Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte De Santander

What Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte De Santander does

Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte de Santander is a 57-year-old non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1967 and headquartered in Cúcuta, Colombia. It operates as a sectional branch of the Colombian Red Cross National Society, delivering humanitarian assistance, healthcare services, and technical education across the Norte de Santander department, with concentrated operations in the conflict-affected Catatumbo region along the Colombia-Venezuela border. The organization serves a diverse beneficiary base including displaced populations, migrants in transit, patients with diabetes risk, students, and disaster-affected communities.

The organization's core service portfolio comprises: (1) an Instituto de Educación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano offering technical labor programs in nursing assistance, health administration, and public health; (2) healthcare services as an IPS (Institución Prestadora de Servicios de Salud) including general medicine, ambulance, vaccination, and laboratory diagnostics; (3) volunteer programs in Socorrismo (first responders), Damas Grises, and Juventud groupings; (4) specialized programs including the Centro de Orientación y Prevención de la Diabetes (COPD), Mobile Health Units, USAR Liviano search and rescue, and blood bank operations; (5) emergency humanitarian assistance for displaced populations; (6) water/sanitation infrastructure projects; and (7) family link protection services for migrants. The organization is certified to ISO 9001 quality standard and maintains an active international donor network.

The organization is funded through a diversified model combining international humanitarian cooperation grants (German Red Cross, Norwegian Red Cross, CICR, IFRC/DREF, EU ECHO, Novo Nordisk, Danish government, German Federal Foreign Office), domestic donations via the Banderita campaign and Bancolombia/Davivienda accounts, healthcare service fees, and technical education tuition. Distribution is conducted through four coordination centers (Cúcuta, Tibú, Ábrego, Ocaña), seven regional support groups, mobile health units, and more than 600 trained volunteers across 8+ municipalities.

Name

Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte De Santander

Legal name

Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte de Santander

Website

https://cruzrojands.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte de Santander is a 57-year-old Colombian Red Cross branch in Cúcuta delivering humanitarian aid, healthcare services, and technical education to displaced, migrant, and vulnerable populations across 8+ municipalities in Norte de Santander, including the Catatumbo conflict region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Healthcare Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian & Disaster Assistance (Bilateral) (BPADABAB), Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE), Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency medical response
• Disaster risk management
• Healthcare service delivery
• Technical health education

Headquarters

HQ city

Cúcuta

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Humanitarian aid donations and grants: The organization operates primarily through donations from individuals (campaigns such as 'Banderita'), institutional donors, and international cooperation. Key donation channels include Bancolombia savings account 82000007142 and Davivienda current account of the Sociedad Nacional.
2. Technical education tuition: The Instituto de Educación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano generates revenue through tuition from technical programs including Auxiliar en Enfermería, Auxiliary Administrative in Health, and Auxiliar en Salud Pública.
3. Healthcare service fees: As an IPS (Institución Prestadora de Servicios de Salud), the organization generates revenue from health services including general medical service, ambulance service, vaccination, and laboratory sample collection.
4. International humanitarian cooperation grants: Funding from international partners including German Red Cross (Cruz Roja Alemana), Norwegian Red Cross, ICRC (CICR), IFRC (DREF emergency fund), European Union, German Federal Foreign Office, and the government of Denmark through Novo Nordisk for the COPD diabetes program.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The organization delivers humanitarian aid, primary healthcare services, disaster risk management, and technical healthcare education across the Norte de Santander department of Colombia. Its core offerings span emergency response for displaced populations (food kits, hygiene kits, shelter support), an IPS healthcare facility (general medicine, ambulance, vaccination, lab services), mobile health units, the COPD diabetes prevention program, USAR Liviano search and rescue, water/sanitation infrastructure, and technical labor programs in nursing and health administration through its educational institute.

