While aid from the international humanitarian community remains non-existent, we are supporting our local partners, Malteser Colombia and ABIUDEA, who are linking Venezuelan refugees and migrants with healthcare, supplying sanitary hygiene kits, and educating families on prevalent sicknesses to 650 people in Colombian border communities. These indigenous communities are already overwhelmed by the refugee crisis, and there are many more children and families, including vulnerable people with existing illnesses, young children, and pregnant women, who need access to basic healthcare.

In Plaza José Prudencio Padilla, a central meeting spot in Riohacha, Colombia, 177 people ranging from children to the elderly, who are caught up in the Venezuelan refugee crisis and seeking refuge in Colombia received medical care, including de-worming and for other reported diseases and sicknesses.

In Villa del Sur, in the outskirts of the capital of La Guajira, hygiene kits were distributed to 463 Venezuelan refugees, migrants, Colombian returnees, and locals indigenous population. Local officials also shared hygiene and healthy habits to children and families in attendance to prevent the spread of disease.

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