The coronavirus pandemic and efforts to prevent the collapse of Colombia’s healthcare system has led innumerable families without food.
Almost immediately, citizens have taken the initiative to provide food to people who for whatever reason have not received government aid.
These initiatives deserve your support. If you can, please donate. If you know of other trusted initiatives that allow people from abroad to chip in, send a message.
Rural food relief
Travolution Colombia
Travolution Colombia is an NGO that helped rural and indigenous communities develop sustainable tourism until the coronavirus abruptly left these rural communities without income and in many cases without food.
You can support them through the Just Giving page of Uncover Colombia, a foreign tourism firm that teamed up with the Colombian initiative.
Restaurants on Mission
Restaurants on Mission is an NGO founded in 2015 by Chicago-natives Nick Manderfield and Carisa Frost that is providing food relief in Medellin.
You can support them through their Go Fund Me page and read more about their project on their website. You can follow their progress on Restaurants on Mission’s facebook page.
Grupo Colombina
#SinHambreEnCasa is an initiative of the Caicedo family, which owns the Grupo Colombina food production firm that has a distribution network throughout Bogota.
You can support them through their page on Vaki, a trusted Colombian crowdfunding page that is hosting a number of food relief programs.
SIDOC Foundation
The SIDOC foundation from Cali delivers weekly food packages to families in Siloe, the impoverished east of the city where the majority of people depend on street work to provide for their families.
You can support them through their page on Vaki, a trusted Colombian crowdfunding page that is hosting a number of food relief programs.