Mental health: The invisible cost of El Niño in Tolima, Colombia

Mental health: The invisible cost of El Niño in Tolima, Colombia estefany.jimenez Fri, 10/09/2026 - 02:24 Country Colombia 09/10/2026 Mental health Heat Wave Fire National Societies Colombian Red Cross homepage hero description Wildfires, heatwaves, and droughts not only devastate nature and livelihoods, but also silently fracture the mental health of entire communities and the emergency responders themselves. Homepage hero image hero-Tolima-wildfires.jpg Homepage hero title Mental health: The invisible cost of El Niño in Tolima, Colombia Skip to main content In the same week that a powerful earthquake shook Colombia, 38 fires were burning simultaneously in Tolima, a department located in the Andean region in the center of the country. Wildfires, heatwaves, and droughts—often exacerbated by the El Niño phenomenon—not only devastate nature and livelihoods, but also silently fracture the mental health of entire communities and the emergency responders themselves. On World Mental Health Day , Karen Juliet Montenegro Carrera, the Peacebuilding and Institutional Doctrine lead at the Colombian Red Cross Tolima Branch , shares how the effects of El Niño, coupled with the climate crisis, a

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