Product overview

Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Norte De Santander is a humanitarian organization offering a multi-service portfolio comprising: (1) Educational Services through its Instituto de Educación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano providing vocational training in healthcare fields; (2) Healthcare Services including general medical care, ambulance/emergency services, vaccination, and laboratory sample collection; (3) Volunteer Programs in Socorrismo (first aid/search and rescue), Youth, and Gray Ladies groupings; (4) Specialized Health Programs such as the Centro de Orientación y Prevención de la Diabetes (COPD); (5) Community Health Brigades delivering mobile health services; (6) Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for displaced populations; (7) Water and Sanitation Projects; and (8) Family Protection Services including connectivity points for migrants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centro de Orientación y Prevención de la Diabetes (COPD): Healthcare program focused on diabetes prevention and orientation services for vulnerable populations in Norte de Santander.
• Instituto de Educación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano

Products and services

• Instituto de Educación para el Trabajo y Desarrollo Humano
• Servicio Médico General
• Servicio de Ambulancia
• Servicio de Vacunación
• Toma de Muestra de Laboratorio
• Centro de Orientación y Prevención de la Diabetes (COPD)
• USAR Liviano
• Jornadas de Salud Comunitaria
• Asistencia Humanitaria de Emergencia
• Proyecto Agua y Saneamiento
• Protecci\u00f3n de V\u00ednculos Familiares
• Voluntariado - Socorrismo First aid and emergency response volunteer program providing search and rescue capabilities; established since 1980 as the first volunteer rescue group in the section.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 45,000 displaced persons from Catatumbo received emergency humanitarian assistance and health services in 2025
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cruz Roja Alemana (German Red Cross)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCruz Roja Alemana is a key international partner providing financing and technical cooperation for humanitarian projects including Catatumbo emergency response, water and sanitation infrastructure (La Fortaleza aqueduct), and health service strengthening. The organization has visited the Seccional multiple times and collaborates on projects including the MOFA GP1 multi-sectoral response project. More than 20 years of alliance.
• Cruz Roja Noruega (Norwegian Red Cross)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCruz Roja Noruega supports humanitarian response operations in Norte de Santander, contributing to the multi-donor funding base for emergency response in the Catatumbo region.
• Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR/ICRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCICR provides key funding and technical support for humanitarian operations, particularly in migration contexts, displacement response, and landmine risk education. José Antonio Delgado (Head of Operations, Colombia) and Thais Andrade (Head of Office Cúcuta) participate in Seccional activities. Supports the project 'Respuesta Multisectorial a Crisis Repentinas y Prolongadas' and the binational planning workshop with Venezuelan Red Cross.
• Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja (IFRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFRC provides emergency funding through the DREF (Disaster Relief Emergency Fund) and strategic guidance. Officials including Melker Mabeck (IFRC Head of Delegation for Colombia), Edwin Armenta (IFRC Programs Coordinator), Ezekiel Simperingham (IFRC Global Migration Lead), and Valentina Rivera (IFRC Migration Officer) have visited the Seccional. Supports binational planning workshops with Venezuelan Red Cross and PER (Preparedness for Effective Response) migration methodology.
• Cruz Roja Colombiana - Sociedad NacionalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national society coordinates the overall humanitarian response, with the national presidency directing operations during major emergencies. Nacional coordination ensures alignment with movement-wide standards and priorities.
• Cruz Roja VenezolanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border cooperation partner for migration and emergency response. The Seccional has delivered humanitarian aid to Venezuelan Red Cross Seccional Táchira for flood relief in Cumaná, Sucre. Binational workshops on contingency planning for multi-threat events are conducted jointly in Cúcuta with participation from Colombian and Venezuelan Red Cross, German Embassy in Venezuela, CICR, IFRC, and German Red Cross.
• Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP/PMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn partnership with the World Food Programme, the Seccional executed the early recovery of livelihoods project in Hacarí municipality, benefiting 240 families from 3 corregimientos. The project included agricultural market activities and food security interventions.
• Fundación V&CminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Cruz Roja Alemana and the Seccional on the MOFA GP1 project to build a rural aqueduct providing potable water to 1,750+ people in La Fortaleza settlement.
• Cruz Roja EspañolacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresident María del Mar Pago led a delegation visiting beneficiary communities (Los Mangos and Llanitos) of the food security and migration project. Delegation included Secretary General Asunción Montero and other senior officials. The project 'Mejora de los mecanismos de protección y de la seguridad alimentaria a población migrante y comunidades vulnerables de Cúcuta' was implemented jointly.
• Alcaldía de CúcutacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey municipal government partner funding and co-executing projects including school risk management brigades (15 institutions), disaster risk management, and health service cooperation. Mayor Jorge Enrique Acevedo Peñaloza received the Carlos V. Rey condecoración from the Seccional.
• Alcaldía de BochalemaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner in the diabetes prevention initiative, hosting health jornadas for older adults in the municipality.
• Lotería de la Cruz Roja ColombianaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported the health jornada in Hacarí municipality alongside the Seccional and municipal government.
• Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (UNGRD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational disaster risk management authority providing technical assistance and certification support for the USAR Liviano team development. Representatives Silvia Ballén and Diana Corrales participated in planning meetings with the Seccional.
• Embajada Alemana en VenezuelaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in the binational contingency planning workshop alongside Colombian and Venezuelan Red Cross, CICR, IFRC, and German Red Cross.
• Alcaldía de TibúcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner providing space for the new Cruz Roja sede in Tibú. Mayor Richard Claro committed to advancing the facility, with local, departmental, national, and international resources for the project's completion.
• Alcaldía de Pamplona and Alcaldía de PamplonitacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal governments committed to providing facilities for new Cruz Roja operations in Pamplona and Pamplonita. Mayor Klaus Faber Mogollón (Pamplona) and Mayor Fabio Leal (Pamplonita) participated in facility visits and committed support for the humanitarian institution.
• Cruz Roja Holandesa (Netherlands Red Cross)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnca Luca (Responsible for Strategic Design) participated in the IFRC delegation visit to observe migration response operations and impact in Norte de Santander.

