Is the Colombia Sin Hambre program still valid in 2025?

Although the “Colombia without Hunger” line of the Citizen Income program will not continue this year, The District Secretariat of Bogotá will expand the Guaranteed Minimum Income budget so that households that lose this benefit of the Colombian capital are not left unprotected.

He Guaranteed Minimum Income In Bogotá it is a monthly monetary transfer that began during the pandemic and reaches thousands of homes with the aim of reducing inequality gaps and covering the basic needs of the most vulnerable families.

Because the “Colombia without hunger” intervention line will not continue during the year 2025, As reported in recent weeks by the director of the Department for Social Prosperity, Gustavo Bolívar, the District Secretariat of Bogotá announced that will expand the Guaranteed Minimum Income budget to be able to reach households that were beneficiaries and were left without a subsidy.

In order not to leave vulnerable households in Bogotá unprotected, The District confirmed that it will increase the social budget to cover families that will no longer receive national assistance.

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These are more than 43 thousand homes in Bogotá that have a classification A and B in Sisbén IV, of which 10 thousand are in a situation of extreme poverty, who will be affected by the elimination of “Colombia without hunger.”

This expansion of the Guaranteed Minimum Income budget represents an investment by the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá of more than 10 billion pesos.

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Goodbye to Colombia Without Hunger?

The head of the Department for Social Prosperity confirmed that due to the budget restriction that the entity will have The payment cycles of the intervention line will not continue “Colombia without Hunger” in 2025, and announced that the national government will finance credits so that citizens who dInstead of receiving subsidies, they can organize themselves into cooperatives and start producing.

In this way, the Cuidadana Income program will continue through the “Care Valuation” line of intervention, aimed at female heads of household with children under 6 years of age and families that include people with disabilities. Approximately 546,000 homes are eligible to receive this assistance of up to $500,000, depending on the region and degree of vulnerability.

In a post on the social network Bolívar assured that, due to Congress’s refusal to approve the Financing Law, Social Prosperity will have a budget reduction of 1.7 trillion pesos, which will determine modifications in some social programs and subsidies.

The official stated that “Colombia Without Hunger was a victim of budget cuts”, Therefore, he asked the beneficiaries of this line of intervention of the Citizen Income program “to organize themselves into cooperatives.”

“The Government will provide the tools and finance nearly $500 billion in credits at a subsidized rate so that people who stop receiving subsidies and economic assistance can meet in cooperatives and organize ventures to work,” he explained.