{"id":20203,"date":"2020-12-17T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:01:51","slug":"news-release-tons-of-adra-emergency-supplies-airlifted-by-colombian-air-force-to-support-hurricane-recovery-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/news-release-tons-of-adra-emergency-supplies-airlifted-by-colombian-air-force-to-support-hurricane-recovery-efforts","title":{"rendered":"Comunicado de prensa: La Fuerza A\u00e9rea Colombiana transporta toneladas de suministros de emergencia de ADRA para apoyar los esfuerzos de recuperaci\u00f3n tras el hurac\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLOMBIAN ISLANDS (December 17, 2020)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins forces with the Adventist Church to help families impacted by recent Hurricanes Eta and Iota in the cluster islands of San Andr\u00e9s, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The back-to-back destructive storms that slammed the Caribbean islands located about 480 miles northwest of Colombia\u2019s mainland, killed and injured several people, damaged and destroyed more than 95 percent of the homes, churches, and buildings in the region, and left thousands of people homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA deployed several tons of humanitarian aid from Puerto Rico to provide emergency shelter for the victims and support the reconstruction project in the archipelago. The humanitarian agency coordinated the relief effort with the assistance of the Adventist Church, logistics expert Partnership for Humanity, World Hope International, and the Colombian Air Force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ADRA prepares supplies to distribute to hurricane survivors in the Colombian Islands. Photo credit: ADRA in Colombia.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese storms are among the worst and largest hurricanes to impact these islands, and ADRA is committed to helping families restore their communities. We leveraged available resources in Puerto Rico because it was one of the closest locations to the Caribbean islands,\u201d says Mario Oliveira, director for emergency management at ADRA. \u201cWe are grateful to our partners, the Adventist church, and the Colombian Air Force for providing personnel and the cargo plane that made it possible to airlift tons of supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colombian President Ivan Duque tweeted<\/a> his appreciation in Spanish for the humanitarian and logistics operation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe @AirForceCol arranged an aircraft to collect 28 tons of humanitarian aid sent by Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands, for our compatriots from #Providencia, which includes items such as tents, water filters, tools. Colombia appreciates your great solidarity.”  <\/p>Ivan Duque, president of Colombia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In addition to airlifting ADRA\u2019s donation from Puerto Rico, Colombia\u2019s Military Transport Air Command \u2013 CATAM, also transported 11 construction experts from the Cayman Islands who will assist with the rebuilding operation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emergency supplies, including supplies from ADRA, sit on the tarmac ready for shipment. Photo credit: Colombia Military Transport Air Command (CATAM)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the support from ADRA International and their partners, we are sending more than 2,000 tents and tarps so that our Colombian brothers and sisters in Providencia can have shelter. We hope that this will be a blessing for everyone there,\u201d says Pastor Luis Rivera, president of the Adventist Church in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA emergency teams have been on the ground in the Colombian islands responding to the current crisis and helping affected communities since the massive hurricanes hit the region in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cADRA mobilized its advanced disaster response team, the GARSA Rescue Operative Group, who arrived in San Andr\u00e9s on November 18, to rescue survivors and assess the damage. Since that time, we have participated in more than 33 disaster response operations. We came to clear roads, cut-down fallen trees, fix roofs, and repair homes,\u201d says Jair Florez Guzm\u00e1n, ADRA\u2019s director for Colombia. \u201cWe have also provided emotional support and emergency assistance. Please continue to pray for all the people affected by this disaster. ADRA will be here to bring hope and help families rebuild and recover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ADRA’s GARSA Rescue Operative Group arrives in San Andres on November 18 to help hurricane survivors. Photo credit: ADRA in Colombia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, ADRA rescue teams and church volunteers delivered more than 1,300 hygiene kits and 550 gas stoves to affected families in San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina. On the mainland, ADRA also prepared food and donated hygiene items to dozens of hurricane survivors in the departments of Antioquia, Bolivar, and Choco. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information or to secure interviews about ADRA\u2019s global disaster response, contact <\/strong>press@adra.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOBRE ADRA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Agencia Adventista de Desarrollo y Recursos Asistenciales es el brazo humanitario internacional de la Iglesia Adventista del S\u00e9ptimo D\u00eda que presta servicio en 118 pa\u00edses. Su labor empodera a las comunidades y cambia vidas en todo el mundo proporcionando desarrollo comunitario sostenible y ayuda en caso de cat\u00e1strofes. El prop\u00f3sito de ADRA es servir a la humanidad para que todos puedan vivir como Dios manda. Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, visite ADRA.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Agencia Adventista de Desarrollo y Recursos Asistenciales (ADRA) une fuerzas con la Iglesia Adventista para ayudar a las familias afectadas por los recientes huracanes Eta e Iota en las islas de San Andr\u00e9s, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Colombia.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[831,806,590,786,1052,614],"tags":[1079,6,24,8,1069,29,1138],"class_list":["post-20203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caribbean","category-colombia","category-emergency","category-global","category-inter-america","category-news","tag-crisis","tag-disaster-relief","tag-disaster-response","tag-emergency-response","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-hurricane","tag-partner"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20203"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45970,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions\/45970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}