The Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, invited citizens, businesses, and international organizations to come together in a Donatón, an event to raise funds to address the COVID-19 on Sunday 19th April. Donations will go to strengthen the health system of the city. Also, to help those most in need with groceries and cash transfers so that they can support themselves in what has been called, the “Quarantine for Life”.
During 12 hours of uninterrupted donations, more than 45.000 citizens, and over 150 businesses, business associations, international organizations, and artists came together to support this initiative, raising more than $ 51,696 million Colombian pesos (USD 13 million) in money and in kind. This is an unprecedented act of collective action in the history of Bogotá and Colombia.
This amount doubled the expectations of the Bogotá Mayor’s Office. The aim was to raise $24 thousand million Colombian pesos (USD $6.5 million).
