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Familias damnificadas de Cali a la espera de recibir los giros de ayuda humanitaria tras el sismo del 10 de agosto
Entrega de ayudas económicas humanitarias a las familias damnificadas por el sismo del 10 de agosto en Cali. · Semana

Cali begins payments for 11,000 people displaced by the August 10 quake

Cali will continue this week delivering aid to the 11,000 people in the second group who awaited their first disbursement after the August 10 earthquake…

--- The context --- Almost three months after the August 10 earthquake, thousands of Cali families are still living away from their homes and depend on humanitarian economic aid. The source describes a process organized in groups, with people who were still waiting for their first disbursement, so each payment shapes their immediate shelter and subsistence. --- The facts --- Mayor Alejandro Eder confirmed that, following confirmation and disbursement of the resources approved by the National Government, delivery of the aid will continue this week. The immediate payments are directed to the 11,000 people who remain outside their homes after the emergency and who had yet to receive their first economic support disbursement. That group belongs to a universe of 21,000 citizens counted and deemed eligible in the Single Registry of Victims (RUD). Of that total, close to 10,000 households had already collected the first humanitarian aid in earlier rounds, according to the source's balance. Delivery for the 11,000 people in the second group began on Friday, October 30, and will extend through the first days of November until the pending group is completed. Afterwards, during this week, the second payment will be carried out for all 21,000 people registered in the census. --- The positions --- The mayor's position is that delivery of humanitarian aid is advancing and that progress is also being made on housing solutions for those who lost everything. Cali's Secretariat for Risk Management set out the collection channels and recommended payment into a bank account as the main route. --- What remains unknown --- Still unknown is when a third payment will be approved, an authorization the district administration still awaits after direct efforts before the central level. Also pending is the formal reopening of the RUD, needed so families can correct or update their census data. --- Unanswered questions --- On what exact day will delivery conclude for the 11,000 people in the second group that began on Friday, October 30? When will the National Government authorize the third payment already being pursued? When will the RUD platform reopen, and how long will a data correction take to appear in a later payment? --- EPM analysis --- The central fact is time: in the third month of the contingency, 11,000 people are still receiving their first disbursement. That distance turns administrative speed into social protection, because each additional week prolongs life away from home for thousands of Cali families. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the immediate priority must be to close without further delay the first disbursement for the 11,000 people in the second group and to carry out this week the second payment for the 21,000 people in the Single Registry of Victims, because aid loses force if a family is still away from its home in the third month of the emergency; keeping the announced schedule, enabling census data corrections soon and confirming the third payment would be the concrete proof that the official announcement becomes real, verifiable relief for each affected household.
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