Indigenous people on the banks of the Amazon River in Colombia are threatened by COVID-19 and without the means of how to protect themselves from contagion. Colombian Volunteer Ladies, Inc. has been helping this region for several years and now we are launching our campaign to help in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The food shortage is extreme due to the forced confinement. CVL has delivered nearly 1,000 kits with basic food and medicine, toiletries, masks and toys for children. Now we need to help the Puerto Nariño hospital, the closest to these communities. You need all kinds of supplies to care for infected patients and protect medical personnel. The structure of the hospital needs urgent repairs to face the strong storms in that region. Due to the lack of other means of transportation, patients are transferred by boat or by volunteers on stretchers made of PVC and plastic capsules.