UNHCR I Colombia Emergency I Donate Today

A powerful earthquake has struck Colombia — a country home to one of the world's largest displaced populations, while also facing a major internal displacement crisis.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has torn through western Colombia, collapsing homes and damaging hospitals across Chocó, Risaralda, Caldas, and Valle del Cauca. A national disaster has been declared, and many families have fled into the streets with nothing.  

Donate to provide emergency protection and relief now. 

UNHCR is releasing its emergency stocks including emergency shelter, hygiene kits and solar lamps to reach the most vulnerable hit by the earthquake. We are also identifying those in most urgent need of targeted protection support and services.

This disaster hits a population already stretched thin. More than 7 million Colombians have been displaced by armed conflict, and Colombia hosts nearly 2.8 million Venezuelans, refugees and asylum seekers — many in the very departments now hit hardest. For them, a fragile situation has become an emergency, with urgent need for shelter, clean water, and protection. 

You can help families survive this disaster.

But we can't do this alone. 

Please donate today. 

Photo credit: © UNHCR/Jaime Castaneda

Building colapsed in Columbia

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Summary of donation information

One-off donation: Your one-off gift will help support people impacted by the Colombia situation. In the event that UNHCR's response becomes fully funded, your contribution will go to provide life-saving assistance to people forced to flee by emergencies worldwide.
Monthly donation: Monthly gifts help support more families forced to flee. With your regular donation to UNHCR, you can provide refugees and displaced people facing emergencies worldwide with ongoing relief and protection.
What does UNHCR do?

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization working to save lives, protect rights and build a better future for refugees, internally displaced communities and stateless people. We work to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find refuge from violence or persecution.

Why is my monthly support more powerful than a one-time gift?

By choosing to give a regular donation, you will be helping UNHCR to plan ahead and invest in long-term projects to improve the lives the refugees.

Faster help: Monthly donations allow UNHCR to respond to emergencies when a crisis occurs. Your gift can go where it's most needed.

Support of long-term operations: More predictable income helps UNHCR go beyond short-term emergency aid and provide families with ongoing relief and protection every single day.

Easy to donate: To set up a recurring donation, please choose the Monthly option in the form. You can always update your donations by contacting our Donor Care team at donors@unhcr.org.

How does UNHCR spend my donation?

Your money helps UNHCR provide protection, shelter and other forms of assistance, and advocacy on behalf of displaced and stateless people every year. UNHCR staff work as closely as possible with and for people forced to flee, with 90 per cent of our workforce based in field locations. For further details on UNHCR's budget, read our Global Report.