Beyoncé has pledged $1 million of her own money to organizations helping communities recover from the earthquake that struck western Colombia on Aug. 10.
The singer’s Parkwood Entertainment announcement said the funds are purposed for immediate food and housing supplies in the hardest-hit areas. She did not, however, name the institutions to whom the funds will be sent to.
The magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck near San José del Palmar in the department of Chocó. Forbes Colombia, citing Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, reported that the latest official tally included 331 deaths, 4,439 injuries and 240 people still missing.
Parkwood directed members of the public who want to contribute to Food For The Poor and World Central Kitchen, two organizations already responding in Colombia.
Parkwood Described the Pledge as Beyoncé’s Personal Donation
Beyoncé announced that she will make a personal donation of $1 million to support relief efforts in Colombia following the country’s recent earthquake.
The donation will provide food and housing supplies to areas most affected. At least 312 people were killed in the earthquake… pic.twitter.com/fAmxFUO24c
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Parkwood announced the contribution on Aug. 25, just over two weeks after the earthquake. Its release says Beyoncé will personally donate $1 million to organizations already working on relief efforts in Colombia, with the money intended to provide food and housing supplies in the communities most severely affected.
The announcement described widespread destruction to homes, roads and other infrastructure and said damaged transportation networks had disrupted access to food. Although Beyoncé founded the BeyGOOD Foundation, Parkwood did not describe this contribution as a BeyGOOD grant.
World Central Kitchen and Food For The Poor Were Already Responding
World Central Kitchen says it mobilized immediately after the earthquake alongside local partners. In an Aug. 17 field update, response director Juan Camilo Jiménez described operations in some of the hardest-hit communities in Chocó and across Colombia’s Pacific coast as the organization worked to provide meals during the emergency.
Food For The Poor’s initial response centered on working with Minuto de Dios to purchase emergency supplies inside Colombia and move them into affected areas. The charity said buying locally could speed delivery while avoiding delays associated with importing aid.
Food For The Poor also said it was seeking support for family food and hygiene kits and evaluating additional assistance through the Order of Malta, CADENA International and other partners.
More Than 31,000 Homes Were Destroyed
Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management reported that the earthquake affected 494 municipalities across 16 departments. Its latest figures counted 361,353 affected people and 185,226 families.
The damage assessment included 31,540 homes destroyed and another 178,555 damaged. Authorities also counted 603 collapsed buildings and damage to 378 health centers, 3,731 educational facilities, 441 roads, five airports and 118 aqueducts.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the earthquake at magnitude 7.4 and located it about five kilometers south of San José del Palmar. Colombia’s Geological Service recorded the event at a depth of approximately 103 kilometers and described it as the country’s largest-magnitude earthquake of the 21st century.
The Colombian government has moved from the initial emergency response into reconstruction while rescue, humanitarian and infrastructure work continues in affected communities.
Karol G and Shakira Are Also Supporting Colombia’s Recovery
Beyoncé’s pledge joins a wider music-industry response to the disaster. Billboard reported that Karol G’s Con Cora Foundation contributed $1.2 million during Bogotá’s Colombia: Voces por la Vida benefit concert on Aug. 23.
The concert, which featured Maluma, Eladio Carrión, Grupo Niche and dozens of other performers, raised more than 11 billion Colombian pesos, approximately $3.6 million, for families affected by the earthquake.
A separate $1.25 million education-recovery package includes $500,000 from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, $500,000 from Live Nation and $250,000 from CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean. Shakira’s Pies Descalzos Foundation is leading school-rebuilding work with local communities.
Shakira also traveled to Quibdó to visit damaged schools and said she would focus her personal efforts on rebuilding a badly damaged technological university. The Howard G. Buffett Foundation is working with Pies Descalzos to reconstruct 10 additional schools in Chocó, according to The Associated Press.