In regions impacted by armed conflict, cash-based interventions offer a vital means of delivering flexible and dignified assistance to populations affected by displacement, restricted mobility, and forced confinement. Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities who inhabit the areas face the brunt of these challenges. In response, the MIRE+ consortium aims to expand cash-based interventions to better deliver […]

  In July 2024, our Colombia team went to Putumayo to present the findings of our most recent area-based assessment. Located in southern Colombia, Putumayo has long been affected by armed conflict due to its strategic location for non-state armed groups. The assessment investigated the population’s experience in the face of multiple shocks: armed violence, […]

IMPACT, through its initiative REACH, published an analysis of the socioeconomic vulnerability of the Venezuelan refugee and migrant population seeking to stay in Colombia, based on Grupo Interagencial sobre Flujos Migratorios Mixtos seventh round of the Needs Assessment and in partnership with the Cash Working Group (CWG). It concluded that more than half of the households […]

Contextualising research to drive local and sustainable change with Area-based assessments (ABA) Ciénaga, Magdalena, has long been affected by multiple crises. It has been deeply affected by armed conflict and the presence of criminal groups. Internally displaced people (IDPs) have been arriving in Ciénaga since April 2022, and more than 7,800 Venezuelans reside in the […]