How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands

Following 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia and floods and mudslides in Nepal that killed tens of thousands, diaspora-led nonprofits in the U.S. have mobilized alongside larger institutional donors like the UN, the U.S. government, and the EU. Groups such as the Albany Nepalese Society, Give to Colombia, and Venezuelans and Immigrants Aid drew on preexisting partnerships with community organizations back home to move quickly.

A researcher of diaspora philanthropy notes these efforts remain modest in scale, with Give to Colombia nearing a $300,000 target and the New England Association for Colombian Children surpassing a $25,000 goal, dwarfed by the U.S. and EU's multimillion-dollar commitments to Nepal alone. Still, the piece argues these networks' speed and local trust give them staying power that bigger institutions can't easily replicate.

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