Latin America Chapter

La Guaira, Venezuela
This branch supports those affected by the 2026 earthquakes in La Guaira & Caracas.

Latin America Live Feed

Humanitarian Aid Distributions, Earthquake Colombia - Vereda Samaria (Santa Rosa de Cabal Municipality, Risaralda Department) and to the La Virginia, Risaralda Firefighters. #Colombia #Earthquake #HumanitarianAid #GEMLatam

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Humanitarian Aid Distributions, Earthquake Colombia - Vereda Samaria (Santa Rosa de Cabal Municipality, Risaralda Department) and to the La Virginia, Risaralda Firefighters. #Colombia #Earthquake #HumanitarianAid #GEMLatam

GEM LATAM Humanitarian Aid Distributed, Earthquake Colombia - Tuesday, September 29, 2026 in partnership with the U.S. @statedept and @usembassybogota

Universidad ESAP (Pereira Municipality, Risaralda Department) #gemlatam #colombia #earthquake

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GEM LATAM Humanitarian Aid Distributed, Earthquake Colombia - Tuesday, September 29, 2026 in partnership with the U.S. @statedept and @usembassybogota Universidad ESAP (Pereira Municipality, Risaralda Department) #gemlatam #colombia #earthquake

GEM LATAM in partnership with U.S. @statedept and @usembassybogota Humanitarian Aid Distributed on September 28, 2026 at “La Cabaña” (Anserma Municipality, Caldas Department Colombia

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GEM LATAM in partnership with U.S. @statedept and @usembassybogota Humanitarian Aid Distributed on September 28, 2026 at “La Cabaña” (Anserma Municipality, Caldas Department Colombia

GEM LATAM Humanitarian Aid Distributed, Earthquake Colombia | Sunday, September 27, 2026:

Alto el Nudo, Rural Area (Pereira Municipality, Risaralda Department) we entered with GEM ground teams, and volunteers for distribution of 135 family necessity kits. In partnership with U.S. @statedept @usembassybogota
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Ayuda Humanitaria Distribuida | Terremoto en Colombia | Domingo, 27 de septiembre de 2026

Alto El Nudo, Zona Rural Municipio de Pereira, Departamento de Risaralda

Los equipos de GEM sobre el terreno, junto con voluntarios, ingresaron a la comunidad para distribuir 135 kits familiares de artículos de primera necesidad.

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GEM LATAM Humanitarian Aid Distributed, Earthquake Colombia | Sunday, September 27, 2026:Alto el Nudo, Rural Area (Pereira Municipality, Risaralda Department) we entered with GEM ground teams, and volunteers for distribution of 135 family necessity kits. In partnership with U.S. @statedept @usembassybogota _______________________________Ayuda Humanitaria Distribuida | Terremoto en Colombia | Domingo, 27 de septiembre de 2026Alto El Nudo, Zona Rural Municipio de Pereira, Departamento de RisaraldaLos equipos de GEM sobre el terreno, junto con voluntarios, ingresaron a la comunidad para distribuir 135 kits familiares de artículos de primera necesidad.

Ayuda Humanitaria Distribuida | Terremoto en Colombia | Viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2026 in partnership with the U.S. @statedept @usembassybogota

Rocío Alto y Rocío Bajo
Municipio de Pereira, Departamento de Risaralda

Ingresamos a estas comunidades junto con líderes y voluntarios de GEM para realizar la distribución de ayuda humanitaria.

Rocío Alto: 100 kits familiares
Rocío Bajo: 100 kits familiares

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Ayuda Humanitaria Distribuida | Terremoto en Colombia | Viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2026 in partnership with the U.S. @statedept @usembassybogota Rocío Alto y Rocío BajoMunicipio de Pereira, Departamento de RisaraldaIngresamos a estas comunidades junto con líderes y voluntarios de GEM para realizar la distribución de ayuda humanitaria.Rocío Alto: 100 kits familiaresRocío Bajo: 100 kits familiares

GEM Latin America Missions

Active

Earthquakes

2026

Colombia Earthquake

Colombia

On August 10th, a 7.4 magnitude quake struck the Western region of Colombia, causing immediate damage and destruction across many areas. The GEM team has already deployed to the area.

Active

Earthquakes

2026

Venezuela Earthquakes

Venezuela

On the evening of June 24th, back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela, with a 7.1 magnitude quake followed roughly a minute later by an even stronger 7.5 magnitude quake, centered just west of the capital. Buildings have collapsed across Caracas, where rescue crews are searching for survivors.

Earthquakes

2025

Guatemala Earthquakes

Guatemala

Over the last two weeks, over 350 earthquakes have been felt across Guatemala. Thousands have been affected, with hundreds of homes experiencing extreme damage, forcing families into becoming displaced.

Floods

2025

Argentina Floods

Argentina

On March 7th, Bahía Blanca and Cerri, Argentina were hit with over a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours. The heavy water quickly damaged roads, bridges, cars, housing, infrastructure, and the region. There have been 16 confirmed deaths, and still over 100 people missing.

Fires

2025

Volcano Fuego

Guatemala

In San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala the Fuego Volcano was slowly erupting, spewing ash and lahar across neighbourhoods. Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from surrounding regions, as well as multiple school and road closures, with tens of thousands more evacuations expected.

Floods

2024

Valencia Floods

Spain

GEM Europe, in partnership with Goya Spain, is responding to the deadly flooding in Valencia, Spain. The floods have claimed the lives of dozens and caused severe destruction around the region. Already recorded as Spain’s worst disaster in the last 3 decades.

Floods

2024

Brazil Floods

Brazil

The GEM LATAM team responded in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil to the recent extreme flooding in April & May 2024 . Over 1 million homes were without access to water, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and placed in shelters, and countless more have been affected.

Fires

2024

Chile Wildfires

Chile

In February 2024, Chile experienced their worst disaster in over a decade. Severe forest fires devastated the Valparaiso region, having burnt nearly 64,000 acres and forcing thousands to evacuate.

Hurricanes

2023

Hurricane Otis

Mexico

Acapulco, Mexico was devastated by a Category 5 hurricane on October 25th. The storms caused flooding, extreme structural damage, road destruction, affecting over 2 million people.

Hurricanes

2022

Hurricane Lisa

Belize

Hurricane Lisa intensified into the Caribbean waters, and made landfall in Belize in northern Guatemala. GEM responded immediately by deploying a team & sending containers.

Hurricanes

2020

Hurricane Eta & Iota

Central America

On October 31, 2020, the category 4 hurricane ETA hit Central America devastating the region – reporting 57 dead & hundreds missing. On November 16, another Cat 5 hurricane, Iota ravaged the region.

Fires

2019

Amazon Wildfires

Brazil

In 2019, the Amazon wildfires season saw a surge in fires with more than 906,000 affected hectares occurring in the Amazon rainforest and Amazon biome within Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru.

Migration

2019

Venezuela Refugee Crisis

Venezuela

In 2019, the Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis, the largest refugee crisis in the Americas, is the emigration of 4.6million Venezuelans who fled the country because of the Bolivarian Revolution.

Volcanoes

2018

Guatemala Volcano

Guatemala

On June 3, 2018, Volcán de Fuego eruption was a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows. The eruption included lahars and volcanic ash clouds with no evacuation time causing 200 deaths.