Chocó earthquake · 10 August 2026

We stand with Colombia — and channel international help four ways.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia's Chocó department on 10 August 2026: more than 224 dead, over 1,200 injured, more than 3,700 people still missing, with heavy damage in Quibdó, Cali, Pereira and Manizales. RA | AI | RO is a Swiss non-profit already operating in Colombia — we are turning international donations into four concrete responses.

7.4
Magnitude

Mw · 10 Aug 2026

224+
Dead

as of 12 Aug 2026

3,700+
Missing

Chocó epicentre

1,200+
Injured

across 4 departments

How your donation lands

Four channels — every franc, euro or dollar goes to one of these.

No field kitchens, no branded T-shirts, no PR truck. Four concrete things we already know how to do — scaled up for the earthquake response.

1Experts on the ground

Recruiting professional experts with your donations

Foreign engineers, structural surveyors, medics and rescue specialists cannot simply fly into Chocó and start working — licensing, work permits and credential recognition block them at the border. We solved this legally: we hire them into the Colombian SAS we co-founded, so they deploy as local employees the day they land. Your donation pays their salary, insurance, travel and per-diem while they are on assignment.

2Software where nothing works

Providing the software needed to solve the issues

When the ground stops shaking, the coordination problem starts: who is missing, where the aid trucks should go, which families lost documents, which shelters have capacity. RA | AI | RO already runs applied-AI tools in the field — displaced-person registration, damage-mapping, legal-aid intake, language triage. What should we build next? You tell us: suggest an app, upvote what matters, watch the top of the list ship into the Chocó response.

3Homes for families who lost theirs

Donating homes to homeless families

Three homes are already secured under Colombian promesa de compraventa — two in Armenia, one in Bogotá — waiting for the pool to close and the deed to be transferred to a vetted family. Every home is field-verified by our own staff, not a subcontractor: neighbours confirm, documents are reviewed, GPS-tracked audit log. No middlemen. No overhead siphon.

4Safe jobs in Europe

Creating jobs and helping you migrate to Europe

For Colombians whose home region cannot rebuild fast enough, we open a legal path to work in Switzerland and Germany. myjobmy.life places qualified candidates with employers who sponsor the permit; suiza.co and alemania.co walk families through the paperwork in Spanish. No coyote, no smugglers, no debt bondage — a job contract, a permit, a landing.

Who we are

Swiss-born, already on the ground.

350
People

supported

27
Projects

applied AI

12
Countries

worldwide

100%
Non-profit

every franc reinvested

Support the Colombia response

Give once, or stand with us monthly.

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Talk to us — CSR, matching, or a whole home

If you are considering a corporate CSR gift, a matched-donation programme, or funding a full home under your company's name, write us — someone answers within 24 hours.

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