Migrants, victims of rain and displaced people, have received humanitarian assistance.
The Colombian Red Cross has managed to care for several patients in the midst of the transport strike.
The Colombian Red Cross Through the Norte de Santander section, it has carried out a process of attention to various populations, including Venezuelan migrants, population affected by heavy rains and displaced by violence in the region, this 2024.
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According to the direction of the Red Cross section, Some 300,000 people have been served by the entity in various areas of the department such as the border area, the Catatumbo region and the provinces of Ocaña and Pamplona.
These processes will continue to be carried out in 2025, the organization indicated, while adding that It is necessary to continue advancing in various processes of care for the vulnerable population in the hands of local administrations, care organizations and the government of Norte de Santander.
Carlos Iván Márquez, president of the Red Cross branch in Norte de Santander, He assured that this humanitarian assistance was provided with the support of the National Government and international cooperators.
“At the local level we have support from the Mayor’s Office of Cúcuta, where we have provided aid to serve various populations due to situations such as winter. At the international level, we have received support in various projects regarding the dissemination of International Humanitarian Law and “We have been working in the Catatumbo region with health prevention programs together with the German Red Cross,” said the president of the Red Cross in Norte de Santander.
Márquez added that along with World Food Plan, significant work has been donein attention to the migrant population, providing support to that community that continues to arrive in the region, along with psychosocial accompaniment to walkers.
In the city of Cúcuta, the Red Cross is working hand in hand with communities and local authoritiesin the installation of a recycling plant in the Alfonso Gómez neighborhood, where a significant number of families will benefit from this type of social interventions.
Another of the objectives achieved by the Red Cross this year has been to be able to reach with installed capacity municipalities such as Tibú, Pamplonita, Pamplona, Ragonvalia, Herrán, Ábrego and La Playa de Belénamong others.
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For the president of the Red Cross in the department, by 2025 there are a series of projects such as the Blood Bank, which is one of the main objectives to save the greatest number of lives.
