More than 25 volunteers and 70 crew members of the Colombian Navy are part of this humanitarian operation that will benefit more than two thousand people.
In an inter-institutional work and with the firm commitment to reach the most remote regions of the national territory to provide well-being, health and progress to its inhabitants, the Colombian Navy is leading the Development Support Activity Sailing to the Heart of the Guainía, which will cross through five communities adjacent to the Guaviare River, benefiting more than two thousand people.
The humanitarian mission, which began on May 27 and will end on June 05, 2025, will cover the waters of this river, thanks to the deployment of the Light River Support Patrol Boat ARC Inirida, of the Navy Infantry River Battalion No. 50, to bring, mainly, medical assistance to the communities in Arrecifal, Barrancominas, Cumaral, Murciélago, Puerto Esperanza and Sapuara, in the department of Guainía.
It will be a route of more than 520 kilometers of navigable river, which, thanks to the leadership of the Naval Institution, is carrying out, under the denomination Sailing to the Heart of the Guainía, this important activity of a social and humanitarian nature, in this department.
With the coordination conducted by the Colombian Navy, the Guainía Governorate, the municipalities of Barrancominas and Inírida, the Departmental Public Library, the Renacer Departmental Hospital, the Colombian Institute of Family Wellbeing - ICBF and the Nueva EPS; in addition to the 25 volunteers and health specialists accompanying this activity, services in general medicine, dentistry, vaccination, mental health care and psychosocial counseling will be provided. In the same way, the distribution of medicines will be made and community integration activities will be carried out.
"This campaign, which will bring comprehensive health and well-being to the communities of Guainía, reaffirms the commitment of the Naval Institution to the quality of life of Colombians, especially those who live in areas of difficult access, where the river is the only means of communication and hope," said the Commander of the Naval Force of the Orinoquía, Brigadier General of Navy Infantry Rafael Olaya Quintero.
Source: Press – Navy of Colombia
