100 micro-entrepreneurs in Pereira and Quibdó lost their tools, stock and storefronts. Your donation puts them back into trade — zero debt, real training, direct mentorship.
Every week a local business stays closed cuts its long-term survival rate by 15%.
€200 funds one entrepreneur seat
100 seats · 50 Pereira / 50 Quibdó · no loans, no debt, no paperwork
€0 raised of €20,000 base target
0% funded
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The entrepreneurs, and the reality on the ground
The skill survived a devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The tools, the stock and the trading cycle did not. Emergency aid covered the first response; what happens next depends on us. Donate today to fund the tools and inventory they need to trade again.
Boutique Lov store — Retail & fashion, Pereira
What was lost
Storefront, full inventory, display units and tools. She now trades at a limited scale from a relative's home to keep the business alive.
What €200 unlocks
Restocks key product lines and replaces basic equipment to resume independent operations — debt-free capital toward re-establishing a physical retail space in Pereira.
Street food vendor — Quibdó
What was lost
Her painted food cart, gas burner and the working capital she keeps as daily inventory.
What €200 unlocks
Trading again within 10 days: cart repair, restocked inventory, and pricing and margin training so daily income is predictable.
Neighborhood bakery — Pereira
What was lost
Oven damaged beyond repair and a shop front closed since the M7.4 earthquake, with two employees stood down.
What €200 unlocks
Oven repair plus a reopening plan that restores two local jobs — debt-free, so every peso earned stays in the business.
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Two very different local economies. Every figure below is published with its source and its “as of” date.
Physical commercial reactivation
Pereira's downtown is a dense grid of small storefronts. The buildings can be repaired; the trading cycle behind them restarts only if the merchant has stock, tools and a plan.
Source: El Colombiano, as of 15 Aug 2026
Source: El Colombiano, as of 15 Aug 2026
Source: Confecámaras / press reporting, Aug 2026
Source: La Patria, as of 16 Aug 2026
Source: Infobae, 2026
Source: Press reporting citing Fenalco, 2026
Sources: El Colombiano (UNGRD figures, 15 Aug 2026), La Patria, Infobae, Confecámaras via El Heraldo. Figures are official or press-reported and carry their own “as of” date.
89.5% of Colombian micro-businesses operate outside official chambers of commerce. They do not appear in the registries that government relief is distributed through — so the fastest pathway back into trade is direct, debt-free activation delivered person to person.
Source: Confecámaras via El Heraldo, 2026. 93% of the business fabric in the affected departments is microenterprise (250,628 firms).
Methodology & partners
Execution partner co-founded by Daniel Ángel. €0 debt model, no formal business plans, sales generated from week one of the program.
About Rebel Business School ColombiaCEMS MIM graduate students from CEMS Club Bogotá provide strategic business guidance to each merchant cohort.
CEFA student volunteers deliver operational support, digital tools setup and local execution mentoring on the ground.
Role of the student organizations
CEMS Club Bogotá and CEFA act solely as good-faith promoters and advocates. They do not perform formal financial reviews or statutory accounting reviews. All funds go directly to Rebel Business School Colombia.
Donation Terms and ConditionsInside Rebel Business School
Start your business. Control your finances. Build the life you want. Rebel runs free, hands-on programs where people build a real trading business during the course itself — without debt, business plans or startup capital.
Start a business with what you already have
Free, practical workshops that get people trading in days: no debt, no formal business plan, no upfront capital — just skills applied to a real business from day one.
Sales, pricing and marketing from week one
Daily sessions cover finding customers, pricing for margin, low-cost marketing and selling face to face, so participants earn while they learn.
Control your finances
Cash-flow basics, record keeping, tax and pricing discipline — so the money earned stays in the business and the household.
Build the life you want
Confidence, mindset and peer accountability. Graduates leave with a trading business, a network and a plan they own.
A globally proven model, delivered locally
The Rebel Business School model has been delivered to tens of thousands of people across the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and beyond, in partnership with global organisations such as the International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps. Rebel Business School Colombia brings that same worldwide playbook to Pereira and Quibdó — adapted to Colombian merchants, run by local trainers, backed by international experience.
Explore The Rebel SchoolCampaign Launch
Public fundraising opens across CEMS networks.
1Funding Deadline
Base funding target of €20,000 closes the first cohort.
2Participant Selection
100 merchants selected with local partners in both cities.
3Workshop Deployment
Rebel Business School programs run in Pereira & Quibdó.
4Choose your impact
Every amount is tied to a concrete item a merchant needs to trade again. There is no minimum.
€50: Raw materials and initial stock to restart sales this week.
€50
~€50 EUR · ~$175,000 COP
Micro-donations add up: 4 contributions of €50 fund one complete business recovery. Every €200 collected opens another seat in Pereira or Quibdó.
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Tax notice
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Transparency
Every entrepreneur seat is €200 (~$700,000 COP · ~$222 USD). Here is the full split, published openly.
Efficiency benchmark
€200 per participant, benchmarked against the ILO global training average of ~$177 USD — with mentorship and post-program follow-up included.
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Live campaign KPIs
€0 / €20,000
Total raised vs base floor (EUR)
0 / 100
Entrepreneur seats funded
2
Active student mentors (CEMS MIM + CEFA)
€200
Cost per participant (ILO avg. ~$177 USD)
Official impact figures as of August 16, 2026. All amounts in euros (€); COP and USD figures are approximate conversions.
