Rebuilding effort
Earthquake Relief
Every dollar helps a student get back into a classroom.
What happened
On August 10, 2026, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia — the strongest the country has recorded this century. Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, was among the hardest hit.
Schools across the region were damaged or destroyed, and thousands of students have lost not just classrooms but the daily routine and safe space that school provides in a crisis.
What it means for students
14
classrooms are unusable. The school now rotates grades, so each grade attends two days a week instead of five.
560
of the school’s roughly 1,800 students have lost the classrooms they used to learn in.
Meals & safety
Many children count on school for meals. Fewer school days means less of that support — and more unsupervised time.
From Chromebooks to rebuilding
Chromebooks for Colombia is a student-founded 501(c)(3). We began by refurbishing school-grade Chromebooks and delivering them into Colombian classrooms — our first shipment of 57 devices is on its way to Colegio José María Cabal in Cali, in partnership with Fundación Club Campestre de Cali.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be collecting donations to help rebuild Colegio José María Cabal in Cali. Donations raised here will support the school directly, helping repair damaged facilities and replace what they lost — furniture, supplies, and the everyday materials a classroom needs to reopen.
We work through our partners on the ground in Cali, who know what José María Cabal actually needs.
Support the rebuilding effort
Every dollar helps a student get back into a classroom.