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Situation in numbers

200 families affected by the winter wave in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca,
Colombia.

1000 people benefited

Concubita and Chipaquín villages benefited from humanitarian support and intervention.

Humanitarian deployment of 200 sanitary kits and 200 food supplies

INTRODUCTION TO INTERVENTION

Abba Colombia Foundation since 2019 has been working in the municipality of Sutatausa, deploying humanitarian aid and serving the most vulnerable community in different ways. On July 16, 2022 an intervention was carried out in humanitarian response to the emergency of winter wave and flooding for the villages of concubita and chipaquín in Sutatausa. This response was led by Fundación Abba Colombia and World Jewish Relief.

OBJECTIVE

The objective is the protection of human life against situations out of control that arise due to the impact of a disaster in the villages of Chipaquín and Concubita affecting the social and economic structure, the purpose is to provide effective care to anyone who is affected by any type of emergency caused by natural phenomena.

DESCRIPTION

Within the scales of climate variability, natural phenomena in their cold "La Niña" and warm "El Niño" phases are determinant in the climatic patterns of various areas of the earth's surface. The Colombian territory is one of them, and as a clear demonstration, the presence of the "La Niña" phenomenon that began in September 2020 and is currently continuing, the repercussion on the climate of Colombia has been quite notorious, generating emergencies associated with slow floods, flash floods and landslides, with the consequent human and material losses.

One of the regions in Colombia that has been most affected has been the municipality of Sutatausa - Cundinamarca, specifically the villages of Concubita and Chipaquín. There are currently approx. 1447 people in the villages, of which some families have been affected by climate variability, as a result of which there have been material losses in their homes and also economic losses, as well as landslides in the villages that have affected the mobility of the inhabitants. Some inhabitants have also been affected by respiratory illnesses, otitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.

The process of supporting the inhabitants of Chipaquín and Concubita began in June 2022 by preselecting 200 families. The Abbacol Foundation team and its volunteers carried out a detailed analysis in these two villages, where each family was visited and selected taking into account the economic, material and health effects of the rains and floods and the winter wave.

The organization World Jewish Relief and the organization Abbacol Foundation in joint work developed a humanitarian day on July 16, 2022 the day had a duration of 7 hours starting at nine hours in the morning (9 AM) and ending the day at six o'clock in the afternoon (16 hours) to benefit the 200 families preselected from the villages of Chuipaquín and Concubita, the day of the humanitarian day were distributed to each main member of the 200 families a market kit and a sanitary kit. A total of 200 market kits and 200 sanitary kits were delivered.