13/07/2020
The English Translation of this video is as follows:
The Archipelago of San Andres, Providence and Ketlina need you. They are experiencing a crisis never before seen.
90% of the economy of the islands depends on tourism
The average internet speed on the islands is only 113mbs. This is 29 times slower than the rest of the country of Colombia!
Due to COVID-19 quarantine and travel restrictions:
- 12,000 people who live on informal wages can no longer work safely and legally (that is they are paid day to day and they live day to day, they do not have a regular employer or employment, usually they work in several jobs)
- 163 businesses have had to close their operations which is equivalent to 18% of the economy of the islands
- 4250 jobs have been lost (this is in addition to the 12,000 who live on informal wages - this doesn’t include those who haven’t earned any income in 4 months since the lockdown and travel ban began and the large elder population on the islands).
- The larger San Andres island alone loses an estimated $98,000,000,000 COP of income per month (AU$40,000,000 or US$27,000,000)
The national Colombian economy has seen a decrease of 18% , however the archipelago has seen an economic decrease of 81%.
The GDP of the Islands in 2019 was 1.67billion Colombian Pesos.
There is a potential risk of a serious social crisis.
