August 11, 2026 | 4:13 p.m.
Today in Colombia, rescue workers are relentlessly searching to save individuals still trapped beneath wreckage and debris — following the second major earthquake event to hit South America in just two months.
Western Colombia is located along the “Ring of Fire,” the earthquake-prone region encircling much of the Pacific Ocean. This earthquake was the strongest the area had seen in the past century. Authorities have declared a national disaster.
More than 250 people lost their lives, with at least 1,300 injured. Hundreds of families wait for their loved ones to be found. More than 3,000 have been reported missing. Some areas, including heavily-impacted Pereira, are without power.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. The quake damaged at least seven major health facilities. Three floors of the principal hospital in Cali collapsed, including the pediatric section.
Medical workers and local residents united to save patients, forming a chain by linking arms to pull survivors from the hospital rubble, while critically ill patients were transferred to other hospital locations.
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is emphasizing survivors’ dire need for food, especially during these first crucial days of the disaster’s impact.
“We’ve just gone through this experience in Venezuela two months ago, going through the rubble, saving lives,” Nils Grede, the country director for the WFP in Colombia, told CNN. “But very quickly, within the next few days, we will need to provide food assistance.”
Just as Convoy of Hope aided thousands of families in Venezuela, we are responding with urgent help for Colombia.
Convoy of Hope is giving families nonperishable food items, along with clean drinking water. Convoy is also delivering mattresses, as tens of thousands of people are displaced from their homes after evacuating their neighborhoods.
As communities wait for answers and continue searching for signs of life, this practical support will help sustain them, acting as a much-needed source of hope.
August 10, 2026 | 10:04 a.m.
On Monday, August 10, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake shocked communities in western Colombia. Its damage spanned as far as 250 miles from its epicenter in San José Del Palmar.
Buildings and homes collapsed. Families are rushing to evacuate the unpredictable circumstances of their neighborhoods. People are injured.
When even the ground is unsteady, signs of hope and support matter.
Convoy of Hope is responding to this disaster, delivering tangible resources and care to families facing stress and destruction.
