Renace colombia: rapid emergency needs assistance for communities affected by the earthquake

The Department of State awarded World Vision Inc. $8.5 million on August 20, 2026, under the International Disaster and Humanitarian Response program (CFDA 19.045) to deliver rapid emergency needs assistance for communities affected by earthquake damage in Colombia.

The award funds humanitarian response activities in Colombia through February 19, 2027. World Vision, a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Federal Way, Washington, operates as the prime recipient and implements emergency humanitarian assistance, food security, water and sanitation infrastructure, health and nutrition interventions, and protection services for vulnerable populations across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and select European locations. The organization has received $3.44 billion in combined obligated federal grant funding across 554 awards from USAID, the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and USDA, with primary customer concentration in USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) and the Department of State's Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs.