Our Hearts Are With Colombia Today
A Message of Solidarity from the 200GFS Family
There are days when taxes, accounting, companies, and business must take a back seat.
Today is one of those days.
The news coming from Colombia following the earthquake has deeply saddened all of us at Two Hundred Global Financial Solutions — 200GFS.
Behind every statistic is a person.
A family.
Parents worried about their children. Children trying to reach their parents. Families concerned about their homes, their communities, and the people they love.
In moments like these, numbers can never fully describe the human impact of a tragedy.
Colombia Is Very Close to Our Hearts
For those of us at 200GFS, Colombia is not simply another country on the map.
Over the years, we have had the privilege of meeting and serving many Colombian clients, and through those professional relationships we have also come to know their families, their stories, their businesses, their dreams, and their extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit.
Some of our Colombian clients live in Colombia.
Others have made the United States their home.
Many maintain family, businesses, properties, investments, and deep emotional ties between both countries.
That is why what happens in Colombia also touches us personally.
To all our Colombian clients, we want to say something very simple:
We are thinking of you and your families.
To Colombians Living in the United States
We also want to send a very special embrace to Colombians living here in the United States who are watching the news and constantly checking their phones.
Waiting for a call.
A WhatsApp message.
A simple:
“We are okay.”
Being physically far away when something happens in the country where your parents, children, siblings, relatives, or friends live creates a feeling that is difficult to describe.
Your body may be here in the United States, but your heart is somewhere else.
To every Colombian experiencing that feeling today:
You are not alone.
In Difficult Moments, We See the Best of Humanity
Natural disasters remind us how vulnerable we can be.
But they also remind us of something equally powerful: our ability to help one another.
Neighbors helping neighbors.
Strangers helping people they have never met.
Emergency personnel working tirelessly.
Doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, volunteers, rescue teams, and ordinary citizens doing everything possible to help those affected.
These are the moments when solidarity becomes stronger than borders.
The Strength of the Colombian People
Those of us who have had the opportunity to know Colombians know something very well:
Colombia is a country of strong, hardworking, optimistic, and resilient people.
A country filled with entrepreneurs.
Families who work tirelessly.
People who leave their homeland and build new lives while never forgetting where they came from.
And communities that know how to come together when someone needs help.
Today Colombia is experiencing a difficult moment.
But we also know the strength of its people.
From Florida, an Embrace to Colombia
From 200GFS, we want to express our deepest sympathy to every family affected by this earthquake.
Our thoughts are with those waiting for news about loved ones.
We wish a speedy recovery to those who have been injured.
We recognize and thank everyone participating in emergency and rescue efforts.
And we hope the affected communities can soon begin the difficult process of recovery and rebuilding.
To our Colombian clients...
To their families and friends...
To Colombians living throughout the United States...
And especially to our brothers and sisters in Colombia:
Please receive our affection, respect, and solidarity.
Today we are not writing as accountants.
We are not writing as tax professionals.
We are not writing as business advisors.
And we are certainly not writing to sell a service.
Today we are simply writing as human beings.
Because there are moments when borders do not matter.
There are moments when nationality does not matter.
There are moments when another country's pain becomes our pain as well.
Stay strong, Colombia. 🇨🇴
Our hearts are with you today and always.
From Florida, we send you a heartfelt embrace.
Juan V. Fanti, MBA, CAA, PA
and the entire team at Two Hundred Global Financial Solutions — 200GFS
With respect and solidarity for the Colombian people.
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