Colombia launches fight against hunger and poverty. There are 2.9 million homes and around 113,000 homes in indigenous communities that will benefit from a $500,000 Colombian pesos in renta ciudadana per month. Of these homes, more than 1.6 million are classified in groups equivalent to extreme poverty and around 1.2 million homes in moderate poverty.
To define the amounts of the transference to the homes, a government entity will take into account the classification given by the Sisben IV survey, the family structure, the indigenous population, the victims of forcible displacement (inscribed with Sisben IV) and the territorial location of the families.
Renta Ciudadana
Colombia approved this month the implementation of a transition program towards Renta Ciudadana, which will guarantee a monthly income of up to $500,000 Colombian pesos, equivalent to $101.72 (USD) to homes in a situation of extreme poverty.
The first payment will be made in April 2023. From then on, the payments will be made each month in the framework of the current operation. This means that a family can receive up to one million pesos at the time of payment.
Comienza la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza.
3 millones de hogares que viven en extrema pobreza, desde Abril comenzarán a recibir mensualmente hasta $500.000.
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There are 2.9 million Sisben IV homes and around 113,000 homes in indigenous communities that will benefit. Of these homes, more than 1.6 million are classified in groups equivalent to extreme poverty and around 1.2 million homes in moderate poverty.
This will allow the most vulnerable families in the country to receive income above the poverty line, sufficient to fight hunger and progressively achieve economic autonomy and access fundamental rights, stated the Government of Colombia in a press release.
The General Director of Social Prosperity, Cielo Rusinque, explained that “this is a commitment to providing benefits for the population that most needs it and that is in a state of vulnerability and extreme poverty. The spirit of the Renta Ciudadana is to become a system that allows to dignify this type of benefits and aids, insofar as they are incomes that are above the poverty line, something that had not happened historically within this transfer system in Colombia.”
This initiative has national coverage, but larger amounts will be assigned to homes located in 466 municipalities in Colombia with high and very high prevalence of child malnutrition, identified within the hunger maps; municipalities with the highest multidimensional poverty index and PDET (Development Programs with a Territorial Focus) municipalities. There, Colombia seeks to privilege mothers’ heads of household with children and children under 6 years of age.
In order to define the amounts of the transference to the homes, the entity will take into account the classification given by the Sisben IV survey, the family structure, the indigenous population, the victims of forced displacement (inscribed with Sisben IV) and the territorial location of families.
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