Over 180,000 People Affected. Churches are Responding. Help us reach our $5,000 goal. See details below.

In February, during what should have been the dry season in Córdoba, Colombia, unprecedented rains began to fall. In just 24 hours, the region received the equivalent of an entire month’s rainfall and it did not stop. Rivers overflowed and entire communities were caught unprepared.

• 24 of the department’s 30 municipalities flooded.
• More than 180,000 people have been affected.
• Nearly 3,000 homes were completely destroyed.
• Over 33,000 houses have sustained serious structural damage.

Thousands of families have lost everything. They lost their homes, their crops, their animals, and their income.

Two Villages & One Critical Water Site.

La Ley is one of the few places in the Tierra Alta area that did not flood and it has become a refuge. It is also the site where displaced families and local residents are collecting water.

The churches are serving and pastors are coordinating, but they need support to provide safe, reliable drinking water for families who are now living in crisis conditions.

Churches on the Front Lines

Photos from Nueva Platanera show flooded farmland and crops destroyed. Other fields now sit dead and dry after the water receded. The church itself has become a hub for relief and shelter. Families are gathering water from makeshift collection points. Children are living in temporary shelters. Livelihoods have vanished overnight.

Our team on the ground is coordinating with trusted local churches who are serving the displaced. This allows immediate deployment where it is most needed and ensures long-term discipleship and Gospel presence in these communities. When we bring safe water, we create opportunity not only for health and stability, but for the message of hope in Christ to be shared in tangible ways.

What We Are Preparing to Do

We are evaluating immediate installation of a water purification system at:

• La Ley (Tierra Alta) – serving displaced families and permanent residents
• Indigenous settlement near the Urra Dam

With nearly 1,000 people currently concentrated in the El Ley / Las Lomas area alone (including displaced families), access to safe water is urgent. The infrastructure (electricity access) exists in both villages. What is needed now is the purification solution and the resources to deploy it.

This Is an Urgent Appeal

The storms came suddenly and the destruction was widespread, and we have an opportunity to respond quickly through trusted church partners already serving on the ground.

Your gift today will help:

• Deploy water purification systems
• Provide immediate relief to displaced families
• Support local churches leading response efforts
• Create ongoing access to safe water in vulnerable communities

When disaster strikes, safe water becomes the difference between stability and further crisis.

How You Can Respond

Please consider making an urgent gift today. Click Here to give online.

If you would like to support this emergency response, please make your gift today. Your generosity enables rapid deployment and long-term ministry in communities that need it most.

To launch the first water purification installation at La Ley in Tierra Alta, we are setting a rapid-response goal of $5,000.

A generous commitment of $1,000 is already in place and will be used to match the first four $250 gifts dollar-for-dollar (1:1). That means your $250 gift immediately becomes $500 toward this urgent deployment. This match allows us to build early momentum, fully fund the first critical site, and move quickly to protect families from the dangers of waterborne illnesses and disease.

Below you can see make-shift structures for people to live and gather. Other images show flooded crops that are a complete loss. Please pray as 1,000’s of people will be rebuilding their lives and for the immediate needs they have with accessing safe water and other necessities.