The Colombian government has set up several bank accounts to accept donations to help victims of the devastating avalanche that has claimed more than 260 lives in southern Colombia.
The disaster in the small city of Mocoa is considered one of the worst natural tragedies in the nation’s history.
A statement posted on the Consulate of Colombia in Miami website says that the best way to help from outside the country is by depositing directly into a Citibank account, which is serving as an intermediary bank.
In the statement, the director of the National Disaster Risk Management Unit, Carlos Iván Márquez, indicates that the government is currently only receiving humanitarian donations in funds, not “aid in kind.”
President Juan Manuel Santos explained that the contributions in bank accounts are handled by the Risk Management Unit, which guarantees a better distribution of resources.
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