Scale indicators29 records

Recent moves18 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Direct peers

• Pastoral Social Cáritas Colombia – Diocese of Cúcuta: Local Cáritas chapter operating in the same Norte de Santander geography, providing humanitarian aid, migration support, and community services to displaced and migrant populations—an overlapping operational territory and donor base.
• Cáritas Colombiana: Large faith-based humanitarian NGO operating in Colombia with comparable programs in migration support, food assistance, livelihoods, and disaster response. Competes for similar institutional donor funding and serves overlapping displaced and migrant populations.
• Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Valle del Cauca: Another major Colombian Red Cross sectional providing emergency response, health services, and volunteer programs in a different department. Comparable in funding mix (international partners, donations, government contracts) and service architecture.
• Cruz Roja Colombiana Seccional Bogotá D.C. Sister sectional of the Colombian Red Cross operating in the capital district, delivering the same tripartite model of humanitarian response, IPS health services, and technical education under shared national-society governance. Most directly comparable by mandate, structure, and product portfolio.
• Cruz Roja Venezolana Seccional Táchira: The Red Cross counterpart on the other side of the Colombia-Venezuela border that the Seccional coordinates with on binational contingency planning, migration tracing, and cross-border disaster response. Mirrors the same mandate in an adjacent jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Colombia: International medical-humanitarian NGO operating in Colombia with focus on conflict-affected and migrant populations; overlapping programmatic scope in emergency health, displacement response, and migration corridors.
• Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (ICRC): International Red Cross entity that funds and partners with the Seccional on migration, water/sanitation (Guaramito), and binational coordination projects. Operates broader global mandate but comparable in conflict-affected humanitarian programming.
• Cruz Roja Colombiana Sociedad Nacional: The parent national society that sets standards, pools international funding (DREF, Movement partnerships), and coordinates all sectional branches. Operates at far greater scale and authority but does not deliver services directly in Norte de Santander.
• IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies): Global humanitarian network that funds disaster response (including via DREF, which provided 3,149 aid packages referenced in the data) and sets movement-wide strategy. Not a direct competitor but provides the umbrella funding and standards architecture.

Others

• Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP) Colombia: UN agency that co-implemented the early-recovery livelihoods project with the Seccional in Hacarí (240 families). Provides food assistance funding and operates as both a funder and parallel humanitarian actor in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries7 records

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