The Vanessa Foundation

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The memory of Vanessa Ramirez Fanas will not be forgotten, thanks to the launch of the foundation bearing her name. Ramirez, who was a medical student, was shot and killed on 9 June 2006 in what is considered to have been a senseless act of violence. Ramirez was speaking on her cellular phone when she was attacked by thieves, who ended up taking just her phone. The young woman's death caused anger and outrage across the nation. The foundation's objectives are to study, identify, and analyze the reasons for violent crimes and criminality, and aims to design programs and projects to eliminate those causes.

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