In Colombia, conflict, migration, and climate variability drive humanitarian needs, including food insecurity.

Action Against Hunger reached approximately 94,000 people in Colombia through Food Security and Livelihoods; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Health and Nutrition; and Disaster Risk Reduction programmes. Our primary objective was to respond effectively to those affected by armed conflict, migratory flows, disasters, and the lack of access to essential services.

Under the ADN Dignidad program, we supported over 49,650 refugees and migrants through cash transfers and socioeconomic inclusion activities. We also maintained our response in the Darién, providing access to Health and Nutrition for migrant populations in transit. We ensured immediate medical and nutritional assistance for more than 3,000 people, mitigating the risks of malnutrition, dehydration, and prevalent diseases, and supported 4,476 people in generating and stabilising income sources.

We responded to 35 emergencies through the MIRE+ consortium. We led 19 of these interventions, provided critical support in food security and WASH, and reached over 19,000 people. Our work also included early recovery and Nexus activities in 13 afro-descendant and indigenous communities in areas highly vulnerable to armed conflict. We also enhanced the use of digital tools through the development of MIREview.

As part of the Hunger, Conflict, and Peace Initiative, we deepened the analysis of the relationship between conflict and hunger in Colombia with thematic reports incorporating new variables, like the use of anti-personnel mines. We also expanded the initiative’s conceptual framework by integrating a positive action approach, examining the link between food security and peace.

We organised roughly 20 events aimed at positioning, analysing, and co-developing strategies to promote and protect food security for civilians in conflict settings. In Health and Nutrition, our Community-Based Epidemiological Surveillance (VEBC) efforts in La Guajira, was implemented in partnership with the National Institute of Health. Through this strategy, we trained 876 people, including 785 women, and prepared 42 community health agents as health sentinels.