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The Twilio + Lifelines Crisis Readiness Accelerator brought together humanitarian organizations, researchers, and technologists across Colombia to connect satellite data and communications technology with crisis response and recovery. Over the course of the program, eleven teams developed and pitched solutions built for early warning, disaster response, and community resilience, and six received funding to move their work forward.

Read the full recap of the closing events in Bogotá, including the Ready for Impact Pitch Showcase and the unveiling of the second Crisis Readiness Accelerator mural, in our wrap-up blog post.

Ready for Impact

Ready for Impact supported organizations ready to scale solutions already piloted in Colombia and the region. Twelve teams took part in a four-month program of mentorship, technical support, and storytelling coaching, culminating in a pitch showcase in Bogotá in June 2026.

Speed Dating

Speed Dating brought together anchor organizations and technical partners across Bogotá in January 2026 to spark new collaborations around crisis readiness. Twelve organizations were matched into pairs to pilot new approaches using satellite data and communications technology.

Program Highlights

Read more about how these partnerships came together in Building Crisis-Ready Partnerships: Learning from Speed Dating in Bogotá and the Speed Dating Research Briefs from September 2025. See highlights from the Ready for Impact Pitch Showcase in our recap of the Bogotá events.
Six teams received funding to advance their solutions. Cruz Roja Colombiana, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Red LaBOT, Tethys Geoscience Foundation, and 3iS each received $50,000 USD, and Datasketch received $30,000 USD.

Mural Highlights

Alongside the program, Lifelines partnered with local artists and organizations to connect science and community through art, painting murals in San Andrés, Bogotá, and Cali with different local artists, in partnership with 3iS, Mercy Corps, IGAC, PDC Global, the Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali, and Centro Cultural Colombo Americano Cali.

CAli mural

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Muralist Elizabeth Cambelt created Caliendula Orbital in partnership with PDC Global, the Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali, and Centro Cultural Colombo Americano Cali. The mural brings together three elements: farmers, families, and caregivers nestled within the petals of the calendula flower, interconnected lines echoing river currents and satellite observations flowing through the background, and a tribute to communities that live near rivers and continually adapt to their changing environment. It reflects how local knowledge combined with accessible technology strengthens a community’s capacity to prepare, adapt, and thrive.

BOGOTÁ mural

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Muralist Mr. Garek (Jean Betancourt) created Alerts to Save Lives in partnership with Twilio, 3iS, and IGAC. The mural brings together three elements: Earth viewed from space beneath a network of monitoring satellites, three interconnected portraits representing past, present, and future generations, and scenes of everyday life and emergency response on the ground. It reflects how timely information, local knowledge, and collective action can build a safer, more resilient future.

San Andrés

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Muralist Carlos Villareal (Jota Art) created The Pulse of the Territory in partnership with Mercy Corps and Twilio through the ResiRed community preparedness program. Set in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, a region repeatedly exposed to hurricanes, coastal erosion, and extreme weather, the mural used mangrove roots as a visual metaphor for the branching, interconnected systems that turn Earth observation into action. It made visible the flow of data and care that transforms early warning into early protection for one of Colombia’s most climate-vulnerable territories.

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