In the U.S. and Abroad: Taking the Fight Against Novel Coronavirus Worldwide
Shoebox Gifts Encourage Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
Well more than 2 million Venezuelans have left their nation over the past few years, many fleeing to neighboring Colombia. They’re leaving because the situation in Venezuela is bleak—with runaway inflation, increasing crime, and critical shortages of food and medicine. As the economy collapses, families simply can’t afford to eat. Some Venezuelans go back and…
Franklin Graham Travels to Colombia to Support Work with Venezuelan Migrants
NOTE: This article reflects the situation in Colombia/Venezuela as of Franklin Graham’s trip in Oct. 2018. For more recent information, go to our Colombia relief landing page and see other updated articles listed there. As Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham walked the Simón Bolívar International Bridge in Cúcuta, Colombia on Monday, he was moved by…
Desperate Venezuelans in Colombia Receive Food
Alexandra, her husband Juan, and their 6-year-old daughter have been in Cucuta, Colombia, for several months. They left Caracas, Venezuela, because the situation there had become unbearable. “It was awful,” she said. They lived quite close to the demonstrations that have been roiling the Venezuelan capital, and tensions between police, protesters, and residents had grown.…
Colombia: Reducing the Spread of COVID-19
Samaritan’s Purse is providing primary medical care as well as hygiene training to migrant communities along the Colombia-Venezuela border in an effort to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We are offering this relief through our local team of doctors, nurses, and a pharmacist, in coordination with the International Organization for Migration. Our mobile medical…
Miel San Marcos Visits Samaritan’s Purse Projects in Colombia
Brothers Josh, Luis, and Samy Morales from the Christian music group Miel San Marcos met with Venezuelan families and our staff members at several Samaritan’s Purse projects in Colombia from Sept. 11-12. Samaritan’s Purse has had a permanent presence in Colombia from 2018, ministering to more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants since that time. The Morales…
Venezuelan Migrants Welcomed at Samaritan’s Purse Shelter in Colombia
Each day, hundreds of people flee from Venezuela crossing into Cucuta, Colombia. Many of them have no plans to return home; instead they’ve chosen to leave behind their nation’s economic collapse and take their chances on starting a new life in a new country. Some of these men and women become los caminantes, or “the…
Teaching Children God’s Word in Colombia
Four brothers migrated from Venezuela to Colombia with their mother three years ago in search of better living conditions. They were among many Venezuelans fleeing their homeland as it experienced an economic crisis, making food and medicine hard to come by. The family settled in Bucaramanga, located in northern Colombia, where migrants have built makeshift…
Helping Venezuelan Migrant Families in Colombia Make a New Start
Petra said that she left her home in Venezuela because “prices kept rising and rising, and it was too expensive.” Massive inflation from an economic crisis in the South American country has led to the influx of nearly 2 million Venezuelan migrants into Colombia over the past few years. Petra, 52, has found it challenging…
