, and effective support.
History
Ser Vivir con Amor was founded on March 15, 2022, out of the need to provide help in a different way to those suffering from addictions. Taking the best from various rehabilitation models, its founders, led by director Olimpo Monsalve, created an authentic program that restores hope to the addict and their family circle.
Throughout our journey, we have overcome logistical, emotional, and spiritual challenges in several municipalities of Antioquia, such as Caldas, Girardota, La Estrella, Santa Bárbara, and now Fredonia, where we currently have our headquarters. The commitment and maturity acquired over time drive us to continue expanding our work to reach more people in need.
Mission
To contribute to solving social problems related to addictions and mental and behavioral disorders, serving adolescents, adults, and vulnerable populations through a clinical-therapeutic program supported by a professional team that has personally experienced addiction and recovery.
Vision
By the year 2030, Ser Vivir con Amor will be recognized for implementing innovative and valuable therapeutic models (12-step, theo-therapeutic, and psychological). We aspire to provide broader coverage for vulnerable populations with addiction and related illnesses, transforming more and more lives nationally and internationally.
Our Commitment
– Provide a safe and dignified environment, with suitable facilities, and a team that understands addiction from personal experience.
– Offer comprehensive support from professionals in psychology, therapy, and spiritual counseling, who have overcome addiction and deeply understand the needs of those beginning the recovery journey.
– Reinstate users into their families and society, fostering values such as respect, tolerance, and love.
– Support both those living on the streets and those with a family environment, ensuring access to rehabilitation programs tailored to each person’s needs.
At Ser Vivir con Amor, we firmly believe that with love, faith, and discipline transformation is possible. Our commitment is to remain steadfast in the struggle, convinced that without sacrifice there is no victory and that love gives meaning to everything.
Olimpo Monsalve
Director and Co-founder of Ser Vivir con Amor
Olimpo Monsalve
Director - Co-founder
His recovery journey began more than 13 years ago, when he personally experienced the suffering of addiction and found a new life through faith. Since then, he has dedicated himself to helping others, training in the therapeutic field, and leading by example. Olimpo lives alongside the program’s participants, accompanies each process closely, and is present in every detail. More than an authority figure, he is a source of encouragement, dedication, and commitment.
Guided by values such as love, tolerance, and respect, his greatest motivation is to live clean and be of service to others. His dream is for the organization to grow and provide free recovery to anyone in need. Ser Vivir con Amor reflects his story and his purpose: to offer hope through service, and to transform lives through love.
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