La Guajira

Since 2015 have been working in rural settlements in La Guajira, an arid region on the north coast of Colombia. The region is home to the indigenous Wayuu people. Two in three people there are living in poverty – double the national average.

In 2024, 31 children under the age of five died from acute malnutrition in La Guajira. Families’ situations are made even more precarious by water shortages caused by climate change and manmade injustices.

As well as helping to provide food and training, our generous supporters have helped provide wells, a school and a new church building that will double as a community centre.