Camacol launched sponsorship program to support families affected by terrorist attack on Cali Air Base

After the terrorist attack on the Marco Fidel Suárez air base three weeks ago, There have been multiple aid that families and merchants affected in this area have received.

This Friday, September 12, to aid The Colombian Chamber of Construction (Camacol) was added and together with the Cali Housing Ministry, they toured the blocks most impacted by the detonation, where dozens of homes and businesses suffered serious material damage and coordinating logistics to start repairs next week.

During the visit The “Apadrinamiento” program was presented, an initiative in which different construction companies in the city joined efforts and resources to support the victims.

The objective is to ensure that affected houses and commercial premises are in optimal conditions after the necessary repairs.

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“We met with each family, we take a little plant that represents the rebirth and We hope that in two weeks we have already fully adequate households that suffered material losses thanks to the generosity of the companies. We are sponsoring thanks to the generosity of several of our construction companies to 10 homes, They are the ones with the greatest effects. While violence destroys, solidarity builds. This is where we have to join, ”said Alexandra Cañas, manager of the Colombian Chamber of Construction in the Valley.

The ‘godparents’ who joined the humanitarian campaign are The construction company Solanillas, Constructora Inacar, Corasa, Constructora Meléndez, Constructora Jaramillo Mora and the construction company Normandíawhich are contributing all the materials and the labor of engineers, architects and other professionals, so that the reconstruction culminates in the shortest possible time.

“Representatives of the construction companies talked directly to the families that will sponsor, reviewed the damages and established a work plan that will allow the reconstruction to start from next week. We all built Colombia, and in that building we not only build housing, also social fabric and we work on the communities that are close to our projects, ”said Juan Miguel Sánchez Jaramillo, supply manager of the construction company Jaramillo Mora, who accompanied his team in the visit to the homes.

This way, The private sector adds to the aid that have already received those affected, in a joint effort with the municipal administration to return tranquility to the community hit by violence.

“After the explosion They made a price of the total ceiling change, the affected doors and windows and have an approximate price of $ 60 million”, Said Angie Vanessa Postero, who lives in one of the affected houses.

For its part, the Secretary of Social Housing and Habitat de Cali, María del Mar Mozo, added that “The mayor’s officials made a collection and gathered almost $ 50 million between the closest cabinet of the mayor and the managersto be able to bring solutions to families with the damage of their homes. We ask all the caleños that, please, we understand that we are a single city and make that manifestation of help so that we can all get ahead. ”

It is worth mentioning that the ‘vaki’ promoted by the Mayor’s Office of Cali, the Valley Government and the unions of the region to support those affected has managed to raise $ 60,284,970, exceeding the $ 60 million that were as a goal.